Live Your Best Life as a Virtual Assistant
After a discovery call with a prospective client, many VAs wonder about follow-up. How much is enough? How much is too much?
Knowing what to do can be a tricky balancing act. On one hand, we want new clients. On the other hand, we don’t want to appear desperate.
The good news is that...
I remember when I was first starting my career as a VA 10 years ago – I would routinely overwhelm my prospects on our 30-minute free consultation calls. I didn’t do it on purpose, but over and over I could hear when I had crossed the line and felt their strong desire to get off the...
When marketing your business, it’s important to stay in touch with your network. Staying top of mind is one of the keys to getting referrals (my favorite type of client).
Staying in touch can take many forms, but an underutilized, highly effective way, is sending handwritten notes via snail...
I attribute a large part of my success as a virtual assistant to being super-easy to work with. That means that I often put my clients’ preferences ahead of my own.
I’m not talking about getting taken advantage of or being mistreated. What I’m talking about is thinking about...
Staying in touch with the people you know is a great way to get clients and grow your business. In order to do that, you’ll need to have their email addresses organized, in one place, and ready to use.
You’ll want your list to be as large as possible, to make the biggest impact when...
When I became a Virtual Assistant ten years ago, being able to do the work was easy. Knowing how to get clients was another matter. And when it was suggested that I write a newsletter to help make this happen, I thought: “Now that’s going to be hard.”
I’m not in...
As a Virtual Assistant, you can use LinkedIn to stay in touch with existing relationships and make new ones, all leading to additional clients. I don’t recommend using it to “cold call,” however. It’s about staying in touch with those you already know.
Here’s how I...
When you’re a brand-new Virtual Assistant, sometimes it seems like a good idea to work for a really low hourly rate as a way to get started, or to give big introductory discounts. Nothing could be further from the truth.
Here are some things to remember when you’re new:
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Free 30-minute consultations are a wonderful way to find out if a potential client is a good fit for you.
I offer the option to sign up for a free 30-minute call at the bottom of every page on my website, in the signature of my emails, and in every email newsletter that I send out. I use Acuity...
Setting up your Virtual Assistant business well as you’re getting started is important. By nature, VA’s are people who like to do things the “right” way and are thorough in our research and decision-making process. And that’s one of the big reasons why our clients...
