It is clear to me through the various VA forums that the industry is continuing to grow. That’s a good thing.  And we see continued requests for VA support as well.  But it is also obvious to me that there’s not enough information out there.
Topics: Operating a VA Business, VA Education

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I often get requests via email from people who want to become a Virtual Assistant. Sometimes via my VA forum, sometimes via my website contact form, sometimes by email and sometimes by phone.It’s generally the written requests that concern me. ...
Topics: Mistakes VAs make, Operating a VA Business

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I’ve been working on a project in the background for some months, as if I need something else to be doing!Many of you will know that I’ve been running the VATrainer.com Virtual Assistant course for a few years now and I’m thrilled that..
Topics: VA Coaching Club, VA Education, virtual assistant coaching

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I see this request on the web in many places with discussions on forums and articles written on blogs by people who have little knowledge of our industry. They’ve heard the term or read about it in books but have no idea where to look.I don’t.
Topics: Author's musings

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Remember that post I made a couple of weeks ago?  Well, we’re getting much closer to the goal! And I promised that some lucky people would win prizes along the way.If the following people would like to get in touch saying they’ve seen this...
Topics: 000th member, 1, Author's musings, virtual assistant

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