Ok, I know many of you have been waiting for this.
I believe it to be setting rates that are too low. This also includes allowing clients to tell you what you should be charging.
Many VAs, particularly in the first year or two of their businesses, mistakenly think they should charge low to get the clients. [...]

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Further to my previous 2 posts, I have more to add and Tracey’s comment included some of what I wanted to say.
When a client contacts you for a quote you need to project confidence and telling someone nervously that you are new and you’re not sure what to charge, or umm and ahh over charges, [...]

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I wrote recently about the no. 1 mistake VAs make and it was good to see the comments coming in.
I thought I’d follow up with things that new (and existing) VAs can do to help shift that employee mindset. Now, I’m not by any means trying to belittle employees and thank you Deb M for [...]

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The number one mistake (I believe) Virtual Assistants make is not changing one’s mindset when entering our industry to become a VA.
I’m going to post a series on this topic and I wanted to share the one I believe is at the top of the list.
What do I mean by that?  Many who join the [...]

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I was recently having a discussion on my Virtual Assistant forum about using Facebook for networking. Some thought that it might not have value and others thought it a great tool.  Comment had been made about the necessity of using it to advertise how many friends or fans you have.  I’ll share with you here [...]

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I’ve been running a promotion here for our 1,000th member at “A Clayton’s Secretary”. We are very close to that number and it’s been good to see the new members who have joined us over the past couple of months.  Some of those members have received bonuses for joining and here are a few more [...]

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