Live Your Best Life as a Virtual Assistant
Like most VAs, I work by the hour. Unlike most VAs, I get paid up front and have zero bad debt.
Given the scope and unpredictability of the work, it’s hard to come up with a flat fee that makes you and the client happy.
But hourly work presents many problems, not the least of which is the...
Yesterday, a Virtual Assistant messaged me on LinkedIn about potentially hiring her. She had done her homework – she checked out my LinkedIn profile and my website and wrote me a great message. I was intrigued so I clicked over to her site.
Uh oh. As I browsed through, I saw a number of...
At the height of my Virtual Assistant business I had over 50 active clients at one time, you can imagine how much work was coming my way.
On any given day, new tasks can come to me as a result of a phone conversation, via an email request, or through the project management software...
When I first started working as a Virtual Assistant I worked on a simple laptop. I was able to get my work done, but it was often frustrating having to switch back and forth between browser tabs when copying and pasting information between programs.
Shortly after my boyfriend, Greg, and I began...
I’ve been getting paid by my clients via credit card for about six years now. Many people think that paying the credit card processing fee (usually 2.9% of the total paid) is crazy, but there are many reasons that I love getting paid this way:
- I know what’s going on. When someone...
One of the biggest challenges for Virtual Assistants is getting clients – especially when you’re just starting out. You may love the work and be good at it, but none of that matters until you have clients to work with.
Here are a few tips for getting great clients:
- Be clear about how...
When working virtually with clients, sometimes it’s important to see each other and share screens during working sessions. For that, I rely on a wonderful tool called Zoom.
Zoom has changed my business by making it much easier to work and give my clients an “in-person” feeling,...
As a Virtual Assistant, there are many ways to bill for your work – I charge by the hour.
That means keeping track of time, of course, so when I first started out, I kept everything in a spreadsheet. I quickly realized, though, that spreadsheets are not the right tool for the job!
If you...
As a Virtual Assistant who does a lot (a lot!) of complicated meeting scheduling for clients, I’ve found a few tools that help me get the job done. Read on below for a look at three that I rely on the most!
Here are my “go-to” tools for keeping on top of the many, many meetings...
Being a Virtual Assistant can certainly be overwhelming at times: Tasks can pour in from email, clients can make last-minute requests, details can start to feel overpowering.
Sometimes when it’s really busy, it’s difficult to know what to do first. The five suggestions below will help...
