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So, what do you do when a client reels back in shock when you say what your Virtual Assistant rates are? Simple, watch these two videos and you’ll know what to do!

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I was sitting at my local café in 2002 browsing the newspaper and sipping on a steaming café latte. It was the weekend and I was determined to make the most of my precious two days off. After all, I was a 9-to-5 secretary, another cog in the corporate wheel, and for two days of the week, I tasted freedom…

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A friend of mine uses this free web design software to create her websites. By her own admission, she’s not that tech savvy, and hasn’t had a problem using it.

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Are you scouring the internet looking for virtual assistants jobs? I guess you may be feeling confused and not sure what is a scam or not.

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Scratching your head about what to put in your Virtual Assistant business plan? Keep putting it off because it seems boring or overwhelming? Well, here’s a YouTube video that might help you!

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Here’s a YouTube video I made in response to a question from a fellow Virtual Assistant about how to get clients over the hump! You know that feeling when you have potential clients who know they need to outsource their work, but they’re always so busy and never get time to hand the work over to you? Most of the time they think it’s easier to do everything themselves…

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Is it worth trying to get work on freelance sites such as elance.com, guru.com and getafreelancer.com? It depends on your situation. If you’re starting out working at home, it can be worthwhile to register and bid for work on these sites, however …

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To be honest, no client has ever asked me if I have a VA certificate. Firstly, I’m not sure if many clients are actually aware that VA certificates exist and secondly …

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At business networking events, how do you handle the question “So, what do you do?” Should you have a 30 - 60 second “elevator pitch” ready? Or does that come across as too “salesy”?

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Would you consider a Virtual Assistant business to be seasonal?

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