There are two types of Virtual Assistants, at least as far as I’m concerned. There’s the type that works really hard at making it sound like they’re really busy and successful. They mention it so often, in so many places, that it’s quite evident to the rest of us that there’s no way they’re actually as busy as they claim to be. On Facebook you see them chatting with other VAs, complaining about their clients (how professional) and talking all day about the amount of work they’re doing. (These VAs may claim they’re on Facebook to market their business, an argument immediately discounted by the fact that they actually complain about their current clients.)

Then there’s the type of VA who works full time, both at reaching their business goals and doing client work. This VA actually is busy and has little time to gossip and speculate on what other VAs are doing. This is the type of VA you don’t see hanging out on message boards and chatting on Facebook all day because they’re too busy actually marketing and doing client work to be investing time in those types of activities.

This VA adopts unique marketing techniques and is more worried about their own business than what others are doing.

This VA tends to not feel like they’re really part of the VA industry because they’re not very well known among their peers except to be disrespected for doing things differently and bucking the regular trend.

See, I belong to the later group. I really am busy at building my business, managing my team and working on projects. I am not very competitive by nature and I am too busy to keep tabs on all of my competitors anyway.

I have to tell you, there’s a lot to be said for bucking the trend and making your own mark on your industry. I’m proud of what I’m doing and I’m proud of the fact that I have not lowered myself to the level of some of the “haters” I hear from who are much too concerned about what’s happening at Seven Winds.

I am officially done caring about what these people think or say about me and if you find something similar happening to you in your industry, I suggest you do the same.

Anyone who has enough free time to worry about what I’m doing has to learn how to market themselves properly. There is enough business to go around for everyone, so instead of worrying about how I’m marketing or how I’m growing my business, worry about what you can do to make your own mark.

End of rant {SIGH}.