How to Justify your Virtual Assistant Rates
Because I have specialized skills, such as setting up shopping carts and creating product demos, I usually charge my clients $45.00/hr (a little less when they buy a package). To some small businesses owners, that may be used to having employees at much lower hourly rates, it may seem like a lot.
To justify what I charge, I usually have to remind them of the specialized nature of these skills as well as the true cost of an employee. Clients would be amazed to find out how little of an employee’s day is actually spent on productive tasks. I know this because I was an employee for many years and if you take away all the meetings, answering e-mail, answering other employee’s questions, doing research, taking mini breaks, long lunch hours, etc. etc- I was probably only truly productive for about 4 of those 8 hours. As a Virtual Assistant, I would only be charging the client for the 4 productive hours instead of 8. Clients get a lot more for their money using a VA. Also, their is no minimum amount of time I will work. If you only need one hour that week, it is find with me. In this video below, brought to you by Lisa Taliga (whose VA course you have to check out) she explains exactly how to compare the rates of an employee to Virtual Assistant rates.
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