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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 does [...]

By Danielle Keister | Posted in Business Savvy, Virtual Assistant/Virtual Assistance | Also tagged Administrative Support Consultant, Virtual Assistance, Virtual Assistants | Comments (0)

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 [...]

By Danielle Keister | Posted in Business Savvy, Rant & Raves, Virtual Assistant/Virtual Assistance | Also tagged Virtual Assistance, Virtual Assistants | Comments (2)

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 [...]

By Danielle Keister | Posted in Business Savvy, Dear Gritty VA, Marketing, Virtual Assistant/Virtual Assistance | Also tagged Attracting the Right Clients, Getting Clients, Understanding Your Value, Virtual Assistance, Virtual Assistants | Comments (11)

Dear Gritty VA: How Do I Keep Everything Separate?

February 10, 2010 – 10:00 am

Dear Gritty VA:
It is that time of year… taxes!!! And I was wondering if there were any helpful tips or tricks that you could share for a new Virtual Assistant to help stay organized. What you do to keep track of your business expenses from your personal expenses? My tax accountant told me that it [...]

By Danielle Keister | Posted in Business Savvy, Dear Gritty VA, Virtual Assistant/Virtual Assistance | Also tagged accountant, accounting, business expenses | Comments (0)

Are you a Non-Listener?

January 25, 2010 – 10:00 am

I like what Keith Ferrazzi had to say recently to his mailing list:
“Failing to listen well is rude. I don’t care whether you’re talking to the Queen of England or your intern. It very loudly communicates, Frankly my dear, I don’t give a damn. And as a master relationship builder, it’s your job to care.”
As [...]

By Danielle Keister | Posted in Business Savvy, Virtual Assistant/Virtual Assistance | Also tagged Administrative Support Consultant, Keith Ferrazzi, Listening SKills, Virtual Assistants | Comments (0)

One Way to Sort the Ideal from the Unideal

January 21, 2010 – 10:00 am

I was reading an ezine recently where business owners were advised to offer a variety of ways for prospects to contact them. The reasoning was that if prospects can’t reach you the way they prefer, they’ll call someone else.
And this might be good advice at a very general level, particularly if you are in a [...]

By Danielle Keister | Posted in Business Savvy, Virtual Assistant/Virtual Assistance | Also tagged Communication Protocols, Ideal Clients, Virtual Assistants | Comments (5)

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 [...]

By Danielle Keister | Posted in Business Savvy, Dear Gritty VA, Virtual Assistant/Virtual Assistance | Also tagged Gritty VA, Virtual Assistants | Comments (1)

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 [...]

By Danielle Keister | Posted in Business Savvy, Virtual Assistant/Virtual Assistance | Also tagged Client Consultation Process, Danielle Keister, Gritty VA, Virtual Assistance, Virtual Assistants | Comments (0)

Where Do You Get Stuck in Your Consultations?

January 15, 2010 – 10:00 am

I’m working on putting together a special learning module that expands on the concepts for conducting consultations that I share in my guide, “Breaking the Ice: A Step by Step System for Confidently Navigating the Consultation Conversation and Converting Prospects into Retained Clients.” Right now, I’m a bit stuck trying to figure out what should [...]

By Danielle Keister | Posted in Business Savvy, Great News, Virtual Assistant/Virtual Assistance | Also tagged Breaking the Ice, Client Consultation Process, Virtual Assistants | Comments (0)

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 [...]