Tag Archives: Virtual Assistant

Only Two Days Left to Save

September 23, 2010 – 11:56 am

Virtual Assistants and Administrative Support Consultants: Just a quick reminder–only 2 days left to save $50 on my brand new Value-Based Pricing & Packaging Toolkit! Until midnight Saturday, September 25, I’ve reduced the price of the Value-Based Pricing & Packaging Toolkit to $97 (a savings of $50). What’s also cool is that I’ve added a [...]

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Dear Gritty VA: What does the waiver mean?

September 22, 2010 – 10:00 am

Dear Gritty VA: As you may remember, I purchased a set of your awesome Virtual Assistant business forms. Question. Can you clarify the waiver? “Any waiver by either party of a breach or violation of provision of this Agreement by the other party shall not operate or be construed as a waiver of any subsequent [...]

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Do You Need a Virtual Assistant or An Employee?

September 20, 2010 – 10:00 am

One of the biggest challenges Virtual Assistants have is helping a significant part of the marketplace understand that Virtual Assistants are not employees. In reading this, you might be wondering, “Huh? I just need someone to do my stuff.” But as a business owner intending to work with a Virtual Assistant/Administrative Support Consultant, understanding the [...]

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Get Ready to Toss Those Timesheets Out the Window for Good!

September 16, 2010 – 10:00 am

I know buying business products can be tough. The really good stuff does cost money. There’s just no way around it. But it’s an investment in your growth and success. And those of us with the really good stuff to offer can’t devalue ourselves and the knowledge we share. That’s a really poor business example, [...]

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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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Is a Web Designer an Assistant?

September 10, 2010 – 4:16 pm

Is a Web designer an assistant? Is a bookkeeper or accountant an assistant? Is an attorney an assistant? Aren’t all these very specific areas of expertise? Then why do you think you have to be an assistant in order to deliver your administrative support and expertise? Change how you think of yourself, your expertise and [...]

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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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Another Reason I Can’t Stand Internet Marketers

August 27, 2010 – 10:00 am

I was just listening to a podcast and something that was said reminded me of an Internet marketer who contacted me awhile back. She sent me a message on Twitter asking to talk with me. She didn’t say what it was, and I’m not interested in talking to just anyone, expending my time, unless I [...]

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Might be a Great Target Market for an Enterprising Virtual Assistant

August 26, 2010 – 10:00 am

I love listening to NPR in the evenings. This week, they’ve been doing a three-part series about doctors in primary care. In this series, they reported on the catastrophic shortage of primary care doctors who provide basic health care (they make around $150,000 a year compared to the multiple six-figure incomes of specialists), and took [...]

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You Aren’t an Assistant

August 24, 2010 – 10:00 am

One reason I think administrative expertise has for so long or so often not been given the same kind of respect as other expertise is that it is/was always paired with being an assistant, which is automatically/inherently subjugating. You don’t have to be an assistant to be an administrative expert. Beware of Virtual Assistant “gurus” [...]

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