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Permalink Reply by Carlene Tibbott-Butts on January 29, 2010 at 4:21pm

Hi Sue you are right on. I have an idea that I've been toying with for a while now, but prefer to discuss with you in private, because I'll need a partner to get it going.

I agree, we still need a lot more education and information being distributed to small business owners and companies downsizing to save costs.
What's your email and / or phone number?

Thanks.
Carlene

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Permalink Reply by Sue L Canfield on January 29, 2010 at 4:36pm

Great Carlene. I sent you a message with my phone and email. Sue

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Permalink Reply by Alba Henderson on January 30, 2010 at 10:45pm

Online Business Management is another term I use. We

Maintain Calendars
Tasks
Travel
Manage Projects
Accounting
Market and Advertise

We all provide a niche that supports the management of businesses.

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Permalink Reply by Sue L Canfield on January 31, 2010 at 5:20pm

Thank you Alba. Clients appreciate it when a VA can be a value added resource - not just by performing tasks. Also by adding value by helping them manage their time or even by suggesting new ideas.

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Permalink Reply by Diana Ennen on February 3, 2010 at 8:40am

Hi

I think it's awesome how much more today everyone is used to the term virtual assistant, but still it funny how many still say "A WHAT???" Once they hear what all we can do though, they want to hear more.

I think the biggest way is to have our clients start talking more. I'm seeing this more on teleseminars of some speakers, online marketers, etc. They will say, you can't do this without a virtual assistant. So we just need to get our clients talking. Also, whenever we hear one of the online marketers discuss a VA, I'll often email them, telling them I enjoyed their seminar and how I loved how they talk about VA. I keep it more on the thanks for mentioning VAs as opposed to selling them my VA services.

Love to hear more on this.

Thanks!

Diana Ennen

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Permalink Reply by Sue L Canfield on February 3, 2010 at 10:36am

Absolutely Diana! I too try to find where other business people mention VAs and commend them without pushing any services.

Your comments about getting clients to talk more is excellent. Adding their testimonials to our websites and in our newsletters helps. We've also discussed having our clients do short video testimonials. Any ideas, comments or suggestions on that?

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Permalink Reply by Diana Ennen on February 5, 2010 at 8:44am

Hi

I think that's a great idea to get short video testimonals. One good thing with that is that it also benefits your clients too as they get the exposure with a website link. What I'm also working on for my site (and it's a work in progress), but on our meet the clients page, I'm trying to add a link to a testimonal from them. That way they read about our clients, and then right then can see what they have to say of our services. I'm almost ready to go live with that on my site. I think it will help. We'll see!

Thanks!

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Permalink Reply by Sue L Canfield on February 5, 2010 at 12:30pm

Hi Diana. Even with written testimonials posted on the website, we always include a link to the client's website. You can see how we set ours up here: http://chiefvirtualofficer.com/chief_virtual_officer_testimonials.php

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