Practical Tips To Streamline Your Business….
Today Impacts Tomorrow’s Successes
“Everyone wants to have a good day, but not many people know what a good day looks like - much less how to create one. And even fewer people understand how the way you live today impacts your tomorrow.” John C Maxwell That is why Today Matters! John Maxwell wrote in...
An Ingenious Marketing Campaign
I recently read about an ingenious offline marketing campaign and I quickly want to share the story with you. So here it is: One day a man was riding his bike to work and was about 10km into it when he stopped in a usual rest spot under a tree. There on the ground was...
Make Marketing A Priority In Your Virtual Assistant Business
Is marketing one of those things that you know you should do, but you just never get to do it properly because there are so many other things taking up your time? As a self-employed person, you have to wear a number of different hats. You’re the one doing all the...
Increase Your Profits This Year With Clarity And Action
Increasing your income significantly, getting more clients and enjoying a thriving business, doesn't always require a major overhaul. Sometimes it only requires two simple things: Clarity AND Action! It is all about getting crystal clear on your goals and what you...
Grow Your Business With Service Excellence
A business that attracts lots of clients is a business that focuses on service excellence. Any VA can give a service and find some clients, but a Virtual Assistant who focuses on service excellence, will have a business that prosper and will attract clients into...
4 Simple Steps to a Profitable 2012
As we approach the end of the year, it’s always a good practice to take a look back at the last 12 months and to take stock of what happened in your business. Were you thrilled by all your successes or perhaps disappointed in how it turned out in the end? No matter...
You Are GREAT!
Have you ever taken the time to pat yourself on the back? Do you give yourself credit for your successes and do you take time to enjoy your business as it grows and develops into your dreams? Many of us simply worry about where we want to go and how to get there and...
Do Your Clients Know, Like and Trust You?
Getting long-term clients in a Virtual Assistant business is very much dependent on the following 3 key elements: Clients first knowing about you Then liking you enough to work with you and also Trusting that you will be able to do the work. This is what I call the...
Find Out What Your Clients Need – Don’t Run Your Business Blindly
Do you sometimes feel that you spend endless hours and loads of money marketing your services, but just never seem to get any clients from all your efforts? Are you frustrated because it feels you’re battling this uphill struggle which really takes you nowhere? If you...
Identifying a Target Market Can Improve Your Business
One of the biggest mistakes virtual assistants make when they’re starting out is to think anybody can use their services and everybody is in their market. Are you making this mistake? Although VA services can be universal and anyone in the world can use it, the...
Setting Goals – The Most Powerful Way to Get What You Want From Your Virtual Assistant Business
I always find goal setting fascinating because one of the turning points in my life was when I discovered the power of setting goals. Without really knowing what I was doing, I sat down and made a list of 10 things I wanted to accomplish in the foreseeable future. I...
Focus On Your Strengths To Grow Your Virtual Assistant Business
Do you know what your strengths are? Do you know what you’re REALLY good at, what makes you unique and how you can USE that to add more value to your own business as well as those of your clients? Many of us are pretty good talking about our weaknesses, but what about...
Do you Operate Your Business With The Right Mindset?
When starting your VA business, evolving from a 9-5 employee (where you don’t make the decisions and merely react to orders from your boss), into an independent business owner (where you make the decisions and give the orders) is sometimes a difficult thing to do....
Skills Are The Most Valuable Asset In Your Virtual Assistant Business
Working in a virtual services environment, is extremely satisfying because you can create your own destiny and work your dream career. Creating this dream career however, all starts with identifying what skills you already have or want to obtain. Then translating that...
The best kept secret to more clients and having a growing business
Whether you are just starting out, or being in business for quite some time, one of the biggest problems we all run into at some point is … ….“running out of time”. If you are a solo-preneur, working alone on your business, there are so many different things that...
Where To Find Clients
I recently received a “call for help” in the Be Virtual Assistant Wise forum where a VA explained she invested a lot of money in marketing materials such as business cards, brochures and advertising and while she’s using it to market her services for the past 4...
Virtual Assistant Training
During the month of July, VAClassroom will be offering a series of trainings at their Summer Skill Camp: Success Strategies for Measuring Social Media ROI for any Type of Client Create Powerful Facebook Contests Build a Mobile Marketing Campaign for a Local Business...
Responding to a RFP….the RIGHT Way
Most of us know that responding to RFPs (Request for Proposals) can be a great way to connect with potential new clients. However, it can be a bit intimidating as well, because your response to a RFP is your first (and potentially only) time to leave a lasting...
The 4 Biggest Marketing Mistakes Virtual Assistants Make
To have a business that is profitable, sustainable and providing a steady stream of income, any Virtual Assistant needs a certain number of clients and income a month. But why do so many VAs struggle to find clients and make good money in their businesses? Is it...
African Virtual Assistants – VAImpact Awards
It is that time of the year again when we as African Virtual Assistants can shine and make or fellow VAs shine by applying for, or nominating someone deserving for the 2011 African VAImpact Awards. The VAImpact Award is about acknowledging you as a small business...
Telephone Etiquette – Build or Break Your Business
OK, I want to tell you a story that actually happened and that inspired this post about telephone etiquette. For a while now I am struggling with some technical integrations on my website and at last decided I need some help. So I phoned a lady who came highly...
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