Live Your Best Life as a Virtual Assistant

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. 

The answer? Video demonstrations. 

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. 

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 working as a Virtual Assistant, you spend lots of time supporting your client’s businesses. But it can be easy to neglect your own.

If you make a plan and check in with it every week, you can not only produce great client work, but also grow your business as well.

Here are six recommenda...

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...

 As a Virtual Assistant, finding new time-saving tools is the best – and I found a new one this week that I can’t wait to share with you.

Did you know that you can create email templates in Gmail? I had no idea and I love this!

Here’s how to set them up and use them:

1. In Gmail go to settings and
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As Virtual Assistants, it’s important to get out of the house from time to time and meet new people.

There are so many networking groups these days – find a few that you love and make it a point to attend their meetings. It will help you grow your network, get new clients and grow your business.

T...

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 you work as a Virtual Assistant, it’s important to raise your hourly rate from time to time. But it can be scary, especially since we don’t know how our existing clients may respond.

As your speed and skills increase, so does your ability to charge more per hour. However, how you handle raisi...