This past Sunday, my husband and I were getting ready to attend a

summer festival so I threw a few business cards in my bag along with sunscreen, sunglasses and water. You never know when you’ll meet a potential client.
So off we go to the festival and within the first thirty minutes amid the crowds and noise I spy my husband chatting with a gal on a bike. As I move closer I see it is Karen (not her real name), an acquaintance of ours. I walk over and listen to the conversation; they are telling each other what they have been up to for the past few years. As they chat Karen turns to me and I get this feeling like a deer in the headlights, I have been thinking about my elevator speech but nothing comes out. I reach into my bag and pull out a business card which I hand to Karen.
Karen reads the card and says, “Oh you’re a virtual assistant, I could use a virtual assistant, what is it you like to do?”
Mouth open but nothing coming out, my dear husband tells Karen about a recent project I worked on. “Logistics” I mumble, “I worked on logistics.” Then I blurt out something about project work and web pages but it is weak and...