Live Your Best Life as a Virtual Assistant
From time to time, working virtually has its challenges. One of those is explaining how to do something on the computer that your client needs to understand and perform without you.
The answer? Video demonstrations.
For tasks that are performed just a few times each year, it’s...
When you’re a Virtual Assistant, you might have thousands of client documents, spreadsheets and images on your computer – all of which you need to keep organized.
Whether you’re just starting out or been in business for a while, it’s important to have a system so that...
As Virtual Assistants, and since we work remotely, our clients don’t see us or our work environment in person. Though that’s the case, we still need to pay attention to the physical aspects of our work if we’re going to be successful.
Here are a few pointers about how to take...
When you’re a Virtual Assistant, information comes from clients in a variety of ways. Some information is verbal during a phone conversation, other arrives via email, some may come via a project management system that your client is using.
Whatever the source, with information pouring in,...
When you’re working as a Virtual Assistant, you spend your days doing work that your clients have delegated to you. The problem is that not everyone is good at this – the result can be miscommunications, missed deadlines and disappointment.
If you have a client who hasn’t...
When I first started out as a Virtual Assistant, I used spiral notebooks and post-it notes to organize my work. I had six clients and six notebooks and it worked like a charm – for a while.
As my work got more complicated and the number of clients grew, I started to use project management...
Becoming good at tracking my time was one of the most difficult transitions to becoming a successful Virtual Assistant.
After years of working in corporate, I was used to moving through my day hitting deadlines and getting my work done, but without paying attention to the minutes ticking by....
At the beginning of life as a Virtual Assistant, it may seem like you’ll never have enough work. But things can change quickly. When they do, and you bring on a steady stream of new clients, you may be surprised by how quickly your work can outstrip your available time.
This is a tricky...
It’s easy to not invest in yourself when you’re first starting out in business. You may believe that until you’re making money, you shouldn’t spend money.
But nothing could be further from the truth. If you’re serious about getting up and running with great clients,...
When you have a job, you earn a certain number of vacation days each year. In some companies, they even roll over year to year, so you can stockpile them as you wish.
But when you’re a Virtual Assistant working for yourself, how many vacation days do you “get” each year?
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