How To Become A Virtual Assistant

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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It’s possible to ‘overthink’ when you’re looking to work from home. ‘Overthinking’ and over analyzing can prevent you from taking action.

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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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A friend sent me the link to this interesting article at CNN.com about ‘coworking’ groups - basically a group of freelancers getting together on a regular basis, say in a local cafe, to work in the company of others.

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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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Are you worried that when you start letting people know about your Virtual Assistant services, you’ll be asked to do something that you don’t know how to do? Or are you worried that you’ll be asked to do work at the weekends or return work within unreasonable deadlines? Or maybe you’re worried that no-one’s going to pay you the hourly rate that you want?

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It surprises me when I see business emails without email signatures. Using a signature at the bottom of every email you send out is a vital marketing opportunity that mustn’t be missed…

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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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