Last week I attended my first networking event. It was with the Work At Home Meetup Group from meetup.com. It was an eye opener for me. I have never been to a networking event. Actually, since I have been home with my two boys, grown-up time is scarce. I had an idea in my head of what it might be like, and butterflies in my stomach. I put on my best confident face and headed in.
Luckily, it was a small enough group, 12-15 people, so I wasn’t terribly intimidated. I certainly wasn’t near prepared enough with my elevator speech and my business cards were not the right color because my printer ran out of one color ink and printed them pink instead of red. I didn’t let this stop me though, they didn’t look terrible, and at least I had something. That being said, it was a good experience. There were people there who were at least interested in the concept of a Virtual Assistant. Most of all though, I put myself out there, stepped outside of my comfort zone, and took another step in the right direction for building a successful VA business.
