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Marketing Your VA Business on LinkedIn

Are you using LinkedIn to market your VA business? If you aren’t, you might be missing out on making some great connections! Making connections is one of the best ways to find new clients for your Virtual Assistant business. But where do we find people that might be great clients? The advice you will get from most experts is to go where your clients are hanging out. Sometimes this means to live events, or local networking groups, and sometimes it means social media. Having a variety of places to connect with business owners who need VA support is a great idea. When we think of social media, Facebook most often comes to mind. But you might want to explore LinkedIn… Read More »Marketing Your VA Business on LinkedIn

Networking: Making Connections is Essential to Growing Your VA Business

Networking is all about making connections and building relationships. The more people you talk to about your VA business, the more clients you will find. Does the thought of networking make you anxious? Many Virtual Assistants feel anxiety around the whole idea of networking. They say it feels salesy – attending events, shaking hands, making elevator pitches. In fact, a lot of VAs I know simply avoid networking completely – and then wonder why they struggle to build their business. If you treat every networking opportunity like it’s speed dating, you will grow to dislike it. And you will definitely have a tough time finding clients. You can’t expect to meet someone and sign them right away. You have to… Read More »Networking: Making Connections is Essential to Growing Your VA Business

One Networking Tactic Helps You Find More VA Clients

My network isn’t big enough, and other excuses VAs make for not having clients. If your VA business is struggling, it’s probably because you don’t have enough clients. It’s actually one of the biggest problems that VAs tell me they have in their business. When I ask them why they don’t have enough clients, one of the most common excuses is that their network is not big enough. They say they don’t know enough people to get great clients. What’s the answer to that? It’s simpler than you think: Grow your network. Stop using the fact that you don’t have very many followers as an excuse for not having enough clients.  If you need more followers or connections, you must go… Read More »One Networking Tactic Helps You Find More VA Clients

Stuck to Unstuck: Get Your Virtual Assistant Website Working For You

Your website is something that will always be a work in progress for your Virtual Assistant business. But it doesn’t have to stop you from starting your business! For many VAs starting out, not having a website can be a big place to get stuck – something that stops you from getting started, or from growing. ‘I have to finish my website first.’ If I had a dollar for every time someone told me this, I would be a rich woman! You actually don’t have to finish it to put yourself out there. A work in progress is never really done anyway. Your website will go through a lot of different stages as your business starts and grows. And the… Read More »Stuck to Unstuck: Get Your Virtual Assistant Website Working For You

7 Tips to Being a Great Subcontractor VA

When you start your Virtual Assistant business, you usually have visions of working with great clients and making a good living. You may realize quickly that it’s a lot more work than anyone told you, and getting clients is hard. Without a plan and a strategy, it can be an uphill battle to fill your client roster. Maybe it’s your lack of confidence that is holding you back. Maybe you are an introvert and you find the networking part scary. Sometimes we just love to do the work but finding the clients is exhausting. Subcontracting for another VA is a great way to be a VA without having to do the stuff that is challenging for you. But it’s not… Read More »7 Tips to Being a Great Subcontractor VA

Can I Really Make A Living as a Virtual Assistant?

When you are considering starting a VA business, this is often the first question that you ask someone. Can I really make a living as  Virtual Assistant? Of course you can! Thousands of women (and men!) and doing it worldwide. It probably seems to good to be true – working from home, setting your own hours, setting your rates – and the clients just roll in. Right?  Well, not quite. Being a Virtual Assistant is often much more difficult than just getting up and going to a job every day. Yes you have the luxury of not having the commute, or that crabby boss, but you really need to set yourself up for success if you want to be a… Read More »Can I Really Make A Living as a Virtual Assistant?

Clarity in Your Messaging is Key to Getting VA Clients

Look back at your last ten social media posts or blog posts. Is there consistency and clarity in the messaging? What I mean by that is – is it really clear how you help your virtual assistant clients with their businesses? If you can’t tell from the last ten posts what you do and who you help, then your messaging clarity needs work. When your clients are looking for virtual assistant support in their business, they are not always going to find you with one post. Well they might find you that way, but then they are going to check you out. if your message does not land clearly with them – that you are the best VA to help them… Read More »Clarity in Your Messaging is Key to Getting VA Clients

Are You Stuck in Research or Planning Mode?

When you are getting started with your Virtual Assistant business, you need to do a lot of research and planning. It is very easy to get stuck in this mode, and not actually take a step forward to launch your business. Sound familiar? If you are stuck in research or planning, you’re not alone. It can feel overwhelming – all the things you need to learn to get started. It’s also scary. Putting yourself out there. What if you fail? What if you make a mistake? It’s not always fun. But here’s the thing – you have to take a step forward or you’ll never get moving. If you are stuck in that research mode, first consider what it is… Read More »Are You Stuck in Research or Planning Mode?