Make Money Online As A Virtual Assistant: 4 Things You Need To Know

by Simon Hopes Author

Business people have too many appointments and tasks but not enough time to do them. This is why virtual assistants are a godsend. VAs provide the help that entrepreneurs need to get those administrative and menial tasks done, so they can focus on the more critical job of building their businesses. What’s more, your location will not really matter. As long as you have a stable Internet connection and good communication and writing skills, you can serve clients from halfway around the world and at a schedule of your choosing.

 

You can earn Internet income by being a virtual assistant part-time or full-time. In fact, it is recommended that before you plunge head-on into the VA life, try it out first as a side job to see if it is something that you’d want to do for the long-term. Here are four things you need to know if you are considering life as a VA.

 

1. There are different types of VAs

 

There are several ways you can earn money through this job. You can be a social media virtual assistant and manage the multiple social accounts of your clients or an email marketing VA and take care of that aspect of the selling side for your boss. You can also specialize in blog management or providing customer service, as with running the web chat, online inquiries, and providing client and tech support. You can also be an administrative assistant and handle appointments, schedules, make phone calls, and anything else that your client needs to power through his or her day seamlessly. Or you can be all, if you have the skills and the resources.

 

2. What a VA does

 

Simply put, a virtual assistant is someone who handles a variety of online tasks for a client. The work is done remotely, thus giving you plenty of flexibility in terms of time and job sequencing. The reason why people hire VAs online is because he or she doesn’t have enough time to do certain things himself or herself. Examples of such tasks include writing and replying to emails, editing blog images, scheduling social media and blog posts, calling people for comments, asking about products, and even setting up doctor’s appointments and confirming online and in-person meetings.

 

3. How much VAs typically earn

 

Virtual assistants are usually paid per hour, although others get a fixed weekly or monthly fee. The rates vary but they typically range from $15 to over $100 per hour, depending on the tasks covered. Some VAs earn up to six figures monthly just from doing assistant tasks. Clients typically do not mind if you are providing VA services for different people, as long as your work with them gets done as agreed.

 

4. How to become a VA

 

There are generally two ways to become a virtual assistant. You can plunge right in and become one yourself by marketing your services, or you can take a training course and get placed from there.

The bottomline to landing clients is branding yourself correctly and being armed with the right skills for the tasks that entrepreneurs need done.

 

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