3 Traits Needed to be a Successful Virtual Assistant

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3 Traits Needed to be a Successful Virtual
Assistant
Many virtual assistants (VAs) make the mistake of
thinking that experience with and expertise at
in-demand skills are all they need in order to
create a successful business.
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Im going to talk about three personality traits
needed
Confidence
Perseverance
Reliability
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Confidence
The VA had all the skills needed, and I know from
working with her that shes an expert at those
skills. The potential client emailed to let me
know that she decided not to work with the VA I
recommended.
The potential client told me that the VA didnt
project confidence, and she wanted someone
confident in themselves and their abilities. Be
sure youre not only good at what you do, but
that you also sound like youre good at what you.
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Reliability
This means that you do what you say youre going
to do. I surveyed a wide variety of VA clients
and asked what problems they had working with
VAs. The number one problem they had was that VAs
they had worked with werent reliable. 
This included VAs who disappeared from the face
of the earth, those who didnt meet deadlines,
and those who didnt know how to perform the
skills they said they could perform. If you
simply do what you say youre going to do, youll
be a giant step closer to having a successful
business.
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Perseverance
You have to work hard to have the virtual
assistant business of your dreams, and you have
to keep working hard at it day after day. You
also have to be able to pick yourself up and keep
going, no matter what. Even if you do everything
exactly right, something out of your control
could derail your business goals.
From 2001 to 2008, I had a very profitable real
estate VA business. Then the real estate market
crashed. There was nothing I could have done to
prevent that crash. It was out of my control. But
my income went from 6-figures to low 5-figures
within a few weeks of the crash. Did I give up?
Definitely not. I got busy figuring out a new
target market for my business. Within 30 days of
determining that my new target market would be
authors, I had a full practice again.
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Just like any other business owner, as a virtual
assistant, you not only need skills, you also
need a particular set of traits.
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