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Personal Branding Isn’t Just for Influencers Most Executive Assistants think personal branding is for influencers and motivational speakers. They’re wrong. Every time you send a

Do You Really Need Social Media to Get Executive Assistant Clients? Here’s a question I hear constantly from Executive Assistants trying to build their client

A freelance Executive Assistant wraps up a great first week with a new client. The work went well. The client is happy. But when she

The proposal is not what closes the deal. The discovery conversation before the proposal is what closes the deal. By the time a prospective client

A study by the Freelancers Union found that income unpredictability is the number one concern among independent professionals, outranking finding clients, setting prices, and managing

Are you good enough at your job to sell those same skills directly to clients instead of trading them for a salary? If you are

Generalist Executive Assistants compete on price. Specialists compete on value. When a private equity managing director needs someone who understands fund cycles, capital calls, and

It started with a text at 11:14 pm on a Tuesday. “Can you move my 9am to 10 tomorrow?” Reasonable enough. She responded within five

Scaling an Executive Assistant business does not mean working more hours. If growing your revenue requires a proportional increase in your personal hours worked, you

What happens when a client asks you to work over a holiday weekend, then disputes the overtime charges because “it was just a quick task”?