Would you like to be featured in the Virtual Assistant Forums VA Interviews series? Here's your chance!
Any active member of Virtual Assistant Forums is eligible to be featured in our Virtual Assistant Interviews series - new VAs, established VAs, even VAs we've interviewed previously (send us an update!). If you'd like to share your startup story, your secrets to success, and help your fellow VAs on their journey all while highlighting your own virtual assistant business
simply follow the instructions below to be considered.
Copy/Paste the interview template below into an email.
Draft your answers and when you're ready, send your complete responses
along with the following:
REQUIRED:- a clear, quality picture or headshot
COLOR only - at least 200 x 200
- a link to your Virtual Assistant Forums profile
- your bio / company info
four to five+ sentences describing you, your company, your services, your unique selling point, what makes you an awesome VA, etc.
- your company URL
you MUST have a business website to be considered.
OPTIONAL:
Provide FULL links (including
http://) to the following. Note that all may not be published with your interview.
- Business blog
- TWITTER
- FACEBOOK
- LINKEDIN
- Newsletter?
- Have you authored any books, ebooks, etc?
Send EVERYTHING in ONE email to admin @ virtualassistantforums .com
Incomplete submissions will not be considered and will not be notified so please be sure you've followed the instructions prior to sending.
If your interview is selected you'll be contacted with an approximate publication date and notified again when your interview goes live.
We will be publishing two interviews per month.
The more information you provide, the more thoughtful and creative your responses, etc. the more likely your interview is to be selected.
There is no deadline - you can submit your interview at any time.
VAF Interview Template:
Note that we may edit your replies for brevity and grammar, etc. and that we may choose not to publish every question and answer. If there are questions you are not comfortable answering, feel free to skip them. There is an opportunity at the end for you to add your own questions and answers as well - feel free to elaborate!
INTERVIEW QUESTIONS:- What is your company name? Is there a story behind the name?
- How long have you been a virtual assistant and what drew you to start up your practice?
- What was the startup phase like for you? Please share your biggest triumphs/hurdles overcome from this time.
- What is your specialty/niche?
- How have you established yourself as an expert or leader in your field?
- What’s on your to-do list today?
- What’s your definition of success?
- What are the top five tools or resources you use on a regular basis in your business?
- What’s your number one source for new clients?
- Who is your ideal client? Has your ideal client profile changed at all since you first started your business?
- What is your most important business policy and how did it come to be a part of your operations?
- What was the most recent local networking event you attended and how did it go?
- What is the one thing you ‘wish you’d known’ when you first started out?
- What do you love most about being self employed/working from home?
- What’s your advice for aspiring VAs?
- What’s the biggest mistake you’ve ever made in your business and how did you fix it?
- How many BILLABLE hours a week do you work? What is your schedule like?
- How many NON-BILLABLE hours a week do you work? What do you spend that time on?
- What question do you get asked most often about your business and how do you answer?
- Looking ahead, what’s your five year plan?
- Is there anything else we didn't ask that you'd like to provide an answer to?
Please feel free to write and include your own questions and answers!
You'll find samples of previous interviews here.
Would you like to be featured in our Virtual Assistant Interviews series? Here's your chance!
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