Live Your Best Life as a Virtual Assistant
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...
When you’re a Virtual Assistant, it’s often difficult to know how much to charge your clients for your services. There is such a wide range in the marketplace that it can be nerve-wracking to talk to clients and potential clients about how much you charge.
One phrase that I often hear...
What’s a Virtual Assistant cost? It’s all over the map, ranging from $15 to $100 an hour, or more. It’s hard to know where you fit in – and be confident in what you’ve decided! – when there is so much variation in our industry.
When you’re not clear about...
When you’re a brand-new Virtual Assistant, sometimes it seems like a good idea to work for a really low hourly rate as a way to get started, or to give big introductory discounts. Nothing could be further from the truth.
Here are some things to remember when you’re new:
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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,...
Although it might not seem like it, as Virtual Assistants, we really do get to decide how much money we can earn each year. We do this by deciding how much to charge, when we’ll get paid, whom we’ll work with, and how many hours we want to be billable.
And while it’s...
One of my goals each year is centered around how much money I want to make as a Virtual Assistant.
Here are a few tips for setting your financial goals for 2019:
- Review your hourly rate. Ask yourself, “Am I charging enough for the services that I provide?” What are clients willing to...
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...
