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MAY 25, 2009 Don't forget to add "newsletter@virtualassistantnetworking.com" to your email friends list so you won't miss future issues! WORKING WITH VIRTUAL ASSISTANTS ISSUEIn This Issue:
A Note from Danielle...It's the little things.... It always is, isn't it? The "little" things are never truly "little." Taken as a whole, they usually represent something much bigger. This week's article talks about how minimizing or hanging onto the "little things" can actually hold you back in business and keep you from moving forward. Yours in goodness and success!
- FEATURE ARTICLE -But I Only Need These Little Things Done
But here's the thing... all those tiny moments can and do add up to huge chunks of time and energy—resources that could be better spent on building your business. You see, the value in having ongoing administrative support from a Virtual Assistant isn't in the tasks per se. It's in what that Virtual Assistant's support allows you to achieve and accomplish because you aren't spending your own time laboring over minutiae. Think about it. When you expend your time and effort on the "little things," you are chipping away at those vital, critical resources you need to tap into your creativity and stay focused and energized. If you fritter those things away, you may not have any left to spare. Ideas and products that you've been meaning to implement languish forever on the back burner. Plus, all those "little things" take up space in your head. They crowd out ideas and dilute the mental energy you need to take action. By the time you get done taking care of them, you may not have anything left for the more important stuff. You give away your critical thinking and brain space by trying to do it all yourself. Don't hang on to the "little things" because it's "easier." It doesn't matter how hard or how easy they may be. The point is to give them away so that you can move forward. What are you trying to achieve in your business? Where do you want to focus your time and energy? What work or projects are you trying to get done? Because the act of giving away the "little things" (or the big things, for that matter) can mean all the difference in whether or not you are able to work with X number of additional clients per month, create those new passive income streams, complete that latest program that will represent $X more in additional annual revenues or write that new book that will generate more publicity and expert status. And the greatest thing about all this is that you don't have to remain a prisoner to this thinking. A Virtual Assistant can unshackle you from your administrative burdens... all you have to do is let go. It really will set you free to soar in your business. RESOURCE: For more about what you can gain by working with a skilled and competent Virtual Assistant, be sure and read the VACOC article, "The Benefits of Support: Why Getting Administrative Support is Critical to Your Business Success."
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- VACOC NEWS -New Service for Clients: Quickie Gigs
The core business of a Virtual Assistant is providing one-on-one, ongoing administrative support to clients they work with in long-term, continuous relationship. We always encourage clients to go that route because it's where you are going to reap the most rewards in terms of value, continuity and cost-effectiveness. However, if you have not yet found your right Virtual Assistant or you are between Virtual Assistants, but still have occasional tasks and projects you'd like completed, we can help you out! Quickie Gigs is primarily for simple, straightforward administrative tasks and projects that can generally be completed and turned-around in few days with no fuss or muss. You fill out our online form with the project specs and once the preliminary account set-up is completed, we'll get to work right away. Everything is simple! You sign only one contract (this will cover our terms for one year in case you have other occasional projects that pop up) and each project will be quoted on a flat fee basis (easier for you to budget). For more information, be sure and check out our Quickie Gigs page.
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of the things we Virtual Assistants often hear from clients is some variation
of the theme on why they try to do everything themselves in their businesses:
About
the Author: Danielle Keister is a business advisor and innovator
in the Virtual Assistance profession. An administrative professional of
20+ years and veteran Virtual Assistant of 12+ years, her logical, no-nonsense
approach to business development has gained her recognition as one of
the leaders in the field. She loves what she does and is passionate about
sharing her knowledge and know-how with the world. She’s all about
inspiring others to reach for their highest excellence. When not taking
care of clients in her own Virtual Assistant practice, 
The
VACOC has a new service for clients we call Quickie Gigs.
Here's the idea:
"[The
teleseminar] was excellent. Jonathan was really knowledgeable, and had
very useful suggestions for a frustrating and often intractable problem."
Faced
with increasing competition from offshore and commodity service providers,
Virtual Assistants and other independent service providers must find ways
to work more connectively with clients and deliver more value while differentiating
themselves from the emerging competition. Join us at the next
no-cost VACOC Guest Expert Teleseminar on June 18 as Shahab Kaviani of
HyperOffice presents a specially guided tour of their fantastic
collaborative workspace software. Anyone interested in knowing how collaborative
workspaces work and how Virtual Assistants use this technology to make
working with clients virtually a snap is welcome to attend. 
