Archive for the 'Become a Virtual Assistant' Category
Why it Pays to Specialize
Yazan: Michelle Schoen | 10 June 2009 | 3 Comments
Categories: Become a Virtual Assistant, Improve your VA Skills
Many Virtual assistants have the erroneous belief that if they just offer one or two specific skills they will have less clients and make less money. In this interview led by Affiliate Manager Angela Wills for her site Marketers Mojo we speak for about 20 minutes on why specializing in just a couple of things [...]
Virtual Assistant Rates- An Interesting Debate
Yazan: Michelle Schoen | 14 October 2008 | 5 Comments
Categories: Become a Virtual Assistant, News for VAs
A client of mine recently wrote me an e-mail about his position regarding how VAs charge for their services. I, in turn, gave my ideas below. Whether you are a client or a VA I would LOVE to hear your thoughts on this discussion about Virtual Assistant Rates as well.
My Client’s e-mail:
Michelle,
For me, the crux [...]
Earn Higher Rates with Hot Virtual Assistant Skills Training
Yazan: michelle | 16 May 2008 | No Comments
Categories: Become a Virtual Assistant, Improve your VA Skills, News for VAs
Do you know exactly what business owners want to pay you money for Do you still have trouble finding or keeping the best kind of clients – the ones that pay well, know what they want, and have a sense of humor? Are you worried that your business just doesn’t seem to taking off the [...]
Virtual Assistants Talk About their Work
Yazan: michelle | 19 March 2008 | No Comments
Categories: Become a Virtual Assistant, News for VAs
Spend some time listening to these four graduates of a distance education Virtual Assistant Certification school talk about their work. You might get some nuggets of information you can apply to your own business. This is really an audio file with just the one image you see below. some of the items discussed are
referrals as [...]
How to Help your Client Set Up their Web Hosting
Yazan: michelle | 29 February 2008 | No Comments
Categories: Become a Virtual Assistant, Improve your VA Skills, Register a domain and get Hosting
Earlier I showed you a demo of how to help your client set up a domain name. That must, obviously, be done first before you set up Web hosting. I always recommend Hostgator because for 9.95/month you can host unlimited Websites. Now, I’m embarrassed to mention this, but a while back I did not [...]
Virtual Assistant Basics- What is a VA?
Yazan: michelle | 29 February 2008 | No Comments
Categories: Become a Virtual Assistant
This is the first in a series of articles that explain everything you want to know about becoming a Virtual Assistant. In future articles I will be discussing topics such as certification, equipment, specializing and what skills are necessary to be a great VA. So Let’s get started-
You probably already know that VA stands [...]
