virtual assistant business tips

How to Set (or Fix!) Your Virtual Assistant Rates

Setting your rates can be one of the most challenging things to do in your VA business. There is often a confidence issue that rears its ugly head when you are starting out – you think you have no experience, you aren’t sure your rates are even competitive, and you don’t want any clients to say no when you tell them what you charge. And if you have been in business for a while, you may still struggle to raise your rates when you need to (especially if you started out much too low). But in order to run a successful VA business – and stay in business – you need to set your rates properly. Either way, it’s not… Read More »How to Set (or Fix!) Your Virtual Assistant Rates

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Is It Time To Hire Subcontractors For Your VA Business?

When we start our Virtual Assistant business, it’s almost always just us doing it all. We do all the work, we bring on new clients as our schedule can manage it, and we build and grow at a pace that we can sustain. But at some point (hopefully!) it becomes necessary to consider getting additional help. Is it time for you to consider getting subcontractors? If so, here are a few pieces of advice to make sure you get the best help you can: 1. Be specific in what kind of help you need. When you know what you want to get help with, it makes the search easier. You will also know the skill level that you need. Sometimes… Read More »Is It Time To Hire Subcontractors For Your VA Business?

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How Often Do You Say No as a VA?

When is the last time you said no to a client? A lot of Virtual Assistants I talk to say one of their biggest issues is doing tasks they don’t want to do every day. For some reason, they think they need to do whatever their clients ask them to do. But here’s the thing – you are not their employee. Yes, they pay you to do work for them. But that doesn’t mean that they get to decide what you do each day. You are a business owner in your own right – and you get to decide what services you offer – and which ones you turn down. If you are saying yes to your clients when you… Read More »How Often Do You Say No as a VA?

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Still Struggling to Make a Go of Your VA Business? Read this.

If you are still struggling to make your Virtual Assistant business work, I am glad you are here. It’s time for a pep talk! So much of what we read online tells us what we are doing wrong, or what we should do differently to make our business work. I decided that today I want to celebrate YOU. I want to congratulate you for deciding to start. I want to congratulate you for learning SO many new things (some of which aren’t even interesting or fun!) I want to congratulate you for doing what so many people never do. And I want to congratulate you for believing in yourself. Because when you first started, you believed in yourself. Do you… Read More »Still Struggling to Make a Go of Your VA Business? Read this.

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5 Tips to Push Through the Fear of Starting Your Virtual Assistant Business

If you are afraid to start your VA business, here’s one thing you need to know: you are not the only one. It’s so common to be afraid to make the leap to launch. It’s scary to put yourself out there when you have never done it before. It’s kind of like a first date, except on our first date we have zero experience so that’s usually the thing that causes us anxiety. With your business, you aren’t a young kid. You are older, you have some work experience (even if it is not as a VA). You are making a plan to operate a business. The anxiety is the same – it’s still the world of the unknown, but… Read More »5 Tips to Push Through the Fear of Starting Your Virtual Assistant Business

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3 Simple Tips To Value Your Virtual Assistant Clients

Without clients we don’t have a VA business. So we need to be sure we appreciate our clients – even on the difficult days! Your clients are the people who pay you money to do what you love. We appreciate that, of course, because we need them to keep doing that so we can stay in business. But it is important to nurture your client relationships to make our daily work more enjoyable too. Whether your relationship is in the beginning stages, or has existed for a long time, focus on how valuable the client is. When you first start working with someone there is always a learning curve as you get to know each other, and communication is really… Read More »3 Simple Tips To Value Your Virtual Assistant Clients

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Managing Your Work Pace to Efficiently Support VA Clients

Are you wasting your client’s money? If you are wasting time while working on their Virtual Assistant tasks, you might be charging them unnecessarily. The pace you work at is a very important part of your VA business. Why? Because our clients pay us for the time we spend on their tasks. Wasting time means wasting your client’s money. In a corporate setting, we don’t really often work against a clock. Yes, we work on deadlines (ours and other people’s) but not to the extent that we need to do so as a VA. When we start our VA business, this can be a difficult transition – all of a sudden we have to be responsible to justify every minute… Read More »Managing Your Work Pace to Efficiently Support VA Clients

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7 Communication Tips to Make You a Better VA

Do you think of yourself as a good communicator? To work virtually like we all do as VAs, communication is one of the most important skills you should build. I often get asked what the most important skill is for a Virtual Assistant to have. Hands down I would say good communication skills – actually GREAT communication skills. When we work mostly virtually (usually via email or a project management system), how we work with clients comes down to how well we understand each other. You need to understand what your clients are asking you to do. Your clients need to understand how or when you work as well as when you will deliver, and how to get what they… Read More »7 Communication Tips to Make You a Better VA

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