When you are running a VA business, one of the things that you are likely to find is that, from time to time, some of your friends are going to be looking for services like the ones that you have to offer. The challenge, of course, is that while you are going to want to help them out and while you’re going to know that there are suggestions that you could make that would get them through their rough patches, it doesn’t benefit your business.

That’s going to leave you with three options:

1. You can focus on running a VA business and only offer your services if your friend is willing to pay a reasonable rate for them.
2. You can open the door and say that you’re willing to help get them started and to point them in the direction of things that will help them without making a significant time and energy commitment to helping them out.
3. You can make the choice to just help out your friends because, hey, they’re your friends.

When you’re running a VA business, you’re going to find that it’s a good idea to separate your working relationships and your personal relationships. While you may want to help, be sure that you are not taking on so much that your clients are feeling neglected or you are unable to meet the obligations that you have to your business.

Tags: Running a VA Business, virtual assistant businesses, virtual assistants

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