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Start Your VA Business With Where You Are – And Then Get Moving!

As a Virtual Assistant, one of the most important things that you can do for your business is to grow with it. When you first started your business, you probably had a laundry list of administrative services that you offered. This is a good thing! Starting with what you know and as I call it ‘where you are’ is the best way to jump into the world of being a VA. But to keep your business fresh and exciting, you need to keep it moving forward and growing. One of the ways you can do this is to get really focused on your service offerings. Specializing your skills and service offerings allows you to easily raise your rates and build… Read More »Start Your VA Business With Where You Are – And Then Get Moving!

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Add New Skills To Your Virtual Assistant Business

Recently a Virtual Assistant asked me about adding new skills to her business. She felt that she wanted to raise her rates, and that adding new services was the way to do that. When we talk about expanding our service offerings, it’s important to start by stepping back and looking at the big picture. Ask yourself the following questions: 1. Why am I considering adding a new skill or service? 2. Why am I considering adding THIS new skill or service? 3. Where can I learn about this new skill or service? 4. Is the training free or paid? Can I afford the time if it’s free, and can I afford the time and money if it’s paid? 5. Is… Read More »Add New Skills To Your Virtual Assistant Business

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20+ Cheap or Free Resources to Boost Your VA Business

I often talk with people who are very new to the Virtual Assistant business, or are thinking about getting into it. One concern is that you will need to spend a lot of money at startup getting all of the necessary pieces in place – software, training, and many other things come up for people when they are starting a business. I always tell them that it’s possible to get going with really solid tools, without spending a lot of money. Don’t get me wrong. It’s important to have good resources and things in place – but it’s important not to spend money that you haven’t made yet. When I started my work as a VA, I looked long and… Read More »20+ Cheap or Free Resources to Boost Your VA Business

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How to Make Your Numbers Work For You

Site visits, opt ins, email opens, click throughs … Since the first quarter of the year has gone by, I thought it might be a good idea to check in with you to see how your numbers are adding up. Do you look at your numbers on a regular basis? If you do, what kind of follow up do you do with them? If you don’t, why not? Checking things like your website visitors and your email opens is essential to make sure that your marketing efforts are working for you. Going through the motions is not going to help you build your business. Let’s look at a few key things you should be checking regularly: Website visitors How many… Read More »How to Make Your Numbers Work For You

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5 Tips for Better Networking as a VA

Keeping your business pipeline full just takes planning. Some small business owners get caught up in the process, rather than the planning piece, and a lot of time can get wasted when you are not really aware if what you are doing is productive or not. It’s important to think about a few things before you get started with networking (or prospecting). 1. Develop a plan that suits you. You need to fit marketing into your day, every day if possible. You don’t, however, want to get sucked in to spending a lot of time doing something without knowing why you are doing it. Planning is the key to success here. 2. Ask yourself what the purpose of your networking… Read More »5 Tips for Better Networking as a VA

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Did You Get Any New VA Clients This Month?

Did you sign on any new clients this month? If you didn’t, you should reassess what you are doing to find clients. When you are operating a thriving business that means you will constantly be building and growing, and that means that you should be bringing on at least one new client each month. It would be even better if you could bring on a lot more than that, but we’ll just talk about one today! When you are nurturing your business, you will still have to be sure to continually market it, and network with new prospective clients. It’s important to keep your potential client pipeline full so that as your business grows and changes you have a pool of… Read More »Did You Get Any New VA Clients This Month?

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Who else wants to make more money?

When you start your business, you probably want to do it for a number of reasons: you want to work from home you don’t want to have a boss anymore you want to set your own schedule you want to be available for your family and probably a lot of other reasons. But once you are set up, you quickly realize that in order to stay in business, you need to make money. Because of our motivation for our original reasons for starting our business, the money issue sometimes gets put off to the side. But the bottom line is that in order for your business to continue to be viable, we have to constantly come up with ideas on… Read More »Who else wants to make more money?

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So How Does Mentoring Work Anyway?

One of the questions I find that people ask me a lot these days is … how exactly does ‘mentoring’ work? At Your VA Mentor, I offer many ways to get support. Just like there are lots of ways for people to take in information in the world today (we often talk about articles, audio, video, email, and so on), there are also different ways to get support in your business. I have many different levels of support that I offer to VAs, with different ways to connect, for different lengths of time, and for different budgets too. I offer private options, group options, live training sessions as well as lot of self-study options. Today I’ll talk to you about… Read More »So How Does Mentoring Work Anyway?

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