Tag Archives: Virtual Assistance

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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Administrative Support IS a Speciality All Its Own

April 12, 2010 – 10:00 am

Guess what, people? Administrative support IS a specialty in and of itself. You CAN specialize in just administrative support and do as well as any other kind of specialized service professional. The problem, the reason why clients don’t get it much of the time and why Virtual Assistants as an industry are not earning well, [...]

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Dear Gritty VA: How Can I Target Churches?

March 24, 2010 – 10:00 am

Dear Gritty VA: What strategy would you recommend using for targeting churches with the Virtual Assistant business? I know a lot of churches depend on volunteers for help, but they might not have the right skills. And while some may have administrators, most do not. I think there is a huge market. –BP What does [...]

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Dear Gritty VA: What Am I?

March 17, 2010 – 10:00 am

Dear Gritty VA: I am starting out my business and I am not sure what my focus should be and how to market myself. I have several skills/abilities that are not exactly in line with each other. 1. I worked as an executive assistant through college for high ranking military officials so I know that [...]

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Rethink Your Role: You Aren’t Anyone’s Assistant

March 12, 2010 – 10:00 am

If you’re in business, you aren’t anyone’s assistant. Too many organizations are training Virtual Assistants to work with clients like nothing more than contract employees (and a contract employee is an employee). This keeps them from growing and earning better. You will keep yourself stuck if you continue to buy into that thinking. Your value [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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