Live Your Best Life as a Virtual Assistant
You're mostly focused on client work when you’re a Virtual Assistant. But it’s important to move forward with your business goals as well, which is not always easy to do.
I’ve discovered that if I track my progress every week, I can get my client work done and achieve my...
When you work for someone else, your employer provides you with a computer, a phone, an email address and business cards. The company has a logo, a website and procedures established for how to get the work done.
But … when you work for yourself, you start with none of that. It’s up...
Virtual assistants always have lots of balls in the air. That’s just the nature of the work.
The downside of so much activity, however, is that sometimes we fall into a habit of doing what’s in front of us instead of thinking through the best next step on our ever-growing to do list.
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Over the course of my career as a virtual assistant, I have noticed that it is very difficult, when adopting a new system or process, to be successful without going all the way to 100%. Whether it’s for my business, or a client, if I don’t commit, and go the distance as soon as...
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 you’re a Virtual Assistant, likely working from home, it can be difficult to stay focused and in your seat all day.
Let’s face it, working from home is awesome, but there are distractions wherever you look. Linen closets to be reorganized, laundry to fold, errands to run, right?
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As a virtual assistant, we are often asked to manage big projects for a client. It might be migrating them to a new email system, building a new website, or moving them to a cloud-based solution to manage their business.
While big projects can be fun and exciting, it’s easy to become...
When you’re a virtual assistant, you’re working with lots of clients with different backgrounds and communication styles. It can be difficult to navigate these waters, especially if you’ve never met in person.
What I’ve learned is that I can help make this the best...
When you’re a Virtual Assistant caring for other entrepreneur’s businesses, it’s easy to neglect your own.
However, tolerating issues that you are tripping on, day in and day out, will get in the way of your day-to-day success – and sabotage your ability to grow and scale...
From time to time, when you’re first starting out as a virtual assistant, it’s not uncommon to find yourself with more time on your hands than work. When that happens, I like to take a look around my business and play a little game with myself called “if my business doubled...
