Live Your Best Life as a Virtual Assistant

One of my brand-new students came to me and said that the average hourly rate for a Virtual Assistant in Ohio was $17.50. And then she asked me how she could possibly charge $30 or $40, or $50 an hour if that were true.

The reason, I said, is because what other people are doing doesn’t matter. One ...

When you’re a Virtual Assistant, it can be a challenge to know when you have enough work and enough clients to reach your financial goals.

Often, when we start with a new client, they will say that they will have X number of hours’ worth of work for us each week. They’re excited, we’re excited, and w...

Virtual Assistants are natural helpers. It’s at the core of who we are and it’s why our clients love us. 

Recently, I had an experience with a customer support agent that wasn’t ideal. The result was frustration, disappointment, and, in the end, anger. 

And although I could sense that the customer sup...

There’s a lot of talk out in the world about how great it is to offer packages to clients when you’re a Virtual Assistant.

You’ve likely heard that the faster you get at the tasks you’re offering, the more money you’ll make. You’ve heard that you’ll have a dependable source of income every single ...

When you’re just starting out as a Virtual Assistant, it can be difficult to know what to do first.

You might wonder: Should I work on my website? My social media accounts? Get my business license? Order business cards? Or a gazillion other things that are flying around in your head.

I understand ...

As a Virtual Assistant, when we’re out with friends, networking, or meeting someone new, we are often asked the question, “What do you do for work?”

Sometimes, when this happens, we are not prepared with a well-thought-out answer. So we wing it … not a good idea!

When we wing it, we tend to start talk...

The question I get asked the most by new VAs is “What are the skills I need to have in order to make really good money?”

And I can see by the look on their faces that they hope I’m going to hand them the magic list that will get them where they want to be.

But I don’t have the list they are looki...

Last week, I was talking to my friend Isabelle about multi-tasking. She told me that she thinks of multi-tasking as nothing more than starting and stopping multiple tasks over and over, really fast.

And when I thought about that for a second, I thought, wow – that’s exactly what it is, and it soun...

Last Sunday afternoon, my husband Greg and I went shopping at a big-chain grocery store. We noticed a sign in the window as we walked inside that said “Corn – eight ears for $2.00.” This got my attention immediately since I love eating corn, as do the chickens.

While checking out, we scanned our re...

Did you like playing office when you were a kid? I did. I would spend hours setting up my desk, organizing my paper clips, sharpening my pencils, and pretending to talk on the phone while taking notes on my steno pad.

But now there’s a lot more at stake. We have families to take care of, responsibi...