Many people find that, while they are running a VA business, they tend to do a lot of writing. Many don’t follow that through with “righting” any of the spelling and grammar errors that they have made.

Admit it, it’s happened: you’ve been so anxious to get a blog post published that you haven’t put it through spell check or looked to make sure that you aren’t using “there” instead or “their” or “its” instead of “it’s.” Most everyone running any sort of business - including virtual assistant businesses - is going to have done it. And if it didn’t happen in a blog post, it happened in email or a newsletter or on your website or. . .

When you are running a VA business, proofreading is important. First, this is because you need to be sure that your writing comes off with professionalism and that you are able to show that you’ve got a handle on spelling and grammar. Second, proofreading needs to be important to you because it is going to be important to your clients: if they are using your services, your writings are likely to be sent out as their writings; if you make a mistake, they look bad. Neither of those things is going to help you to get and keep clients for your VA business.

While a lot of the business training that you’ll find to help with running a VA business focuses on marketing and time management, today’s suggestion is this: train yourself to proofread your writing so that you can right the mistakes that you’ve made before they go public.