Deirde - I find this to be true for myself - it's my biggest stumbling block! "I find it very difficult to promote myself. I found it was very hard for me to separate my business from myself. I do not enjoy marketing..."

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DeirdreS

Thank you for sharing your story. I always love to hear the story of the paths that people take to finally reach the dream of doing what they love. Thanks for the inspiration.

Regards,
Bonnie- PBS

Great interview! Thanks for sharing your experiences.

Deidre - how would you suggest one go about getting work from another VA?

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Hi Daneille,

The first thing I did when I decided start my business was read until I dreamed about the VA business. I spent hours reading the posts on forums and the articles that are posted. Then OIVAC began so I spent a bit of money and took 3 seminars and made sure that I was present and participated in all of the networking chats. At this time I wasn't really interested in working with another VA I just wanted to learn as much as I could from the seasoned VAs.

My advice to you is to join and participate in forums, live chats, live voice chats, and attend OIVAC. You want the VAs to know who you are, what your skill set is and that you are trustworthy enough to be trusted with the clients that they worked hard to find. I find it very humbling when I'm trusted to do a job for another VA because not only am I trying to make the client look good, I also have a great responsibility to make the VA's business shine as well.

I guess the bottom line is let the VA community get to know you and what you have to offer.

Hope this helps.

Deirdre

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Deirdre,
Thank you for your thoughtful comments. I have been taking full advantage of this forum, by reading every post and asking a ton of questions. Although I already have a partially virtual estate business, I would like to branch out and include some of my other skills. I haven't seen my estate niche included in this forum - I wonder if anyone else has been asked to perform this type of service?

Daneille

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Daneille

Deirdre,

Thank you for offering us the insight into your VA world. I specially enjoyed reading about how happy you're working for other VA's. I think is important to know what we want before we even start, knowing our skills and preferences.


All the Best!

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