Just a few short months after starting my VA business I started getting emails and private messages on forums asking me one of two questions:

1) Are you hiring?

2) How can I start my own VA business?

While I was flattered that someone thought, at that stage, that I was successful enough to answer those questions, I was also baffled because I just didn’t know how to answer them.

Now if someone were to ask me that today, I would know exactly what to tell them: Buy a copy of Cindy Greenway’s Virtually Successful: 8 Simple Ways for Virtual Assistants to Find (and Keep) Clients.

First, let me tell you a bit about Cindy. She’s been a virtual assistant since 2003 when she launched Victoria Business Solutions. Since then, she has grown her business to the point where she’s been able to work with just a few select clients and still have the time to support others who want to develop a successful VA business.

In her book, she addresses the two most common questions new VAs have – how do I find clients and how do I keep them? But rather than just give you a bunch of lists and general concepts, Cindy walks you through various exercises, beginning with finding your niche and your target market and ending with effectively communicating with clients and maintaining a successful working relationship with them. She also covers some of the more technical aspects of running a VA business like creating a work agreement/contract and setting up payment processing.

Throughout this book, Cindy includes numerous resources, checklists and exercises and relates her own personal experiences with the various issues you’ll face as your business builds.

If you’re still in the research and planning phase of starting a VA business, Virtually Successful: 8 Simple Ways for Virtual Assistants to Find (and Keep) Clients will provide you with the knowledge and tools you need to get your VA business off to a great start. If you’ve already started working as a virtual assistant but you’re struggling with taking it to the next level, Cindy’s book can provide you with the solutions to help you overcome those obstacles standing in your way along the road to success.

Purchase your copy of Virtually Successful: 8 Simple Ways for Virtual Assistants to Find (and Keep) Clients at Amazon.com.

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