Everything has to evolve – I’m always telling people that especially other business people that I meet during my networking with 4Networking (www.4networking.biz).
Practice what you preach – is another old adage that we sometimes overlook. Well I must do, because I have been forgetting that I tell other people about life, people and business having to evolve to stay in the forefront of your game…And here I was not evolving?! Why?
Because I stopped believing, I stopped believing in my own ability as a person with a lot of common-sense, a lot of accumulated knowledge throughout my working and personal life.
I had one of those ‘light-bulb’ moments or as my business coach used to say a ‘BFO’ a ‘Blinding Flash of the Obvious’ – good grief, about time I paid attention to some of my own BFOs.
Since starting my business as a VA as I originally classified myself (VA being virtual assistant, a person who assists businesses and business owners to complete their administration tasks in a timely fashion) to re-emerging as a VPA (virtual PA because I felt I offered a more rounded service where I looked after the business owner as much as the business, taking their personal life into more regard)
I have since re-evaluated myself and my business; I have been offering support to many start-up VAs and many other types of businesses that are either new to the business world or networking is unfamiliar territory and even quite a few that hate technology, the thought of sending an email let alone getting involved in the on-line promotion of their business is terrifying and quite frankly makes them quite dismissive of using that form of communication let alone admitting it could help them to promote themselves or their business.
So originally my intention had been to offer to complete that work for them – this is not going to be a great success because we all know that people buy from people…so these business owners that are just about realising that they need to take action rather than pay someone else to complete the work (which itself is a long term financial prospect, it also means that they have ignored the person behind the business element).
How to get round this little fly in the ointment? Hmmm… Ok here goes!
Do you need advice and support about how to network, where to network for your business and your personality…
What you need to do to market your business and yourself – who should you, be talking to?
Do you need help with the basics of how to use a computer; write and send emails, sign-up for on-line directories?
What is this ‘Social Media’ that I keep hearing about…surely it’s not good for my business, I can’t use that stuff!
So what is holding you back from starting or developing your business? Do you need help and support from someone who has ‘been there, done that’? I can help you get started, give you valuable introductions and stop you from making some of the mistakes I made when starting out. Don’t put it off any longer; evolve yourself and your business today.