Beautiful winter day today, light snow coming down, just the right temperature and still work has to be done. I recieved a call today from a prospective client, he asked me What my challenges were on becoming a successful Virtual Assistant. This had me thinking....
The challenges I faced when started in 1999 was building a client base and managing my time.
Building a client base was tough with the few internet sites at that time to work with, and being new to the industry. I knew I was good but still had to prove myself. I worked hard on my portfolio with an introduction letter of myself, samples of my work and rates. I applied for every job posting and after the 3 months of hard work, I finally got my first client and built a strategy in winning clients.
The other challenge I had was learning to managing my time more effectively. It was difficult to juggle my time between working full time job and working part time at home. It took a lot of persistence and discipline on my part to develop my time wisely.
I am sure all Virtual Assistant's have felt these two challenges, interesting enough, this is the first time I had to answer that question for a prospective client. Thank you for keeping me on toes...