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VA Marketing: Can You Have a VA Business Without a Website?

There are plenty of people out there who recognize the importance of having a website for marketing their products and services. Everyone from real estate agents to furniture stores, from coffee shops to the big studios recognize that more and more people are turning to the web.

When it comes to virtual assistant marketing, having a website is essential.

Virtual assistants run their businesses from afar; a website that is used for virtual assistant marketing is key for a number of reasons:

  1. The website that you use for VA marketing will allow prospective clients to learn more about you.
  2. The website that you use for VA marketing will enable your prospective clients to learn more about the services that you offer.
  3. The website that you use for virtual assistant marketing is something that you can use to enable your prospective clients to ask questions and clear things up before making a huge commitment (and will help you to gather leads).
  4. The website that you use for VA marketing gives you a chance to show off your professionalism, your skills and to highlight your abilities.

In other words, having a website is essential for marketing your virtual assistant business. Can you have a VA business and not have a website? It is possible, however you will find that you are able to accomplish much more when you do have a presence on the web.

This entry was posted on Tuesday, August 12th, 2008 at 11:14 am and is filed under Virtual Assistant Marketing. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

One Response to “VA Marketing: Can You Have a VA Business Without a Website?”

  1. Lisa Wells Says:
    August 13th, 2008 at 10:04 am

    Kandra, you are so right! I would also add that even though having a website is a must, having it look professional is what will get you the clients.
    Nowadays, VAs are up against a lot of competition and I have heard time and time again from prospective clients that a VAs website helped them in their decision-making.
    Here are a few points: make sure your graphics are professional and not granulated or fuzzy; make sure you have contact information listed somewhere as well as a privacy policy; I would add a recent professional photo of yourself. Because our world is virtual, putting a face to a name in this business is always a big plus! Optional is to post your rates – many times a prospective client will pass you by if s/he cannot see the rates. I know many of my peers disagree, but I think it’s a good idea.

    Lisa Wells, Coast2CoastBusiness.com

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