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How Working More Hours Can Mean Earning LESS Money

November 26, 2010 – 10:00 am

Continuing the conversation in this week’s Dear Gritty VA post (“I’ve Lost All Boundaries–Is this Relationship Salvageable?”), I wanted to illustrate how a Virtual Assistant can be working 50 hours a week and still not be making “any” money. I use quotations marks because, sure, she’s getting paid something. But “something” doesn’t necessarily mean “enough.” [...]

By Danielle Keister | Posted in Business Savvy, Pricing and Getting Paid, Virtual Assistant/Virtual Assistance | Also tagged Pricing and Getting Paid, Value-Based Pricing, Virtual Assistance, Virtual Assistants | Comments (4)

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 Danielle Keister, Gritty VA, Virtual Assistants | Comments (13)

Clients Are Responsible for their Own Success

November 12, 2010 – 10:00 am

Just because what we Virtual Assistants and Administrative Consultants do helps clients and gives them to ability or opportunity to increase their income, doesn’t mean we are responsible for whether that happens or not. While we are definitely passionate about our work and how it helps them move forward and gives them back more time, [...]

By Danielle Keister | Posted in Business Savvy, Virtual Assistant/Virtual Assistance | Also tagged Administrative Consultants, Client Success, Virtual Assistants | Comments (2)

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 [...]

By Danielle Keister | Posted in Business Savvy, Dear Gritty VA, Marketing, Virtual Assistant/Virtual Assistance | Also tagged Administrative Consultants, Danielle Keister, Gritty VA, Virtual Assistance, Virtual Assistants | Comments (2)

New Video: How to Work with a Virtual Assistant

November 9, 2010 – 10:00 am

Hey, check out our new video to help clients understand how to work with a Virtual Assistant/Administrative Consultant. Would love you to subscribe to our channel, rate the video and leave your comments. Let me know how you like it. Oh, and by the way, this was made for Virtual Assistants and Administrative Consultants to [...]

By Danielle Keister | Posted in Business Savvy, Cool Stuff, Marketing, Virtual Assistant/Virtual Assistance | Also tagged Danielle Keister, How to Work with a Virtual Assistant, Virtual Assistance, Virtual Assistant Chamber of Commerce, Virtual Assistants | Comments (5)

Take These Words Out of Your Vocabulary

October 28, 2010 – 10:16 am

We are having a great conversation about yet another dumb article about Virtual Assistants over on our Facebook group page. One thing I am always trying to get through to Virtual Assistants and Administrative Consultants is to take certain words out of their vocabulary when it comes to their marketing and conversations with clients. First, [...]

By Danielle Keister | Posted in Business Savvy, Marketing | Also tagged Administrative Consultant, Administrative Support, Virtual Assistance, Virtual Assistants | Comments (1)

Which Are You?

October 26, 2010 – 10:00 am

I was going through some old listserv messages the other day that I had saved for one reason or another and came across one where a Virtual Assistant was lamenting about possibly losing a client. She had learned inadvertently that this client was seeking a new VA and she was upset that she hadn’t been [...]

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

Responding to Virtual Assistant RFPs

October 25, 2010 – 1:31 pm

Responding to RFPs is really not the best way to get clients because it has you jumping through their hoops and “auditioning” rather than the other way around. Responding to RFPs will have you expending exorbitant amounts of time and energy trying to land nickel and dime clients (who are usually only looking for the [...]

By Danielle Keister | Posted in Business Savvy, Marketing, Virtual Assistant/Virtual Assistance | Also tagged Consultations, Responding to Requests for Proposals, RFPs, Virtual Assistants | Comments (0)

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 [...]

By Danielle Keister | Posted in Business Savvy, Dear Gritty VA, Marketing, Virtual Assistant/Virtual Assistance | Also tagged Danielle Keister, Gritty VA, Gritty Virtual Assistant, referral marketing, Virtual Assistance, Virtual Assistants | Comments (0)

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 [...]