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[Question] Where do most of your new clients come from?
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View Poll Results: Where do MOST of your new clients come from?
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Networking Referrals (from Networking Groups)
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8 |
25.00% |
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Word of Mouth Referrals (from previous clients)
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11 |
34.38% |
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Social Media Contacts (Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, etc)
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1 |
3.13% |
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Direct Marketing (postcards, phone calls, PR, etc)
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0 |
0% |
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Visitors from your own website
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3 |
9.38% |
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Referrals from Family or Friends
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3 |
9.38% |
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Blog or Article/PR Readers
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0 |
0% |
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Other (please comment)n
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6 |
18.75% |
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05-05-2011
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Contributing Member
Company name: The Research Ace
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Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Dallas, TX
Posts: 114
Blog Entries: 1
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Where do most of your new clients come from?
So I'm curious... I have a theory but let see if it is true. For all you VAs out there, where do your new clients primarily come from? It will be interesting to see if there is a pattern! Plus I think if we get enough VAs to answer we all could learn something pretty interesting! Feel free to vote and share experiences and comments! 
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05-05-2011
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Contributing Member
Company name: ABetter Way Virtually
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Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Ward, SD
Posts: 101
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Re: Where do most of your new clients come from?
Hi Shandon,
Referrals for me. That is why I am such a big fan of networking, whether in person or virtually. I also apply to the RFP's that are posted if it seems a good fit.
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05-05-2011
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Community Leader
Company name: My Office Assistant
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Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Western Pennsylvania
Posts: 2,706
Blog Entries: 13
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Re: Where do most of your new clients come from?
Referrals for me too, however they are not all from clients. I get a lot from word of mouth for those who have heard me speak or met me at an event and gotten tips from me.
I also get inquiries from here too. Two of my last inquiries found me because of this very forum.
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05-05-2011
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Community Leader
Company name: The Perfect Word
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Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Richmond, Virginia
Posts: 738
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Re: Where do most of your new clients come from?
I had to pick "other" because when I ask callers where they found me the #1 answer is from the YP book (#2 is referrals from current or past clients). Just in the past several months, though, I've started getting calls/e-mails from people who found me through a Google search. I can see this way is starting to become more prevalent which is why I'm spending a lot more time now working to make sure my online presence is there and easy to find.
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05-05-2011
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Junior Member
Company name: Terri P Williams
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Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Chicago, IL
Posts: 297
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Re: Where do most of your new clients come from?
I chose networking because most of my clients are from me marketing business to business in my area!
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05-05-2011
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Contributing Member
Company name: Cutting Edge Virtual Assistant, Inc.
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Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: South Florida
Posts: 211
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Re: Where do most of your new clients come from?
My biggest source of clients is definitely the QuickBooks ProAdvisor website. I've had quite a few clients find me there.
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05-07-2011
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Founder, Virtual Assistant Forums
Company name: Virtual Assistant Forums
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Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Portland, OR
Posts: 9,423
Blog Entries: 9
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Re: Where do most of your new clients come from?
It used to be that all of our new clients came from referrals from existing clients but in the past year we've been getting more and more inquiries and new clients as a result of projects we've worked on (someone has seen the project/site/app/software and gotten in touch).
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09-26-2011
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New Member
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Join Date: Aug 2011
Posts: 25
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Re: Where do most of your new clients come from?
Mine are mostly BNI referrals and word of mouth.
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09-27-2011
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Senior Member
Company name: The Virtual Office Goddess, LLC
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Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Boulder, CO
Posts: 2,963
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Re: Where do most of your new clients come from?
I chose other because now it is pretty much a 50/50 split of past clients and networking. When I started out, though, it was mostly from direct mail (postcards).
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11-29-2011
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Active Member
Company name: List 2 Close Assistant
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Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Ohio
Posts: 582
Blog Entries: 7
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Re: Where do most of your new clients come from?
It's a 50/50 split from referrals from clients and from larger companies that have heard of me online.
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