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How to Make Some Extra Money As a VA This (And Every) Month

I was fortunate to take a bit of time off this month. It’s really important to recharge your batteries whenever you can. I don’t know about you, but I think working alone from home can take it out of you! We build up on our task list as new things come in, and it is easy to get overwhelmed and overtired. But one of the things that comes up when I tell some VAs I am taking time off, is that they fear the loss of income. If we are the only ones who do the work, then when we don’t do the work, we do not get paid. So what can you do to get out of that mindset? First, you… Read More »How to Make Some Extra Money As a VA This (And Every) Month

Are You Losing Sales?

An interesting thing happened to me recently. Someone was having a look over on one of my websites and clicked on an affiliate link that I have had installed there for some time. When she clicked it, she noticed that it went to someone else’s old program that I was an affiliate for. She contacted me to let me know – I had totally forgotten about it on my site, not realizing it was connected to a particular program. Luckily, she contacted me to let me know. Many people might not. Who knows how many people clicked it previously and just went away. I was appreciative of her kindness to contact me about it (and I fixed it right away!)… Read More »Are You Losing Sales?

Are You Earning Affiliate Revenue?

When we talk about revenue sources for your business, it is common for most VAs to have just one income stream – client work. That is, they do the work and the client pays them to do it. It’s the ‘one to one’ model and most businesses are opened based on this income stream – this is called active revenue income. But there are other means to bring revenue into your business as well, and they don’t take that much work to set up or monitor, and you could be missing out! Passive income is another way that VAs and other small business owners can bring money into their business. It’s called passive because it requires less of your time… Read More »Are You Earning Affiliate Revenue?

Your Money Staircase

When you first get started as a Virtual Assistant, you earn money by charging clients for your services. This is usually the only stream of revenue that you have for your business in the beginning. Some people never have any others, but there are many other ways you can earn revenue in your business, above trading your time for money with clients.