Developing a Strong Focus
September 24, 2008
It was over 1 1/2 years ago when I began planning for my virtual assistant business. At that time, I wasn’t sure about the technology to make the “virtual” happen or what skills I would be most comfortable marketing; it all seemed overwhelming. Since then, I’ve scoured the internet, learned to network, and have also taken quite a few courses to expand my knowledge. I LOVE learning new and exciting things. Now, I’ve comfortably settled into bookkeeping as my niche and enjoy working as a subcontractor on several virtual teams. I was very lucky, and thankful, for my past proposal preparation skills as they helped me successfully answer several RFPs.
I confess, I’ve been dragging my feet in preparing to market work for myself. When summertime ends, I naturally feel the need to increase my business focus … it’s sort-of like the new year, for me. It’s always important to put those “resolutions” in writing so here are my goals to develop a consistent part-time bookkeeping support business:
- Redesign my website
- Become a QuickBooks Pro Advisor in 2009
- Take Andrea Kalli’s Social Marketing Success in Under 30 Minutes a Day elearning course, so I can:
- Join the Twitter buzz
- Update my LinkedIn profile
- Create a Facebook profile and jump in
- Blog actively
My list of things to do goes on, but I don’t want to become overwhelmed before I get started (did I SEE my list yet?). Oh, and maybe I’ll figure out how to open a Yahoo! Store someday.
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