What about your virtual assistant business in 2011?

For most small business owners – the month of December is a time of reflection, looking back over the year and planning for the next one. You see it in year end reports (I did one myself it was an interesting exercise…), blog posts, videos, teleclasses and even in social media.

As virtual assistants we also get bombarded with trends for the coming year, what skills are you going to improve, grow or add to your list? Will you specialize more etc. Great questions and great content shared but it can be a little much at times and complicate the plans you have started to develop for you and your business.

One thing that gets left out many times is the need to connect. Yes we hear about connecting with your clients, developing relationships with them, but when was the last time you heard about connecting with your fellow VA’s?

As you can see from the sporadic blog posts this year, 2010 has been a year of investigating, thinking and planning. Now it is 2011 and this is a year for action, moving out of the comfort zone and taking a few risks. In 2011 a goal I have is to connect with my fellow VAs. While there are great forums, virtual assistant associations and conferences out there but these are not the connections I am looking to develop. I’m looking for a group of VAs….

• Who are ready to grow and change their business
• Who view their business as an opportunity to create something special, something out of the box and unique that allows them to have a business that works for their life and not fitting life around their business.
• Who are looking to push the envelope of what a virtual assistant business is and can be.
• Who are willing to be held accountable while pushing back and holding others accountable

This will be a smaller group and will be limited in number to keep the connections real and personal. It will be a way to dive deep into one another’s business, provide honest feedback, support, accountability and encouragement to one another. It is also an opportunity to create a network of resources, ideas and referrals – I’m sure we could all use that in our businesses.

Virtual Assistants are entrepreneurs and many times on the leading edge of creating business models that work and work well. The creative energy of being part of a group like this is exciting and motivating. Exciting to see and be a part of the success of others and it is also motivating to keep charging ahead when the road gets bumpy.

If this sounds like something you would like to be a part of this virtual assistant mastermind group, let me know. I have some ideas and plans but would love to have feedback and suggestions on creating a group that would fit you.