Live Your Best Life as a Virtual Assistant
When first starting out as a Virtual Assistant, a great way to find clients is to have your friends and family help spread the word about your new business. But in order for that to happen, you need be to be able to clearly articulate the work you do.
The funny thing is that hardly anyone one gives...
When you’re a Virtual Assistant (especially if you work from home), it’s easy to get distracted from work and wonder by 5 p.m. where the day went. That happened to me more than once when I first started.
Read on for tips on beating the wasted day syndrome!
If you want to run a successful VA busine...
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.Â
The answer? Video demonstrations.Â
For tasks that are performed just a few times each year, it’s nearly impossible to...
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.Â
Whether you’re just starting out or been in business for a while, it’s important to have a system so that you can quickly put your finger...
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 care of the physical d...
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, it’s impo...
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 delegated work before, the...
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 software ...
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.
But a...
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 situation. ...
