In your heart, do you know you should raise your prices, but are reluctant because you’re afraid of losing clients? Be honest with yourself. Most VAs don’t charge enough for their services. Has a client complained about your prices in the past, adding to your concern about raising them? Well,
10 Strategies to Get More Marketing Done in Less Time
Do you want to continue to grow your VA business, but finding the time to do the marketing is a challenge? There are many reasons it may be difficult to find enough time in your day to market your business.
For example, even if you have quite a few clients, you
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VAs, Blast Through Resistance & Keep those New Year’s Resolutions!
You’re great at getting stuff done for your clients, but when it comes to yourself, sometimes you drop the ball.
So It feels great to make some New Year’s resolutions, but then comes the part where you have to keep them . . . and despite your top-of-the-year enthusiasm, the same
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VA’s: Shine in an interview with 3 top listening skills
Recently I posted the article “The Top Three Listening Mistakes VA’s Make in an Interview,” where I discussed what not to do in an interview. Now, I’ll describe three different listening skills that you do want to employ in an interview.
Before I begin, please bear in mind that these skills take
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How to Close the Sale in an Interview Part V: Closing the Sale
posted on November 11th, 2009 in Interview Skills
I know many of you having been waiting for this post, because you want to know how to get the client to say “yes! I want to work with you!” But if you’ve skipped any of the first 4 posts, you need to go back and read them. The truth
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How to Close the Sale in an Interview Part 1: Connecting
posted on October 23rd, 2009 in Interview Skills
Every VA loves to hear those magic words “I would love to use your virtual assistant services” Who hasn’t hung up the phone and pumped their right arm with that satisfied “YES!” at least once after getting a new client?
I know you may cringe at the thought of “selling,” but
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What your coach never tells you . . .
posted on October 12th, 2009 in Get to know the coach
It’s early morning. I open my eyes to “M – 0- m, my-brother-broke-my-Lego” . . . “well-he-hit-me!” . . . “but-he-broke-it-on-purpose!”
Oh joy. Another one of those weird holidays that only the kids and no one else has off. Saint Test-Your-Patience Day or something like that. And my husband was unexpectedly
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