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Can I See Your Face? How To Build Know, Like and Trust with Your VA Clients

In any business, building relationships is one of the most important skills. In virtual business, it’s even more important. So let me ask you something – can I see your face on your website? Every time I visit a virtual professional’s website, I look for their face. I look to see that they are a real person, and that I can see them. There are many reasons that people say they don’t put their personal information on their website, but i have yet to hear a really good one. Even if your company is a company, you should still have a face. You should still put your name and your bio (or ‘about’) on your website. People will get a… Read More »Can I See Your Face? How To Build Know, Like and Trust with Your VA Clients

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What is Your Motivation?

I recently attended a conference and one of the speakers, Matthew Goldfarb, asked us what our motivation was for doing what we do. It was one of those exercises that was really eye-opening for me. Of course I know why I run my own business, and what makes me happy about it. But to actually do an exercise that made me write those motivations down was the eye-opening part. I know that I want to be in control of my income, I want to set  my own schedule, and so on. Those are probably similar motivations for you as well. But Matthew encouraged us to go deeper, and really write a good list of things that were the things that… Read More »What is Your Motivation?

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Is Your Life a Balancing Act or In Balance?

I recently met some new colleagues at a live event, and many of them were healers and practitioners of healing methods. Not my usual crowd, so I took the opportunity to learn something! We were taught at the event we were attending, that it was important to focus on your feelings, your thoughts and your mindset. It is an important part of life, of course, but it’s also important in your business. While I consider myself to be a good decision maker, sometimes I probably am a little hasty in deciding something, simply to get it done. I enjoyed taking the time to address how I felt about the things I was thinking, and to spend a little time acknowledging… Read More »Is Your Life a Balancing Act or In Balance?

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Build Your Business Plan Easily

When I start mentoring a new VA, the first thing we talk about is the business plan. I am never surprised to hear that someone doesn’t have their business plan done. So many VAs just start their business by looking for clients and hoping to sign them. Writing a business plan is an essential part of any small business. It helps you to clarify everything about your business, and if you don’t have one yet you should look at sitting down and just doing it. A business plan will help you: plan what you are going to do realize how you are going to do it set goals and achieve them You don’t have to put together a complex business… Read More »Build Your Business Plan Easily

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Join me each month!

I have an exciting announcement for you (one of several this week, as you may know!). I have just launched my new membership program … and I’d like to invite you to check it out. http://www.yourvamentor.com/join-us/ The results of the survey I put out to my community indicated that many of you are interested in getting support on a regular basis, but that not all of you are ready to make a big investment … so that’s what I’ve tried to provide with this program. The membership fee is $29/month and here is what you receive with that: a monthly teaching call (coming up May 9th) a monthly live Q&A call (coming up May 23rd) email support from Your VA… Read More »Join me each month!

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What would you do differently?

As a business owner, it’s important to review and assess the aspects of your business on a regular basis. In order to grow and be successful, you need to be sure that you are doing things like maximizing revenue and minimizing expenses, among many other things. If you could take one whole day to just stand back and look at your business … what would you do differently? It’s something that not many of us do without the prodding of a coach or an accountability partner. Often we get caught up in the day to day running of our business, and we forget to make sure we are doing everything we need to, to guide it in the direction we… Read More »What would you do differently?

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5 Tips for Effective Networking As a Virtual Assistant

As we think about building our business, the principle ‘It’s who you know’ often comes into play. After all, in order to start working with someone, you have to get to know them. Well, in order to get to know them you have to initially find them. Then you have to connect with them. This is what we call networking. Whether you do it in person on online, you should be conscious of a few things that will make your efforts a lot more fruitful. 1. Don’t be invisible. When you are networking, the key is to be seen. You need to join groups or attend events with the intention of coming away from the wall and actually talking to… Read More »5 Tips for Effective Networking As a Virtual Assistant

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4 Ways to Increase Your Bottom Line

Are you happy with the amount of money your business is bringing in each month? Most people would answer ‘no’ … we all want to make more money, don’t we? It’s important to look at your business regularly to find opportunities to increase the amount of money on your bottom line. Here are four that are easy to implement, and easy to maintain: 1. Dump useless expenses – are you really using all the services you are paying for? Make a list (if you don’t already have one) of all of the things you pay for each month in your business. You can go as far as doing a Return on Investment analysis for each expense, but for the most… Read More »4 Ways to Increase Your Bottom Line

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