Tag Archives: Gritty VA

Dear Gritty VA: Do I Need a Paralegal Certificate?

March 2, 2011 – 10:00 am

Dear Gritty VA: I have been toying with the idea of starting my own business for some time and recent events (notably, a layoff) have pushed this idea to the forefront.  I have purchased your business forms, contracts, etc. and have found your resources and expertise to be exactly what I was looking for.  I [...]

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Dear Gritty VA: How Do Referrals Work?

December 29, 2010 – 10:00 am

Dear Gritty VA: How exactly do referrals work?  Does the client recommend their colleague and I call them?  Do they contact their colleague and send them my way or what?  Thank you so much for your anticipated response. –TA Well, basically, they work any way you’d like them to work. Referrals come from lots of [...]

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Dear Gritty VA: How Should My Client Market?

December 8, 2010 – 10:00 am

Dear Gritty VA: I have a client who only sells wholesale products with an occasional retail customer. I have convinced him to think about sending a mass email marketing campaign/newsletter for his wholesale customers since his previous website designer never even introduced this idea to him. His response was that he only sells to wholesale [...]

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Dear Gritty VA: I’ve Lost All Boundaries–Is this Relationship Salvageable?

November 24, 2010 – 10:00 am

Dear Gritty VA: I have a client who signed a three month retainer which will end next month. The client is a publicist in Los Angeles. Working with this individual has become a job. I work 50 hours a week. The reason being that I have become an assistant vs. admin support. I like this [...]

By Danielle Keister | Posted in Business Savvy, Dear Gritty VA, Pricing and Getting Paid, Virtual Assistant/Virtual Assistance | Also tagged , , | Comments (13)

Dear Gritty VA: What Is “the Work?”

November 10, 2010 – 10:00 am

Dear Gritty VA: I am just starting my Virtual Assistant business.  I am networking and setting things up, but I have a question (hope it does not sound silly)… If you could, please list and/or explain some of the duties/work you in real terms. I hear all these Virtual Assistants talk about “the work,” but [...]

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Dear Gritty Virtual Assistant: I’ve Got a Bunch of Questions!

October 6, 2010 – 10:41 am

Dear Gritty VA: Thank you so much for all of your offerings through the Virtual Assistant Business Store! Getting my company planned and put together has been much easier thanks to you than it might have been.  I just need some clarification: How exactly do referrals work?  I am giving a two-hour free referral bonus [...]

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Dear Gritty VA: How Do I Advertise for Referral Partners?

September 29, 2010 – 10:00 am

Dear Gritty VA: I am new at publishing e-newletters and blogs, however, I know these are great tools to get the word out about my company and to attract new clients.  I plan to create a monthly e-newsletter and I want to be able to add great news about my referral partners. However, I want [...]

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Dear Gritty VA: Do I Need an Address on My Website?

September 15, 2010 – 10:00 am

Dear Gritty VA: There’s a conversation going on in another forum regarding addresses. Some people think it’s important to have one on your site and others think it’s unnecessary. What’s your opinion? –KH Oh, I’ve talked about this before on more than one occasion. Let me take the slightly longer road in answering because it’s [...]

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Dear Gritty VA: How Do I Find Virtual Assistant Jobs?

September 1, 2010 – 10:00 am

Dear Gritty VA: How do I find Virtual Assistant jobs? –SH From your question, I’m thinking you might not be understanding what Virtual Assistance is. Virtual Assistance is a not a job, it’s a business. As a Virtual Assistant, you don’t look for “jobs,” you look for clients. And you do that like any business [...]

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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? [...]

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