You all know them – those Virtual Assistants who have been going for years and totally know their stuff. They have excess clients, subcontractors, a regular income and they don’t even seem to advertise for work. They post photos of themselves working in exotic locations, pool or beachside, with their feet up and a coffee or wine in their hands. What do they have that you don’t?
Passion
They’ve put their heart and soul into their business. They’ve survived the tough start-up phase. They’ve invested in themselves and their business. All because they have a drive and passion that keeps them going. Do you know why you’re in business? What your big driver is? They do.
Desire to help
These VAs love helping businesses succeed. They can only help businesses succeed if they know lots of ‘stuff’. The ‘stuff’ they know can include
- How to provide a service that really eases their clients’ pain
- Which businesses need them the most
- How to keep clients’ constantly happy
- How to run their business efficiently
- How to outsource what they aren’t good at
- How to find answers
- Lots of business people
- How to connect people who can potentially help each other.
They learnt all this stuff through networking, training, research, trial and error and always always learning from their mistakes. And yep, this takes time and effort.
Ability to learn from their mistakes.
Established VAs have had bad clients. They’ve delivered poor services. They’ve even had completely failed marketing attempts. But they always learn from these. They pick themselves up and they try again. Every experienced VA remembers the first time they had to fire a client. They remember feeling completely overwhelmed and having to just do it anyway. But each time they do these things, they grow.
Look out for opportunities for themselves AND their clients
Established and successful VAs know lots of people. Knowing lots of people in the business world is a really useful asset to their business and their clients’ businesses. They network not just for themselves, but for their clients too. They seek opportunities for their clients and they help bring goals to fruition. They step up and do what needs to be done.
Patience
They’ve been in business for a while – they’ve worked hard and they’ve taken lots of lots of steps. You can be there one day – you just need to keep going, keep your eye on the prize, keep learning and growing – and you’ll be posting pics of yourself pool side before you know it.
Great post Rosie and so, so true. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks Kathie!
This is exactly how I try and approach my business – it’s not a race to how big you can get, it’s what value you can provide for clients and having solid foundations. Thanks for the reminder Rosie ❤️
And that’s why you’re a superstar. xxx