I often get requests for help from those just starting out in our industry. Often they have set up great looking websites, have some brochures ready to give out – they just don’t have the clients and don’t know where to start. So they ask if I can get them started, or send work their way, or give advice… there are so many things they ask for, and I could spend all day, every day, assisting others and not getting my own work done.
There’s a saying: Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day, teach him how to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.
So, for quite some time (I should explain for at least 2 or 3 years now), ideas have been rolling around in the my head and I am now putting them down in a formal way. The end result will be an online VA training program for those just starting out, or for those who want to enhance their businesses further. I’ve set up a website for those interested in getting information once the education program is ready – the site will have more information when the program is launched. If you’re interested in being informed when it is ready and/or would like to register as a student, please go to VACoachingOnline. KMT
Des Walsh says
Kathie
May I suggest that there is also room for a whitepaper or an article or ten for business owners, esp home based and solo professionals, to show how a VA can help their productivity – some case studies would be a big help.
Des
Kathie says
Thanks Des, I might just do that. Whilst I have outlined in a previous post how to use a VA (http://vadirectory.blogspot.com/2006/01/advice-for-clients-seeking-to-use-va.html), case studies are a good idea.
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