Posted on March 31st, 2009 by Kathie Thomas
A recent conversation with a client set me thinking. In fact I’d had a similar discussion with another client not much earlier. They both wanted accounts set up at various social networking tools such as LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, etc and have everything automated (rss feed from blogs, automatic responses, etc) so that they could literally [...]
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Posted on March 27th, 2009 by Kathie Thomas
On one of the forums I participate a member was asking how to market their VA business and get work. I joined in the conversation and highlighted the importance of networking. My response is below.
Networking is a key to developing business and a big part of it. I believe you should be networking both online [...]
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Posted on March 24th, 2009 by Kathie Thomas
It was 24th March 1994 and I had been attending the National Secretaries Day breakfast in the city. After the breakfast I headed for the Govt Dept so I could register the business name I’d decided on for my brand new business. I was so excited about my business name but didn’t want to tell [...]
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Posted on March 23rd, 2009 by Kathie Thomas
I recently met a copywriter at a business breakfast I was speaking at and she was keen to talk to me after the event. She was looking for more ways to get clients and was wondering if I accepted copywriters into my Virtual Assistant network. I told her I would send her some suggestions that [...]
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Posted on March 20th, 2009 by Kathie Thomas
I was thinking about a client of mine today and recent conversations we’ve had. I worry that their focus is always on business and nothing else. Even on weekends. I know that many who think they know me probably think that’s all I have on my mind too, but the reality is that while I [...]
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Posted on March 20th, 2009 by Kathie Thomas
I have a story I tell at conferences and other events when speaking about how my business became international. I talk about my first international client – a lawyer who lived in Picardy, France in 1997.
Imagine my surprise at a recent event when a gentleman with a South African accent came up to me to [...]
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