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The time someone asked me to do something I had no business doing

Published 2 months ago • 1 min read

Hey gorgeous,

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Do you know how many potential clients you have in your own network?
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I know networking sounds like having to wait for a whole year after the book in your new favorite book series ends on a cliffhanger.
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I’m not talking about going to network events because that’s also something I’ve never done before.
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One of the first things I did to look for clients as a beginning VA was emailing my own network.

Because there are so many people already in your network. Maybe your hairdresser is looking for someone or the owner of your favorite bookstore or restaurant or your cousin.
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Anyway— back to me emailing my own network.
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I was sitting behind my laptop crafting the perfect email. I was still very much in my perfectionism stage. So there was a lot of rewriting and not a lot of actually clicking the send button.

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I wrote that I just started my VA business and the services I offered. I ended the email with the question if she would love the talk about me supporting her.
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It was short but sweet.

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A day later, she responded that she was having all these plans for her business. Plans I had no business doing, hahaha.
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She wanted to create an online course for her clients and asked if I could help her with that.
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Now that’s something I can do in my sleep, but back then I had no idea how to do that.
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But instead of saying no because it wasn’t something I hadn’t done before and I was scared I would fuck it up, I said yes, I would love to.
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I did tell her that I had never done that before because I think you always have to be honest about that.

But she also didn’t know and had no time to figure it out.

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She became my first client.
I didn’t have an extensive portfolio. I didn’t even have experience with this. But she still hired me based on the relationship we had.
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Learning new skills is one of my favorite things to do, and that’s something we do in the WolfPack Membership.
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The WolfPack is a virtual assistant membership designed for introverted VAs who need a supportive space (and a little push) to actually land clients—while learning high-value skills that bring in more money.

If this is something you want, click here to find out more.​

Love, Marit

Your VA business, your way

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