Clients Clients Everywhere!
Holy Guacamole Batman! I can't believe my current client workload...but first, let's backtrack some.
Earlier this year, I kind of got into a funk about the constant merry-go-round of clients that I get. I get a client, do their site, and they're in and out in less than 4 weeks. It's feast or famine around here constantly.
It causes anxiety when you know some projects are getting ready to close and there aren't any leads on the horizon for new work. Such has been my life for the past, what 7 or 8 years?
So I decided to pull away from web site design and revert to retainer clients once the kids got back into school in August. I need to fill my practice with clients that need ongoing assistance in order to reduce my stress level some. This was my goal and I started focusing on marketing to these kind of clients at the end of August.
So here I am the first week of October and I'm drowning in work!
- One speaker client that I had on a 20 hour a month retainer now needs about 15 hours per week!
- A commercial real estate company is about to sign for 40 hours per month for Internet marketing.
- This week an associate of mine requested help with social marketing work for an organization that has over 10,000 members....um yeah, Batman, you read that right - over 10,000 members! Dude if only 1% of those members need help that's still 100 clients!
- Another associate of mine contacted me this week and requested 40 hours per month for Internet marketing help for one of her clients.
- Oh, and now my speaker client has referred me to a family member who is a consultant for brokers and real estate agents!
My head hurts thinking about it all.
I'm not complaining mind you, but I also have an ebook I'm working on and some training modules that I've been putting together over the past month or two.
Oh and did I mention that I started taking classes up at the community college this semester?
And yes, I'm still doing real estate virtual assistant services such as web sites, training Virtual Assistants and trying to run GeekGyrls.com but I can't give my babies (projects) the attention they deserve because, well, there's no more time left in my day!
:) When you make a decision to do something, believe it and you can achieve it.
Oh, and does anyone know where I can get a Virtual Assistant? I need help! LOL
Labels: clients, projects, real estate virtual assistant, virtual assistant
posted by The Virtual Link @ 12:06 PM
4 Comments
4 Comments:
Wow, that's awesome! And well-deserved! I love hearing about other VAs being just absolutely swamped with work. Its encouraging and its inspiring.
And I also love how EXCITED these busy VAs sound when they talk about how busy they are! I never, ever heard anyone in a cubicle say "I'm soooo busy, this is GREAT!" ;)
Now if you need to do any subcontracting, you let me know! ;)
April Jones
Advantage Virtual Assistant
I never, ever heard anyone in a cubicle say "I'm soooo busy, this is GREAT!" ;)
ha ha...very nice point April. ;)
I am excited...2008 for sure has been a roller coaster in personal and business decisions.
And if I sound excited it's because I am!
I added your name to my subcontractor list. Between The Virtual Link and The Virtual Secretary as well as all of my other projects, it's time to organize a team!!
I just started this kind of work recently and 20 hrs/week seems a lot for me already! I am inspired and encouraged that a few months from now, I could also be as "busy" as you.
Will look forward to your next post on how you were able to cope with this work frenzy.
Good luck!
I just started working in BPOVIA(http://www.bpovia.com), which is the pioneering virtual assistant service provider, and I love working there though I get a lot of work to do and dozens of clients to deal with.
It's so excited to feel the same way as someone else who's doing the same job.
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