Public Speaking – Fun or Frightening?

When starting your own virtual assistant business, you need to learn a whole new skill set. In addition to all the skills required to complete the client work, you need to learn how to run and market your business.

Most of these new skills are easily learned, but some strike fear into the hearts of the best of us. Public speaking for the first time is usually one of those that makes the blood run cold.

The good news is that once you know the tricks, it’s relatively easy. As with most things, good preparation and practice is the key. The first time you will probably be asked to speak publically is when you attend a networking event. Here you have the opportunity to present your business, what it is you do and for whom. But what should you actually say?

We have put together a podcast to give you a guide as to what to include, what to leave out, and how to get people interested in you and your business.

“Making Perfect Presentations” is now available as a stand-alone podcast, as well as forming part of our “Networking For Virtual Assistants Online Course”.

Download it now at: http://vasuccessgroup.co.uk/virtual-assistant-teleseminars-webinars/

What Impression Do You Make in the First 60 Seconds?

Sixty seconds isn’t very long. But at a networking event it’s all the time you have to get your message across about what it is that you do and how you make the life of everyone in the room just that little bit easier.

When you go to a networking event you know you’ll have around a minute or so to speak about your business. If your message is unclear, boring, overly fussy or if you simply fail to make an impression, it’s all over. No pressure then!

Don’t worry, we’ve already thought of that. We’ve put together a podcast to help you craft the perfect presentation for your next networking. From getting clear about what it is that you do, who you do it for and what the benefits are, to cramming it all into one minute and making it interesting.

“Making Perfect Presentations” is now available as a stand-alone podcast, as well as forming part of our “Networking For Virtual Assistants Online Course”.

Download it now at: http://vasuccessgroup.co.uk/virtual-assistant-teleseminars-webinars/

Networking – Are You Prepared?

There are many things you should prepare before heading out to a networking event. Do you have enough business cards, have you got a notebook and a pen that works (and a spare!). Have your remembered your diary?

One thing that often gets forgotten is preparing what you will actually say when asked about what it is that you do. When you’re asked this question you have just a few short seconds to capture the attention and imagination of the person you are talking to. If you waffle or confuse them the moment is gone and you could potentially have lost a client or an advocate for your business. So what will you say?

If you need help with preparing your response, or indeed, preparing the short presentation that you will give when you are asked to stand up and tell everyone in the room what it is that you do, there’s a simple podcast that will help.


Making Perfect Presentations” is now available as a stand-alone podcast, as well as forming part of our “Networking For Virtual Assistants Online Course”.


Download it now at: http://vasuccessgroup.co.uk/virtual-assistant-teleseminars-webinars/