Hey gorgeous,

I started my journey as a VA offering admin services. It’s what I have done my whole working life.
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I even sold cars. I didn’t know anything about cars. My only demand for my car was that it brought me to where I wanted to go. And for some reason, all my cars were black. Even the car I share with my parents right now is black.

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But I worked in the back office of a company that sold cars. One of the perks was that I could travel to Bordeaux, France, for work. I never had that privilege before.

I was the tester for a new software program they were rolling out, and I had to go to the headquarters to get that started.
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I remember the first time that I was there. There were a couple of colleagues from other countries as well, and on our first night there, we went out to dinner.

Not everybody went, so I ended up as the only woman at the table.
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One of the men who was also working on the project was going to be late. We were sitting at a table talking, and I was the furthest away from the door.
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All of a sudden, he comes walking to our table and starts to shake hands with the other men. I was getting up to do the same, but instead of shaking my hand, he kissed me on the cheek.

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And all the other men at the table started laughing because they all saw the look on my face. Because all the while he was coming towards me, I was thinking, what the hell is he doing?

It totally slipped my mind that this is common practice in France.​
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And every time after that, I was greeted with two kisses on the cheek by all the colleagues I had contact with at headquarters. Mind you, they did that every single day when they started their workday.
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I have so many stories to tell about my time in Bordeaux, but I wanted to write about how I pivoted my VA business.
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I started by offering admin services in my VA business because I thought that would be the easiest way to transition.

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But I actually didn’t really like offering these services. I did like creating an online course for my first client. I also loved creating my own website.
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With my first recurring client, I also got to do a lot of technical things. I’d never done that before I started my VA business. Didn’t even know there was such a thing as an email marketing tool.
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However, I kept offering these admin services until my client asked me why I was still doing that, because I clearly liked tech and processes more.
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So, it was someone else observing this and telling me that got me pivoting my VA business to offering tech and process services.
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As a business owner, you have the right to pivot in your business. That can be adding new services, dropping services, or doing something completely different.
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That’s what the WolfPack is also for— asking your questions about this, getting support with learning new skills, and empowering you on how to tell your clients about your new adventure.
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Love, Marit

Your VA business, your way

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