How to find clients if you're a starting VA

So you have finally decided that you would like to dive into the Virtual Assistance world and get yourself your fist few clients. How do you do it? Where do you start?

Here, I will give you a few pointers as to how I began my VA journey and how I found the first few clients that started my career as a Virtual assistant.

I have found that this can be one of the most challenging thing to do for most starting Virtual Assistants so I will do my best to keep it light and easy for you.

How to find clients for Starting Virtual Assistants:

• Find clients by getting the word out​ to your inner circle

           Talk to your current network about your new venture as a virtual assistant and also explain your services to them and tell them to share it to anyone whom they know that might need it. Believe it or not, it helps that you talk passionately about what you do to the people who are close to you. I have done this several time with my friends and they would always end up referring my services to someone they know. If there is anyone who would be very happy for you if you found new clients for something that you are passionate about, those are the people you love. So start with them. 

• Find clients by creating a short but comprehensive pitch for your business and approach local businesses within your area

           Visit local offices that are within your niche and offer your Virtual Assistance services to them. Leave your pitch and your contacts and then call them to follow up. Tip: Try doing these for companies that are hiring. Another way of doing this that really worked for me in the past as well is finding job listings and sending them a proposal as opposed to a job application. In my email, I always point out the advantages of hiring a VA versus someone that comes into their office.

• Find clients by joining groups and forums that revolves around your niche

          I did a lot of work for Chiropractors in the past so in order for me to find more clients that I could serve through the services that I offer, I joined groups for Chiropractors in different cities. When you join these groups though, you don't just join and start talking about your services. You must provide them value. Engage them by posting things that you did or do that could benefit them without selling them into your service. For example, if you do a lot of social media management, post things that they should do to boost their online presence without selling yourself. After that, engage and get yourself into meaningful conversations with your target market. When they start asking you questions and after you have built trust, you can then mention that it is something that you can do for them if they don't have the time for it. Remember to first create value so that you could establish yourself as someone who knows what you're doing. After that, it would be easier to tell them that you also professionally do what you talk about.​

So those are a couple of ways to do it, I will post a few more again another time. I hope you got something out of these first two. 

If you have any questions, suggestions or if you have tried doing these, please let me know in the comments section below so that we could collaborate and so that I can also respond to you and assist you in your journey to becoming a fully booked Virtual Assistant.

To your success!