Making the jump to hiring an Internet Marketing virtual assistant isn’t always the easiest one for coaches. To make it easier, I wanted to share a few of my thoughts about some of the attributes of coaches that I’ve met who desperately need a virtual assistant.
1. You’re Not Earning Any Passive Revenue
In order for your practice to grow, you have to start creating digital information products as soon as possible. There’s no easier way for you to earn multiple streams of coaching income. But if you’re too overwhelmed with the amount of clients you have, this usually goes on the back burner even though it’s just as important. Let’s face it - if you’re even thinking about money while helping your clients, you can’t be there for them 100% like they need you to be.
Hiring a virtual assistant makes your wishes of creating products to earn passive revenue a reality. They can take over the bulk of the processes required to get your digital products up and running.
Did you know that all it takes is a few interviews with your most successful clients to create a product?
2. You’ve Never Made A Website Update
A big mistake I see many coaches making is that they think they can build their website and then people will come. Even worse, they’ll build the website and when no one comes, they think it’s because online marketing is ineffective. Not at all! Many changes need to be made on a website to optimize it so people can easily find it online.
If you don’t even know what types of changes need to be made, that’s when you need to hire an Internet Marketing virtual assistant. Sure, you could learn it yourself. But then, you’re taking away your time from either being with your clients or working on projects to generate passive income.
By the way, when hiring an Internet Marketing virtual assistant, you want to ask them what their Search Engine Optimization (SEO) experience is. If you find one who understands it and knows how to put it into action, don’t let that VA get away.
3. You’re Not Producing Content
Coaches, you are so lucky! Because you’re working face to face with interesting people all day, you’re a fountain of potential content. Anytime you help someone, that information can be turned into articles, blog posts, podcasts, videos, e-books and so on. You have all the potential to create massive amounts of content, something which most Internet business owners struggle with constantly.
But if you’re still living in the getting paid for your time world, you’re probably ignoring this very important business building activity. An Internet Marketing virtual assistant can put you on a schedule to create content consistently (yeah, I love the alliteration too) and then submit it for you so you can start building your online presence.
4. You’re Busy But Don’t Feel Like You’re Growing
This concept is definitely the more philosophical of the bunch but it needs to be said. If you’re a coach and experiencing this, the source of it is your limited beliefs about how a business grows. You probably hold onto to the thought that to be successful, you have to do everything yourself. By the skin of your teeth kind of thing, right? That work ethic has gone out the window though. A thriving business requires you to eliminate those thoughts immediately.
The first step to eliminating those limiting beliefs is learning to ask for help. Most of the time, you can even go to a VA, tell them what you want to do but don’t know how to do it, and then they can give you an action plan for your next step. This is necessary if you want to go from being busy to actually growing.
5. You Have No E-Commerce Functions On Your Website
If you have ever taken a business building class for your coaching practice, I’m sure you have learned about e-commerce and making your website one of your passive income streams. Again, this is one of those things that coaches say that they’ll get to but ultimately, they are more attached to the being busy than the actual business.
Shopping carts, autoresponders, and etc are absolutely essential for being successful online. There’s no way around them. If you want to focus more on your business, working with a VA can get your e-commerce functions running sooner than you think.
Getting To The Action Phase
One thing I love about interacting with coaches is that they constantly help people with their limiting beliefs. However, coaches themselves are far from exempt from having thoughts that prevent their business from growing. Ask most of the successful coaches and they’ll tell you that they finally stopped getting in their own way by working with someone who know exactly where to go next.
Interested in learning more about how an Internet Marketing virtual assistant can help grow your coaching business? Click the button on the right that says Book Now so we can schedule a FREE 15-20 minute consultation today. We’ll work out your next steps to growing your business online.
