Learn the basic skills required by a virtual assistant to help your business run smoothly.
Do you long to own your own business, set your own hours and call all the shots? Find out if you have what it takes to be a virtual assistant. Take this quiz today!
Effective Time Management for Work at Home Professionals
Effective Time Management for Work at Home Professionals
Effective time management is the key to success as a work-from-home professional. Learn to take control of your time and you will experience increased productivity and lower stress levels.
How to Build Rapport and Stay in Touch with Clients
Building a client list may be hard work, but maintaining those clients is what leads to success. Learn how to nurture your business relationships to earn future work and referrals.
Top 10 Telecommuter Tips: How to Handle a Telephone Interview
Master the art of telephone interviewing and your calendar will be full of new projects.
Understanding Client Expectations
Working as a virtual assistant requires gaining full understanding of your client’s expectations. These topics must be discussed prior to beginning work to ensure both you and your client are on the same page and to eliminate misunderstandings later.
Work from Home Do's and Don'ts
Running your own virtual assistant business can be one of the most rewarding experiences in your life. It can also be one of the most challenging. Here are some Do’s and Don’ts for working from home to help you achieve more ups than downs.
Finding a Market for Your Current Skills
Do you want to work from home? You may already possess the skills realize that dream. Now discover how to market those skills and find the ideal work at home opportunity.
Use Your Current Skills to Work From Home…Today
Every one of us has skills of some sort. The key is figuring out how those skills can transfer to a job you can do from home…and get paid for. This article discusses how to match your current skills with home-based employment opportunities and start working today.
10 Pitfalls to Avoid as a Virtual Assistant
With staggering statistics for small business failure, how does a virtual assistant increase the chances of success? Learn about pitfalls to avoid when working in the virtual world.
Virtual Assistants: How to Track and Bill Your Time
Learn how to effectively track and bill your time when working as a virtual assistant.
Creating a Virtual Assistant Contract
Tips and advice on creating a contract for virtual assistant services. Links to more articles on starting a virtual assistant business and determining what to charge.
Determining How Much to Charge for Virtual Assistant Services
Learn how to determine what to charge for common virtual assistant/work from home services.
How to Start Your Own Virtual Assistant Business - Part 4 of 4
Modifying or Expanding your Services
How to Start Your Own Virtual Assistant Business - Part 3 of 4
Building Your Clientele
How to Start Your Own Virtual Assistant Business - Part 2 of 4
Equipping Your Home Office
How to Start Your Own Virtual Assistant Business - Part 1 of 4
Where Do I Begin? Selecting Your Specialty
If you are working from home and feeling isolated from the world, try a few of these ideas to get back in the loop.
Quiz: Do You Have What it Takes to be a Virtual Assistant?Virtual Assistant Office Humor
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Office…
Terrible Virtual Assistants and How Not to Become One
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Office…
Remember how excited you were to start your own virtual assistant business? Are you still enjoying your business as much as you did then? Let me remind you why you decided to be your own boss, and how to keep the humor in your virtual assistant business.
Terrible Virtual Assistants and How Not to Become One
In any profession there are good workers and there are bad workers – even in the virtual world. Here are some habits to avoid so you do not end up a virtual casualty.
