Comments on: Who Can Ya Trust? Lessons in Virtual Outsourcing and Pizza.

By: Mitch

Mitch — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 21:16:15 +0000

People should be aware to whom they can give their trust. Your right Liza that one of the issue of VA that shouldn’t be disregarded is gaining trust to their clients.

By: liza

liza — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 09:08:10 +0000

This is a real issue regarding VA that must not be disregarded… This is gives awareness to everyone.

By: JudyAnn Lorenz

JudyAnn Lorenz — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 14:27:16 +0000

Activity at VAnetworking.com and other ‘public’ places can help provide a reality view of a virtual assistant.

Deciding to trust someone you’ve never seen can be a real challenge for VAs and Clients alike. The research is great and valuable, then there comes that moment to leap in and try the relationship. Short term contracts or no fault release clauses can be useful.

By: Michele Flynn

Michele Flynn — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 23:13:14 +0000

This is a very intriguing article and informative. Perhaps anyone not able to trust a VA would not be able to trust a Personal Assistant who works along side them? Such potential clients might not be the right fit for the VA business or the owner’s business.

By: Debra Gorham

Debra Gorham — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 15:27:05 +0000

Hi Karri,

Thank you for addressing this issue. It is one that I make sure I explain to the potential client prior to signing on.

If they are not ready to trust someone else with their most personal information, they aren’t ready for a VA. They aren’t merely trusting their VA with their private information financially, business & personally, they have to also trust the VA will get the job done and in a manner that represents them in a good light.

Trust your instincts and get to know your VA a bit as well. It helps if you know a bit about them beyond the emails you send with assignments. That is a big trust-builder and saves the client from sleepless nights.

I never take that trust for granted. A GOOD VA never will.

By: Theresa Scholes

Theresa Scholes — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 04:04:03 +0000

Ah Karri, your insightful posts always make me stand back and evaluate the other side of the situation. Clients trust us with credit cards (sometimes) ftp info to the back end of their blogs/websites and their shopping cart… that’s a feat in itself… and yet we can’t do our tasks to the fullest without this info.

So the next time I log into someone’s shopping cart, I’ll think more closely about the great trust that individual has invested in me… something not to be taken lightly.

By: Dawn

Dawn — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 01:19:34 +0000

This is a really great post about trusting who your work with in the virtual world. Thank you!
If someone gives your the jitters, move on to the next there are plenty of honest available VA’s out there.

By: Ruth Martin, MaplewoodVA

Ruth Martin, MaplewoodVA — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 12:33:14 +0000

Well said, Karri. I’ve been guilty of not trusting more, especially when I first started out. I walked away from a project in the early days because of who was collaborating on the project. In reality our respective tasks had nothing to do with each other and we would have never directly interacted together. In hindsight, my lack of trust cost me: a) a project, b) a chance to get to know someone and decide for myself if the rumor mill was accurate, and c) a chance to further develop some working partnerships. Defining lessons with a distinctive impact.