I’ve had a lot of small business people who need help with their business tell me that my rates were too high. Heck, I’ve even had a person or two tell me I was crazy to charge that much when anyone can go to one of the freelance websites and find an army of virtual…
I recently read an article by Ryan Lee called “The REALITY of Outsourcing and Virtual Assistants”. He makes a great point about waiting until your business is ready for a virtual assistant rather than simply getting one because some ‘guru’ tells you to in their book(s). But he also included a few items that I…
Starting your own virtual assistant business requires more than just a desire to make money working from home. Ask yourself the following questions and answer honestly. Too many individuals look at becoming a VA as a way to make easy money from home, but the truth is, running your own business is anything but easy. …
I love being a virtual assistant. I love educating others about virtual assistance. And I love helping new virtual assistants get started. With that said, I also believe that if you’re thinking about becoming a virtual assistant there are some things that you shouldn’t need to be taught. The whole concept of a virtual assistant…
If you follow me on Twitter you’ll have noticed that for the past week or so I’ve sent out a tweet that looks like the one below every day: The virtual-assistants Daily is a compilation of tweets, links, RT’s and information shared on Twitter by the other virtual assistants I follow there. I started it…
Virtual Assistants provide business to business services. They own and maintain their own businesses. So would you be surprised to find out that many of them are providing services in such a way that the IRS would actually classify them as ‘remote employees’ and as such their clients are in danger of owing taxes for…
Don’t let the title mislead you, this post is for both those of you that are interested in using a virtual assistant as well as virtual assistants themselves ( and those that want to be one). I love hanging around the virtual assistant forums. It’s become just one of the ways that I try to…
I have a Google Alert set up for the term Virtual Assistant, and today’s alert brought me a link to an ABC News story on, you guessed it, Virtual Assistants. I was excited at the possibility of a major news network shedding some light on our industry. That was, until the video began. First, it…
In my last post I discussed the importance of conducting consultations with in your search for a virtual assistant. Top Secret Tip #6: The Contract- When you’ve found the virtual professional you feel comfortable and confident with, let them know that you’d like to work with them. If they too feel that you’re a good…
If you’ve read the first three posts in this series, you’ve done the prep work necessary to create a successful working relationship with a virtual assistant. (If you are still stuck on just what tasks you can have a virtual assistant do for you, download my Top 100 Ways You Can Utilize a Virtual Assistant…