How important is your website to your service provider business? Amazingly I still see some ‘so-called’ experts telling people it’s not all that important. In the recent past I’ve overheard at least two conversations in which the expert told the new business owner to ‘just get a free website or Facebook page‘. If I hadn’t…
Many times we spend so much time and energy on finding clients that we fail to see other equally as important aspects of marketing our small businesses. One of those aspects is the way we introduce ourselves and our businesses. As a small business owner, you need to separate yourself from all of the other…
I love being a virtual assistant. I love educating others about virtual assistance. And I love helping new virtual assistants get started. With that said, I also believe that if you’re thinking about becoming a virtual assistant there are some things that you shouldn’t need to be taught. The whole concept of a virtual assistant…
I hear you out there. Those unspoken responses to my previous post. You know, the one where I said that getting clients wasn’t about price? Yeah, that one. And you’re thinking, “Those points are well and good if you have clients already, but how do you build trust in the beginning. You know, when you’re…
Since my post on virtual assistant rates continues to be discovered and enjoyed almost two months after I first published it, I thought perhaps it was time for another post on pricing for service related businesses. Yes, that includes virtual assistants. And since we already tackled the issue of not charging enough, let’s move on…
Don’t let the title mislead you, this post is for both those of you that are interested in using a virtual assistant as well as virtual assistants themselves ( and those that want to be one). I love hanging around the virtual assistant forums. It’s become just one of the ways that I try to…
In the seven prior posts in this series, we’ve covered the preparation and search for a virtual assistant. We’ve also touched on how being an ‘ideal’ client for your virtual assistant can benefit the relationship as well. Our next top secret tip actually expands on one of the items that we identified as being a…
Previously in this series we’ve been focused on preparing and finding a virtual assistant that fits your needs on several levels. In this tip we’ll be exploring the experience after you’ve signed the contract. We’ll start with: Top Secret Tip #7: Ideal Clients get Ideal Service In a previous post we talked about defining what…
“Start Blogging Today can give you the tools and the steps you need to use social media and a blog to market and promote your business online. Whether you are a brand new to blogging or you have an existing blog, Start Blogging Today will put you on the right path.” I’ve mentioned here before…
The next installment of my series “I want a Virtual Assistant…now what?” has been posted over at Home Office Warrior Virtual Assistant. It is entitled “Being the perfect client” and gives pointers on how to approach working with a Virtual Assistant from a client perspective. I think you’ll find it very informative!