Welcome Sarah. I have been in the business for over two years. I haven't done any advertising, and have received all of my clients through networking and referrals. All you need is one good client and they will start referring you out!
Welcome Sarah.... Tess and Lezly have pointed you in the perfect direction. The only thing I would add would be take it one bite at a time, and you will do great.
hey sarah - It has taken a year for me to finally "launch" as I havent' had much funds in the kitty to do any advertising, etc. Hopefully I will have an advert in the local paper soon as well as an article and - perhaps - my own talk show...
Welcome to the forum Sarah! The master list is absolutely wonderful!!! I have been using it for a few months now trying to get all of my ducks in a row. I have spent many hours researching and also reading the forums threads. It does take some work to start your own business and never realized just how much until I started working on mine. I hope to be launching my business soon! Good luck to you!
Welcome to the forums. It's nice to meet newbies from the UK .
I personally don't go for paid advertising and stick to free advertising. I wouldn't waste your money. You just need to get out there and spread the word.
Good luck with everything. Let us know how you get on.
Just wanted to thank you all for your warm welcomes and for your advice.
I'm busy getting stuck into my business plan now and will start doing some market research soon to try to establish what my target market is so I'm sure I'll be posting threads all over the place once I get started!!
Hi Sarah! It's great to have you here- the more the merrier!
Since you are in Bucks, you might consider joining Businesslinks in Slough - it's a trove of useful information for someone just starting off and great for marketing.
You'l also get an unbelievable amount of assistance on this Forum - the key word here is 'unbelievable' -as everyone is so willing to 'give a hand'.
Welcome and Good Luck.
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Hi Sarah,
I wanted to welcome you to the forums as well. It is so great that we are all brought together for a common goal (building and growing our VA business) even though we are so far away from each other.
diana
Thanks for yur message, sorry not been online for a few days.
Yes I have heard a lot of good things about Business Link although from reading their website they said you'd get much more out of the meeting if you were to draft your business plan first and take it with you?? So I am busy with that although there are a few sections that I am unsure of!
May I ask whereabouts you are in the UK and at what stage you are into the VA business??
Re: Hello there from Bucks, England!!!
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