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Still Having Trouble Getting VA Clients? Stop Doing This.

Are you still struggling to get Virtual Assistant clients? Where are you looking for them? Many Virtual Assistants spend a lot longer looking for clients than they need to. If that’s you, consider what you are actually doing to find clients. What are your daily activities? Are those activities leading you in the direction of clients? Or are you just wasting your time? The quickest way for you to get clients for your VA business is to have business conversations with other business owners. Where can you find business owners? You can start with Facebook groups. But not the ones you are probably looking in now. If you are struggling to get VA clients, my guess is that you are… Read More »Still Having Trouble Getting VA Clients? Stop Doing This.

Managing Distractions While Working From Home as a VA

If your productivity is starting to suffer as a Virtual Assistant, you may want to have a look at what is distracting your focus. Right now we are in the throes of Coronavirus, and many Virtual Assistants I know suddenly have a house full of people that aren’t usually present during our work days. Is that you? If so, I’ve got some suggestions for you that might help. Managing distractions is a big issue when you are in situations that you aren’t used to, but you may also need these tips if you struggle with distractions even when no one else is around! Here are 10 things to look at if distractions are affecting your productivity: 1. Dedicated Office Space… Read More »Managing Distractions While Working From Home as a VA

Looking for the Upside During Challenging Times

The world has been slowed to a crawl because of Coronavirus. How are you coping? When things aren’t going the way we want them to in our business – we don’t have enough clients, or we don’t make enough money, or we burn ourselves out because we don’t charge enough (or can’t say no to a client) – it is easy (oh so easy!) to get down. It is easy to let the bad stuff overtake your mind, and your thoughts. With a pandemic, many things are out of our control. It can be even harder to see the upside. You might realllly have to look for it some days. Here are a few tips that might help: 1. Talk… Read More »Looking for the Upside During Challenging Times

The Most Important Piece to Using Video Marketing in Your VA Business

Are you using video to market your Virtual Assistant business? Many VAs are terrified of using video, and there are a number of reasons for that. They think no one cares what they have to say. They don’t know what to talk about. They don’t want anyone to see them make a mistake. They don’t like to be on camera. Virtual Assistants often avoid video for these reasons and more. I know that’s a generalization, but it’s true. The bottom line is, they don’t have the confidence to do the recording. And if they do record it, they don’t have the confidence to publish it. This was me, before I got started with video. Totally and completely me. So I… Read More »The Most Important Piece to Using Video Marketing in Your VA Business

7 Easy Ways to Get More Organized

If you are running out of time every day, you need to get better organized. Virtual Assistants have to manage a lot of things. We have to manage our client work, our own business admin, and sometimes even our clients’ client’s stuff. If you don’t have good organizational practices, you can quickly realize that you waste time, which is money in a VA business. Sometimes it’s because we do have too much to get done in a day – maybe we have overcommitted our time, or maybe we have unexpected roadblocks that have come up. Maybe we really do have more work than one person can do in an allotted day. But most of the time, the reason that we… Read More »7 Easy Ways to Get More Organized

Setting Your Rates So Your VA Business is Profitable

How did you arrive at your rates for your VA business? If you didn’t do any calculations, you need to read this. Setting your rates is one of the most important things you need to do properly in your Virtual Assistant business. Rates that are too low will cut into your profitability, and might even put you out of business. Rates that are too high can also keep you from getting clients, if you aren’t looking in the right place, or if you can’t articulate the value you are bringing to clients. If you have not done the ‘math’ to set your rates, it’s time to look at that. Here’s how you need to do this: What Do You Need… Read More »Setting Your Rates So Your VA Business is Profitable

Are You Wasting Your Time and Energy in Marketing Your VA Business?

Are you writing to a specific audience? If you don’t, your message might not be heard. Such a waste of your time and energy. As Virtual Assistants, we all spend a lot of time marketing our businesses. Finding clients is one of the biggest tasks that takes up our time. But if you aren’t doing it right, you could be wasting a lot of time and energy. Do you have a target audience that you are communicating to? Many VAs I talk to have not narrowed down their focus yet. This happens for a number of reasons. You think you have to offer specialized services if you ‘niche’ down. You are afraid of losing business if someone comes along that… Read More »Are You Wasting Your Time and Energy in Marketing Your VA Business?

Is Fear Stopping You From Getting VA Clients?

Do you have a fear of selling yourself or your VA services? One of the biggest hurdles for service professionals like VAs is getting past the fear of selling themselves. The idea of talking to people about business conjures up images of the slimy user car salesman, and using the old ‘answer a question with a question’ brand of sales that just feels yucky. It can even be worse for Virtual Assistants, who have not ever been in a sales role before. In fact, fear of selling themselves is what comes up most often when I talk to VAs who are struggling with finding clients. They are afraid to go out networking. They are afraid to have sales conversations. They… Read More »Is Fear Stopping You From Getting VA Clients?