7 Biggest Mistakes Virtual Assistants Make in Building Their Business
Every Virtual Assistant makes mistakes when it comes to building a successful business - it’s how we learn (sometimes it’s an unfortunate way to learn!).
And believe it or not - most of these mistakes are totally preventable. What does this mean? It means that we are the ones getting the way of our own success!
Over the last few years I’ve been very fortunate to work with 2 great partners. Together we offer 15+ years combined in the Virtual Assistant industry and through our own trial and error - and from conversations we’ve had with hundreds of Virtual Assistants - we’ve seen the most common mistakes Virtual Assistants are making when it comes to building their business.
That’s why we decided to create a special video and free pdf report - to help Virtual Assistants avoid these common mistakes!
Visit www.7BiggestVAMistakes.com to view the video and sign up to receive the free report “The 7 Biggest Mistakes Virtual Assistats are Making and (more importantly) How You Can Avoid Them.”
We’d love to hear from you …. what mistakes have you made that have affected the growth of your business? Post your story below.
Enjoy!
~Cindy
March 15th, 2009 at March 15, 2009 - 5:35 pm
Your “7 Biggest Mistakes” report is very helpful, Cindy. It gave me some support for things I was struggling with as I gear up to launch my business. I’m trying to wade through all the varying opinions out there about what should and shouldn’t be done. The generalist vs. specialist debate had me depressed for a while. I had intended on specializing, then got derailed when I read several things saying that VAs should be generalists. But then I read differing opinions and came back to life (so to speak). I am a firm believer in constructing your own knowledge and philosophy - so I am collecting ideas that my gut tells me are right for me. I want it to be my business my way.
#4 is my favourite. It is a much more proactive approach and very helpful to the client.
I think I will have problems with #2 as I’m starting up - saying no when I don’t have any clients will take a great amount of willpower. But I do believe it is the right way to go. I don’t want my time to be filled up with work that’s outside of my chosen specialty.
What I’m stuck on right now is #6 - selecting a target market. The questions you have there should help to narrow it down.
Great report - thanks! Deb