Virtual Assistant (VA) Training

Getting Started

Module 3 – Day 3

Review from Day 1:What is a Virtual Assistant (VA)What it IS NOTWho can become a VA?What do I need to start?What DO I WANT to BE?Employee vs. EntrepreneurDREAMS and GOALSSMART goals for short, medium and long term goals

Review from Day 2:Where to start questionsPersonal story and messageDefine your skills, services and target audienceDefine your ideal clientStrengthen your message by brandingBusiness name, theme, color and logoMarketing via Social MediaOnline toolsRecommended Sites10 Ways to build Authority

Questions before we proceed???

And…

Presentation of Homework

Topics:

Your Story and Message Review QuestionsNiche and Niche MarketingShowing you sample of Filipino online

jobs’ ratesRecommended Social Media PagesSocial Media Groups, Circles, Lists,

FansImportance of LinkedIn

Questions for your Story and Message Niche and Ideal Client

What are you good at?

What do you LOVE doing, something you would do even do for FREE?

Who do you want to work with? – ideal client

Why they’d want to work with YOU?

What is a Niche and Niche Marketing?

NICHE is a certain product or service an online business owner want to offer to a very specific  group of people or target market. It is the center of the website content and the focus of all marketing campaigns.

Source: http://www.ridgetopvirtualsolutions.com/niche-marketing-and-how-to-find-yours/

What is Niche Marketing?NICHE Marketing or the act of concentrating one’s marketing effort to an ”Ideal Client”.

“Ideal Client” is the way a business owner envisioned his clients are. Either by demographics, age, gender, religion, type of music, educational attainment or anything that he wants to target.

Source: http://www.ridgetopvirtualsolutions.com/niche-marketing-and-how-to-find-yours/

Questions for your Story and Message Niche and Ideal Client

What are you good at?

What do you LOVE doing, something you would do even do for FREE?

Who do you want to work with? – ideal client

Why they’d want to work with YOU?

By Answering those questions, You Establish the Following:Expertise and skills

Experiences

Formal Training and Education

Ideal client

Marketing Message

How you do it?Show your personalityYour dreams, journey and GOALSStand-out and be differentDo it with more confidenceDon’t think of the competitionMore Opportunities and clientsConvey the message with clarity and

precisionAlways envision the TARGET!

What online job sites do?Popular to Filipinos and other poor countriesMost of these sites are owned by people from richer countriesThey ask $300+ for a one-time access to applicant’s resumeGets a $50 monthly membership if they

want unlimited accessJUST to ACCESS our resume and get

“Cheap VA’s”That means, our labor is “valuable”!

Sample Filipino VA Rates

And other VA’s from other countries that think of themselves as VA’s

This can’t be STOPPED unless we change the way we look into

ourselves!

These people advertise that they only work for 4 hours a week and live their dream life

They advertise that we ACCEPT $1.56/hour

They know what a real VA is but prefers to earn through advertising cheap VA’s from here

Again, EMPLOYEE or ENTREPRENEUR mindset?

Will you ACCEPT $1.56/hourOr control how much you charge? And create products that you can sell

based on your NICHE and expertise?

The VA-Business OwnerCan charge as little as $15; $20; $35; or as high $50; $70; $80 to $100 PER HOUR!Even higher depending on your skills!

How do you do it?How do you market and get clients?How do you offer your skills negotiate?

Begin here! Build Your Social Media Pages and Website

Paid website or through free wordpress.com

Facebook Page GooglePlus Youtube Page

Link Youtube Page to GooglePlus (for Hangouts purposes)

LinkedIn Pinterest Twitter

Quick Review :

Your Story and Message Review QuestionsNiche and Niche MarketingShowing you sample of Filipino online

jobs’ ratesRecommended Social Media PagesSocial Media Groups, Circles, Lists, FansImportance of LinkedIn

Module 4 Topics:What is SEO (Search Engine Optimization)What is wordpress .com, .orgHow much a website costs?How to get more free training?How to market for free?Think with the end in mind…How do you get paid? Tools to learn

GET READY for Module 4