Live Your Best Life as a Virtual Assistant
One week ago today, my husband Greg and I bought a farmhouse in Virginia.
From the outside, it might seem like the whole thing happened quickly, but it was a long road.
The process began 13 years ago when I started to rebuild my credit, file my back taxes, pay off my debt, learn how to be a successful...
When I started my Virtual Assistant business in 2010, I had my head in the sand when it came to my finances.
Not wanting to know how much debt I actually had, I continued to make financial decisions based on my feelings and avoided the facts of my reality. For some crazy reason, doing this made me fe...
In 2001, I became a first-time entrepreneur when I opened an online baby gift boutique named Blueberry Babies.
Afraid people wouldn’t take me seriously if they knew I was working alone, I built a façade to make my business look bigger than just me.
I created email aliases for “departments” in my busin...
When we want our lives to change, we usually hope our circumstances will be better than they are right now. The problem is that when that happens, and life improves, most of the time, we still want it to be better than it is right now.
Not only is it human nature, but the result is we don’t realize o...
Starting a business as a Virtual Assistant can feel like a roller coaster ride. One day, you're excited; the next, you're discouraged; and the next, you wonder what you were thinking.
In 2010, when I was starting my Virtual Assistant business, RocketGirl Solutions, it was not an ideal time to begin ...
The start of a new year is a wonderful time. It’s filled with beginnings and exciting goals. It’s often also filled with hope: hope that this will be a better year, that your business will take off, and that you can finally quit your 9-5.
While I’m a believer in the power of hope, I’m an even bigger ...
If you're celebrating today, Merry Christmas to you and your family! If you're not, today’s message is for you, too, so please read on.
While reflecting on 2023, I was struck by how much our community has changed and grown. It was an incredible year.
We launched a new website for The VA Connection.
The...
The number one thing I’ve learned in the 13 years I’ve been a Virtual Assistant is that clients aren’t reliable. One hundred percent not reliable.
But that’s only a problem if you don’t understand how the business of being a Virtual Assistant works. When we break it down, it goes like this: clients n...
As a Virtual Assistant coach and mentor, I see common thoughts cluttering my students' minds. They wonder how much to charge, which tools they need, what if the client says [fill in the blank], and whether they have the skills they need to succeed. I get it. I’ve been there too.
While those are all v...
Every year on Black Friday, all over social media, I see Virtual Assistants offering specials and discounts for their services. I have never understood why a serious service provider would do this.
As Virtual Assistants, we want our clients to see us as professionals, pay us well, and treat us as tru...
