Tag Archives: Administrative Consultants

How Do We Work Together Virtually?

March 28, 2011 – 10:00 am

This is a common question from clients who are new to working with Administrative Consultants (Virtual Assistants). The word “virtual” throws them for a loop and makes it sound as if it’s some mysterious new mode of operation. In reality, they’ve been working virtually all along with businesses of all kinds and just never realized [...]

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Dear Gritty VA: How Do I Convince Clients They’re Big Enough?

March 9, 2011 – 10:00 am

Dear Gritty VA: Okay, here is a question. I keep getting the message that “I am just not big enough to outsource yet,” even though they have tasks which they are too busy to schedule to do like blog writing, articles and social media networking. How does one convince an entrepreneur that they are indeed [...]

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Why a Lot of Virtual Assistants Aren’t Joining Your Referral Network

March 1, 2011 – 10:00 am

A woman (not a VA, but someone in the real estate business if I understood correctly) posted to one of the Virtual Assistant forums recently expressing her frustration in finding Virtual Assistants (Administrative Consultants) to join her referral network. She said she receives at least one request a day from clients seeking VAs, but she [...]

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Virtual Assistants: Here’s Some Abject Stupidity…

February 16, 2011 – 10:00 am

Alan Weiss, the self-styled king of consulting, tells business owners they should “do it themselves and save time.” So if an attorney emails him about a matter, is he going to say, “Tell your client to call me himself!” Of course not. That’s patently ridiculous. He may be the absolute genius when it comes to [...]

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Do You Suffer from Isolation?

February 15, 2011 – 10:00 am

I see the topic of isolation come up occasionally in Virtual Assistant/Administrative Consultant conversations and it’s something that has me curious. It’s definitely a legitimate issue since many people bring the topic up every so often. I’m not judging or discounting it, but I have to admit I’ve never understood it. When I was in [...]

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Why Are You Asking a Plumber to Fix Your Car?

December 3, 2010 – 10:00 am

If you’re a plumber, you wouldn’t expect people to ask you to fix their car, right? You’re someone who deals with plumbing, pipes and fixing toilets, not someone who works on cars. So if people are asking you to fix their car, perhaps you aren’t making it clear exactly what business you are in and [...]

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Value Is Not a Two-for-One Sale

November 18, 2010 – 10:00 am

When we talk about and use the term “value,” we aren’t talking about bargains and two-for-one sales. Value is about providing your expertise in a way and at a level that supports the big picture goals, objectives and needs of the client and his/her business. Client’s don’t hire Virtual Assistants/Administrative Consultants for the fun of [...]

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Clients Are Responsible for their Own Success

November 12, 2010 – 10:00 am

Just because what we Virtual Assistants and Administrative Consultants do helps clients and gives them to ability or opportunity to increase their income, doesn’t mean we are responsible for whether that happens or not. While we are definitely passionate about our work and how it helps them move forward and gives them back more time, [...]

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Which Are You?

October 26, 2010 – 10:00 am

I was going through some old listserv messages the other day that I had saved for one reason or another and came across one where a Virtual Assistant was lamenting about possibly losing a client. She had learned inadvertently that this client was seeking a new VA and she was upset that she hadn’t been [...]

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