This VA seems to be making an honest effort to network with those of her kind…other VAs. Your response seems to be callous and a bit rude. While I assume that you posted a partial piece of her email I was really taken aback by the derogatory tone of the title “Business Begging”…which implied that she was expecting something for nothing when she contacted you for guidance. However throughout your blog you appear to be talking down to your emailer. You then go on to say you get a million of these a week which indicates that this is a common question that you are simply tired of being asked.

I contend that there is no reason to further demean the emailer by telling her she is going about things the wrong way. At no point do you put a positive spin on things. Yes you do bullet point out areas where she should place her focus as an entrepreneur, however, I feel your response didn’t follow though in the way that it should have to promote your organization and its resources. In short, your response left a bad taste in my mouth.

There are so many other positive ways this email could have been taken, however, I’m hoping I just misread the “tone” of the blog and my picture is all wrong.

Like you I get a lot of these too every week and have some standard information I send back to them to help them on their way.