| usiness of Handmade Beauty has grown | | | | maximizing your time and energy. One way of |
| exponentially in the past ten years. I have | | | | doing that is to hire a professional Virtual |
| personally observed and been an integral part of | | | | Assistant, also known as a “VA.” |
| enormous growth and innovation as the industry | | | | Depending on the experience and expertise of |
| has become more well-known, and even | | | | your VA, s/he caters to your administrative, |
| mainstream. | | | | technical, creative, and financial needs. Delegating |
| As an instructor in the arts of cold-process | | | | these time-consuming tasks to the capable hands |
| soap-making and toiletry-making, it is amazing to | | | | of your VA frees you to focus on what’s |
| talk with student after student about their | | | | most important: growing your business and |
| newfound knowledge of creating handmade | | | | generating revenue! |
| beauty products and their desire to start a | | | | A virtual assistant is your partner in business. |
| business. The range runs the gamut from selling a | | | | Aside from you, they care as much about the |
| few weeks annually during the pre-holiday craft | | | | success of your business as anyone! They are |
| fair season to starting a full-time business with a | | | | equipped with the most updated equipment and |
| very sophisticated long-term business plan. I am | | | | systems. They are savvy and industrious when it |
| always amazed at the passion this craft elicits and | | | | comes to finding innovative ways to implement |
| the endless possibilities, variations, and directions in | | | | new programs or introduce new products. As you |
| which such a business could go! | | | | mature in business, it is not uncommon to depend |
| I know. From personal experience, I know it very | | | | heavily on the services of a VA for the superior |
| well. | | | | behind-the-scenes contribution they make to your |
| What I like to share in my consultations is that | | | | success. |
| anything is possible. With enough commitment, | | | | Partnering with a professional Virtual Assistant can: |
| endurance, a well-thought plan, and enough cash | | | | 1. Increase your revenue. |
| to carry you through until you are generating the | | | | 2. Increase your productivity. |
| income sufficient to get by and thrive, it can be | | | | 3. Save you money. |
| done. | | | | 4. Save you time. |
| That said, in my experience, from the moment | | | | 5. Save you frustration. |
| you decide you are serious about being in | | | | How does that sound? The handmade beauty |
| business, it is imperative to adopt a mindset of | | | | business of your dreams awaits! |