Should a Virtual Assistant Network For a Client?

I saw an interesting article today titled “Take Advantage of Social Networking with a Virtual Assistant“  so of course I went and read it straight away.
I have very firm ideas about what a VA should and shouldn’t do for a client and networking is one of those things I don’t believe we should be doing.
I [...]

Networking is not ’set and forget’

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 [...]

Networking for business

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 [...]

Is there room for me in your network?

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 [...]

Victorian Bush Fires and the Need for Tourism

Last year I wrote about two different situations where the VA community grouped together to help one of its own.  One was when a VA shared on her challenges and others rallied round to help her.  The other was when I, myself, was going through a family tragedy and so many once again, rallied round [...]

Mistakes VAs Make

I hope you like the series I’ve been doing on the mistakes VAs make in operating their businesses.  I’ve been getting great feedback – both here at the blog and via email from various people and the list has been growing as I’ve been thinking about it when away from my office and doing other [...]

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