I feel like I’ve made a lot of progress this week in my new VA business, as far as getting it started! Monday I received my VBSS starter kit and have gone through 9 of the days and 1/2 of the 10th day. It’s awesome!!! It takes you step by step, from even thinking about starting a business from home, being self-employeed, and if being a VA is for you! Then it takes you through the steps of how to get your business started, from what type of ownership, choosing a name, logo design, etc. That’s where I’m at right now, logo design. I really want a snazzy logo, so I want to be sure I pick something that is eye-catching and memorable, functional and scalable, and professional.
I also have worked out my new cell phone issues, like getting my ringtones to work and configured my email exchange server for my ProVBS email account. I am pretty proud of that accomplishment because I had no idea what I was doing. But, I found the info I needed for my incoming and outgoing mail servers and what type of account it is (POP3 or IMAP), so I was able to enter all that in my phone and it actually works! So, now I can send out pictures and stuff with ease! I STILL have to find the file on my PC where I saved my contacts from my old phone so I can copy them to my new phone. No success there, yet, even after doing a Search on my computer. I have email addresses because I got them from my Gmail account, but not phone numbers. I wonder where they could be??? I know I saved them, I saved them at the same time I saved my ringtones, so I know it’s on this stinkin’ computer somewhere!
Google Calendar has a new feature that allows you to sync with your Outlook Calendar. But, it has a few glitches. Jeff and I both have calendars; Mary’s calendar, Jeff and Mary’s calendar, Jeff’s calendar, Jeff’s work calendar. Crazy I know! Well the sync feature will only sync one calendar, not all of them (at this time). So, we condensed everything into Jeff and Mary’s calendar (as simple as a few clicks) and now I’m waiting for Google Calendar to sync with Outlook so I can see if it worked or not. I hope it does because that is the calendar (outlook) that shows on my home page on my phone and it would be really nice if it was up to date!
Next week, I set my goal to go to the County Clerk’s office and register for my DBA (doing business as). And I’m going to work on my logo, and start working on my business cards. That’s all pretty exciting stuff. I really have to look into webdesign software because that is where I am going to get most of my business from, the internet!!! VBSS kit came with a tutorial for Dreamweaver, so I’m going to use that, and then, if I like it, (and I do so far after a brief look today) then I will talk to Jeff about purchasing it.
Also, as I was studying my VBSS kit today, I think I’m going to target Pastors and Youth Pastors for Event Planning as one of my niches! I have lots of experience in this area and would love to offer my services. If it catches on, then it will probably be my main niche because I absolutely love it!!! But, we will see what direction everything takes, once I get started.
