Tag Archives: Gritty VA

Dear Gritty VA: Should I Sign a Client’s Confidentiality Agreement?

August 18, 2010 – 10:00 am

Dear Gritty VA:
I finally have a new client (who has signed the Virtual Assistance Retainer Agreement I ordered from you and customized for my business–thank you!). However, the client emailed me wanting me to sign a confidentiality/non-disclosure agreement which the owner forgot to give me at our meeting. Would that be necessary to do? –ST
Having [...]

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Dear Gritty VA: Why Can’t I Find Income Tax Info All in One Place?

July 14, 2010 – 1:43 pm

Dear Gritty VA:
I submit final draft of my business plan to my mentor soon (I can’t thank you enough for the Virtual Assistant Business Plan template you have included in your packages). My question is for the financial aspect of the business plan… calculating the income taxes. There are so many websites out there [...]

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Dear Gritty VA: “I” or “We” in My Business Plan?

July 7, 2010 – 10:00 am

Dear Gritty VA:
On the business plan template, I am having a hard time coming up with the replacement word for “we” and “our” since it is only “I” who will be doing all the work for now. My mentor stated it is not acceptable to put “I” in [...]

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Dear Gritty VA: Can I Collect Unemployment While Starting My Virtual Assistant Business?

June 10, 2010 – 10:59 am

I am new to the Virtual Assistant world. I have been laid off so many times in the past 11 years that I have just lost faith in employers. I was given this idea back in 2003 to start a Virtual Assistant business, but was too scared. I was laid off again in September 2009 [...]

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Dear Gritty VA: Should I Post Pricing on My Website?

May 19, 2010 – 10:00 am

Dear Gritty VA:
What are your thoughts on posting prices for services on your website? –LB
I see this question all the time and I’ve written several post on the topic. I’ll refer you to two of them below:

Price is NOT the Bottom Line
Screening the Tire Kickers

Also, Andy Beale, a well-known marketing consultant, also wrote on [...]

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Dear Gritty VA: Do I Have Enough Experience to Be a Virtual Assistant?

April 28, 2010 – 10:00 am

Dear Gritty VA:
I only have 2 years experience as an Executive Assistant and 6 years as a Receptionist/Data Entry Clerk. Could I still be a Virtual Assistant? Any suggestions are helpful. –BT
Well, it’s not really for me to say. It’s what the marketplace has to say.
What I mean is, yes, the Virtual Assistant/Administrative Support Consultant [...]

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Dear Gritty VA: Should I Point Out Errors on Other Virtual Assistant Sites?

April 21, 2010 – 10:00 am

Dear Gritty VA:
I can’t tell you the number of times that I have looked at another Virtual Assistant’s website, taken a deep breath, sighed, and just continued reading.  But 5, 10, even 15 minutes later I will still be struggling with whether or not I should have emailed the VA and told them about [...]

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Dear Gritty VA: What Advice Do You Have for a Vagrant Virtual Assistant?

January 20, 2010 – 10:00 am

Dear Gritty VA:
I am currently planning and readying my new Virtual Assistant business for its grand opening in about a month and a half, but my husband is in the military and we will be moving all over (this is why I am starting this business). So my question is two-fold: Do you have any [...]

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Where Do You Get Stuck?

January 19, 2010 – 10:00 am

Wouldn’t it be great if all we had to do was network, have business owners immediately want to work with us and instantly sign on for our retained support without any questions?
The reality is that getting to actually work with retained clients takes a bit more effort. You have to get at least some small [...]

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Dear Gritty VA: I’m Afraid I’ve Forgotten Everything I’ve Learned

December 23, 2009 – 10:00 am

Dear Gritty VA:
I sent an attorney the Virtual Assistant contract templates that I purchased off your site. I contacted him knowing very well that it would be costly, but he offered to look them over at no cost. After not hearing back from him, I asked him once if he’d had a chance to [...]

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