No Frills VA Podcast: The Long Game of Networking
In this episode, AVA Founder & CEO, Melissa Smith shares her love of networking and how to consistently network in order to build your business. In this week’s episode, Melissa shares: 1:02 – Why she started networking; 1:50 – How Melissa discovered the value of having even a small network; 2:50 – The kind of networking Melissa does not […]
Continue readingNo Frills VA Podcast: Growing Your Business Slowly
In this episode, AVA Founder & CEO, Melissa Smith shares the struggle, pain, persistence, lessons learned, and the ultimate joy if you have a business that is growing slowly. In this week’s episode, Melissa shares: 2:07 – What drives Melissa; 3:03 – Why growing your business slowly affects all business owners; 4:05 – Coping with slow growth; 6:40 – The […]
Continue readingGrowing Your VA Business to the Next Level Pt. 2
Growing Your VA Business to the Next Level Pt. 2, we’re going to share how to create a path moving forward that doesn’t include paying your dues…again. In Part 1, we discussed how to know if your floor has become your ceiling as you’ve grown your business. When your ceiling becomes your floor and you […]
Continue readingNo Frills VA Podcast: When Your Ceiling Becomes Your Floor
In this episode, AVA Founder & CEO, Melissa Smith shares how to recognize when your ceiling becomes your floor and how to frame your mindset to take your business to the next level. In this week’s episode, Melissa shares: 1:07 – What it means to have your ceiling become your floor; 3:53 – The danger […]
Continue readingGrowing Your VA Business to the Next Level Pt. 1
“Every ceiling, when reached, becomes a floor, upon which one walks as a matter of course and prescriptive right.” — Aldous Huxley There comes a point when you’re growing your VA business that your ceiling becomes your floor. It can feel like you’re starting over. You may be frustrated, to say the least. You might […]
Continue readingNavigating Difficult Conversations: Ending a Client Relationship
Navigating difficult conversations when you are ending a client relationship is essential to the entire VA industry. If you have ever taken on a client who already had a poor VA experience in the past you know exactly why. This includes offboarding a client. These certainly don’t have to be difficult conversations. You don’t have […]
Continue readingNavigating Difficult Conversations: Client Satisfaction
Navigating difficult conversations becomes much easier when you know your client satisfaction level. We started the blog series on how to have the frame of mind and how to prepare yourself. Last week we discussed raising prices. However, nothing prepares you like knowing how satisfied your clients are. There isn’t a successful business in existence […]
Continue readingNavigating Difficult Conversations: Raising Prices
Navigating difficult conversations when it comes to raising prices is one of the most common for virtual assistants. In this week’s post, we are sharing the best steps to take when it comes to navigating these conversations so they don’t have to be viewed as difficult. Last week we discussed the frame of mind and […]
Continue readingNavigating Difficult Conversations
Navigating difficult conversations successfully is a combination of the right frame of mind and preparedness. When we think of anything that we consider difficult, why do we think it’s difficult? It’s due to a lack of training which doesn’t allow us to prepare. Anytime we haven’t had training in a particular area it is naturally […]
Continue readingCelebrating Administrative Professionals: Becoming Your Own Chief
In this month’s blog series, we are celebrating administrative professionals who are also successful business leaders. You can be a successful administrative assistant, executive assistant, virtual assistant, or remote assistant AND a successful business leader. The Association of Virtual Assistants is proud to have had the opportunity to interview some of the best in the […]
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