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Focus on Your Own Stuff!

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It rarely happens, but occasionally, I'll get email from someone wanting to "make sure" I know what someone else in the industry is doing. In reality, I almost never know, or care. It's not that I am shoving my head in the sand, but that I've learned an important lesson (in last week's post —this is #2).

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Why it's Smart to Ditch the Pay-as-You-Go Pricing Model

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When I formalized the Virtual Assistance industry by founding AssistU , I created what’s now commonly accepted in the industry as the more “standard” pricing model. That model has two levels: pay-as-you-go (PAYG), and retainer. It’s the PAYG I want to address today.

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Moxie Tip 175: Use Your Words

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When you first start out, it's helpful to model the language used by industry leaders or other VAs you admire. But if you’ve been in biz for more than a year, you need to find your own voice. Talk about what you do & offer in your OWN way; don't copy.

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Virtual Moxie - The Cure For The Common Virtual Assistance.

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And now, the shift is even bigger—because although jobs have been disappearing all along, industries/professions had been fairly stable. Now, there are even industries that are disappearing, or on the way. There was, for example, a time, when no one could have ever imagined the newspaper industry suffering.

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Moxie Tip 175: Use Your Words

Virtual Moxie

When you first start out, it's helpful to model the language used by industry leaders or other VAs you admire. But if you’ve been in biz for more than a year, you need to find your own voice. Talk about what you do & offer in your OWN way; don't copy.

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Moxie Tip 93: Who Defines You?

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Clients (or people outside this industry) have no business telling Virtual Assistants what they need to be doing in their businesses. The reason they do it? They have a personal agenda they're trying to get you on board with.

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When is a Partnership Not a Partnership?

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Virtual Assistance industry is that of only working in long-term and. One of the concepts I introduced in the late 90s that''s now commonly accepted in the. collaborative partnerships with clients. When asked what they think it means to work in partnership with a client, VAs often tell me that it refers to "being equals" in the relationship.

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