Have you ever been madly in love? Have you ever experience the feeling that you just can’t live one day without your love; you want to spend every waking moment with them; you dream about them; you eat, sleep, talk about them; ….and even when you are with other people, you just can’t help constantly thinking about the one you love and dreaming about how you can take this relationship to an even higher level.
Well, that’s exactly how you feel when you have a passionate love affair with your business. When you are so madly in love with your business and absolutely love what you are doing!
Do you also sometimes feel like this? Read more »
Many women (and some cool guys too) dream of starting a home business where they are available to their family, managing their own hours, making a difference in clients’ lives and simultaneously earning a good income for playing (and paying the bills).
The increasing popularity of becoming a Virtual Assistant makes this dream a reality for many.
The truth is: starting a Virtual Assistant business is not difficult. It is relatively inexpensive and if you have the right skills, the correct equipment such as a PC and internet access, as well as a client or two, you can be in business within a few days.
However, there is a huge difference between Virtual Assistants who deliver virtual services as a hobby and virtual assistants who are serious about making a success of their business and build it a level where they do have a sustainable and profitable income.
The problem is: to become successful as a virtual assistant is not always easy. You need desire, plenty of motivation, constant commitment, good planning, a truckload of perseverance and you have to do it right from the start.
So, here are 10 important steps to get your business off to the right start and to set up the foundation for success: Read more »
Have you ever wondered why some people struggle to get clients (they spend hours and lots of money on marketing, but just don’t reap the benefits), while others have huge successes when marketing their business?
What possibly can be the difference – especially if two people use the same marketing techniques?
Well, to answers this, let’s first evaluate which of these two statement sums up how you think about your clients? Read more »
In every Virtual Assistant business things often get tough and you might feel like quitting. This is however the time for you to persist in what you’ve set out to do.
Never give up on your dreams because you never know how close you are in reaching them. Be persistent and take action on your dreams daily.
Persistence can be cultivated by a couple of things… Read more »
“Everyone wants to have a good day, but not many people know what a good day looks like – much less how to create one. And even fewer people understand how the way you live today impacts your tomorrow.” John C Maxwell
That is why Today Matters!
John Maxwell wrote in his book, Today Matters that you can create success in your life by focusing on what you do TODAY. Unfotunately, most of the time we miss that success, because we . . .
- Over-exaggerate yesterday – we dwell in the past and constantly think about the things we did or could have done better;
- Overestimate tomorrow – we expect things to be better in future;
….and then we underestimate the importance of today.
What we need to do is to Read more »
I recently read about an ingenious offline marketing campaign and I quickly want to share the story with you. So here it is:
One day a man was riding his bike to work and was about 10km into it when he stopped in a usual rest spot under a tree. There on the ground was a folded 50 Euro note. He picked it up in a millisecond and put it in his pocket.
When he got home he told his wife about his good fortune and got out the folded ‘fifty’.
When he unfolds it, he saw a total new picture.
The ‘Fifty Euros’ was in fact, as you can see from above, an ingenious and effective way of “God- marketing”.
In a country where openly spreading the gospel was prohibited, the underground church had to come up with a way to effectively reach more people. With the knowledge that people will always pick up money, they printed this flyer (simulating a 50Euro note) and ‘left’ thousands of these “notes” lying around across the country – effectively spreading the message of Jesus.
This is an ingenious example of knowing your target market and then directing your marketing efforts towards them. Read more »
Is marketing one of those things that you know you should do, but you just never get to do it properly because there are so many other things taking up your time?
As a self-employed person, you have to wear a number of different hats. You’re the one doing all the client work and managing your clients. You’re the one doing your own admin and keeping your back-office in order. You’re the one managing your finances and trying to build your business. Because of all these different roles, marketing and getting clients can often be put on the back burner.
The problem is, when you put marketing on the back burner and you only focus on it once in a while (when all the other fires are put out), you never really get to do it properly.
People often don’t realize that if you don’t market your business consistently you won’t have clients consistently. Thus, marketing should be a priority in your business because attracting prospects and converting them into paying clients is the lifeblood keeping you in business.
Make marketing a priority in your business this year by using the following 5 tips….
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Increasing your income significantly, getting more clients and enjoying a thriving business, doesn’t always require a major overhaul. Sometimes it only requires two simple things:
Clarity AND Action!
It is all about getting crystal clear on your goals and what you want from your business and your clients, and then taking action to achieve it.
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A business that attracts lots of clients is a business that focuses on service excellence.
Any VA can give a service and find some clients, but a Virtual Assistant who focuses on service excellence, will have a business that prosper and will attract clients into long-term relationships.
Now the question is: what is service excellence and how can you ensure your business delivers it?
Well, service excellence is about having:
- Solid beliefs in what you do and how it can benefit your clients;
- Exceptional behaviours and applying those to your client relationships.
- A great attitude;
Service excellence is all about finding ways to make your clients feel good about your services, your business and themselves because they simply feel good when dealing with you.
Here are some great ways to create service excellence in your business: Read more »
As we approach the end of the year, it’s always a good practice to take a look back at the last 12 months and to take stock of what happened in your business. Were you thrilled by all your successes or perhaps disappointed in how it turned out in the end?
No matter where you are in your business and what the results looked like over the previous 12 months, NOW is the right time to assess everything and create the success you deserve.
Setting aside some time for a little planning is a best practice ALL successful entrepreneurs apply and it will work for you too, even if you’re not the “planning” sort.
So why not take some time RIGHT NOW and use the 4 steps below to outline what you are going to accomplish to ensure you have an even better year in 2012. Read more »
Have you ever been madly in love? Have you ever experience the feeling that you just can’t live one day without your love; you want to spend every waking moment with them; you dream about them; you eat, sleep, talk about them; ….and even when you are with other people, you just can’t help constantly thinking about the one you love and dreaming about how you can take this relationship to an even higher level.
Virtual Assistant | Francis, 7 Mar 12 | 
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