Tag Archives: Virtual Assistance

No One Can Guarantee You Clients

March 4, 2010 – 8:44 am

There are people who care about this industry, and then there are exploiters in this industry who only care about picking your pockets.
Look beneath the surface. Are these people even in the business they are trying to teach you about? Do they actually DO the thing they profess to have the knowledge about? How can [...]

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Dear Gritty VA: How Do I Get Clients

March 3, 2010 – 10:00 am

Dear Gritty VA:
Brief question–how do you get clients? I know this is on every Virtual Assistant’s mind in America whom is starting out. I know that the Virtual Assistant business is referral-based, but my God! I know that you can’t just jump up and think you are going to get rich from this (not [...]

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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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Consultation Fees?

January 13, 2010 – 10:00 am

A member of my Virtual Assistant community asked a great question today that I thought I would share here as it’s excellent food for thought. This member has been asked by clients on occasion if she would come to their offices and teach them how to do a thing (the “thing” itself doesn’t matter) so [...]

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Dear Gritty VA: What’s Your Website Advice?

January 6, 2010 – 10:00 am

Dear Gritty VA:
I found your website today and am very impressed. I am new to the world of Virtual Assistance–actually, today is my first day! My 2010 goal is to build a professional Virtual Assistant business, the kind of quality practice you describe in your website. It seems that one of the first really big [...]

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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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How You Can Afford a Virtual Assistant

December 14, 2009 – 10:00 am

Here’s an article I wrote and published today in “The Portable Business™.” If you’d like to subscribe, go here:
Okay, you already know about Virtual Assistants. You think they’re great. You totally get it and would love to work with your own administrative consultant. But as with anything of value, it is going to cost [...]

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Are There Legitimate Companies?

December 9, 2009 – 10:00 am

One of my members wanted to know the other day if there are legitimate companies that help you find clients. She’d seen many companies that say they employ Virtual Assistants for administrative work, but didn’t know who meant well, who was legit, who wasn’t and so on.
It’s a perfectly good question. I mean, on the [...]

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Want to Know How NOT to Sound Like Every Other Virtual Assistant?

December 8, 2009 – 10:00 am

One of the biggest complaints I hear from clients is that all the Virtual Assistant sites they visit say the same thing. There are a number of reasons for this.
For one thing, it seems to me that many people attracted to this industry somehow get the idea that it’s a sort of club to belong [...]

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Do You Send Clients Gift at Holiday Time?

December 3, 2009 – 10:00 am

Hey, do you want to get your business spotlighted in an upcoming issue of our ezine, The Portable Business™?
If you are a Virtual Assistant, I’m looking for your best gift-giving ideas and tips for clients. Do you have a favorite mail order company you like to order from? Is there a particular kind of gift [...]

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