Mary, Teya and I had lunch together yesterday. We met up at the Red Onion, as planned, and had a fine lunch, and a fine time. We laughed, we shared. My two lunch companions were very forthcoming with advice and suggestions and resources. Not only did I have a great time with them, but I learned so much.
What a great situation I've found myself in. There are only a few Virtual Assistants in BC (maybe 50 or so?), and there's such a broad market out there, we don't have to fight over customers as if we were rabid dogs. Instead we share, collaborate...
Here's a great illustration: I met with a prospect last week, and she has such a huge project and such a tight deadline that I was worried that I would not be able to do the job without working for a week straight, and I mean without sleep. Now, having talked the situation over with Mary and Teya, I know that the job can be broken into manageable projects and divvied up among several VAs, and all will end up happy - most importantly, the client. So, should that job come my way in the end, that's just what I will do.
I have another client with a technical question - merging/synch-ing his contacts database, on three units, on an ongoing basis - that I wasn't quite ready to answer. I wanted to run some ideas past Mary and Teya first. Having talked it over, we came to a workable solution for my client, and I'll be talking with him about that today.
Questions about desktop sharing were tossed around, security, ease of use, client comfort... Now I am ready to propose solutions to my clients with complete confidence.
I'm looking forward to doing that again, soon. The more, the merrier!
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