I have loved being a virtual assistant for several years now. My clients are all great! Since the release of our book last year, The Commonsense Virtual Assistant – Becoming an Entrepreneur, Not an Employee, Joel and I have enjoyed coaching virtual assistants to help them refine and grow their businesses.
We have found that most virtual assistants would like some sort of coaching and enjoy the camaraderie of being part of a group. We feel we could offer group coaching at a more affordable cost than individual coaching. We need your help in order to develop the best group coaching program possible.
Please take a few minutes to answer a few questions in our survey. If you would like to receive updates on the group coaching program when it becomes available, be sure to include your contact information at the end of the survey, or feel free to email Sue directly with your contact information.
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We will be gathering responses through March 19, 2010 and hope to have a free call before the end of the month so you can learn more about what is involved. I’m looking forward to your responses. Thank you!
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March 10th, 2010 by Sue L Canfield
Everyone wants to know how they can reach their target market and convert prospects to clients. It’s a continuous process. Your target audience will only buy from you once they know you and trust you. In order for them to get to know you and come to trust you, you must invite them to engage with you by asking questions and adding to the conversation.
To engage your target audience you must first define specifically who your target audience includes and what service you offer. Make it clear that your service will provide a consistent, desirable outcome for your prospects. Your marketing messages should clearly define a valuable outcome.
Then invite your target audience to engage. Invite them to talk to you, to explore and ask questions about how you can help them reach that valuable outcome.
For example, I offer a no cost, 30-minute telephone consultation to virtual assistants and those interested in becoming a virtual assistant. During the 30-minute phone conversation, my prospects have the opportunity to speak with me and my husband Joel who is also a business coach. By the end of the call we will identify your biggest business challenge and offer at least one action you can take to address that challenge.
So, what holds you back from taking us up on that offer? Do you feel you will only hear a sales pitch? Do you think you already know what your biggest business challenge is and don’t know how we can help?
I’d love to hear from you!
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March 9th, 2010 by Sue L Canfield
Ask yourself these questions about your marketing efforts:
- Do you feel your marketing efforts are becoming stale?
- Are you marketing the same way and with the same messages you did one year ago?
- Do you feel your efforts are not producing the results you’d like?
It’s time to try something new!
Perhaps you need to step out of your comfort zone and try something new. Have you done one of the following yet?
- Create a free report for your market and add more value to your marketing efforts
- Shoot a short video with tips for your market and post it on your website
- Attend a networking event
- Invest in yourself and learn a new thing that will benefit your network
If what you are doing now isn’t working and getting the results you want, then doing the same old things is not the answer. It’s time to try something new. Take some time to brainstorm and envision the future you want to create for yourself. Then go out there and do it!
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