One of the things I’ve been wanting to focus on (but just don’t have a lot of time to do) is to offer my readers find new ideas or ways to make extra income. One of those ways I’ve showed you is how to become a paid virtual assistant. Let’s face it, who doesn’t want to make extra money on the side these days? If you ever wanted to take your freelancing career to the next level, I highly recommend becoming a virtual assistant.
So I’m bringing it back today and I’m so excited because I will be able to share with a you a valuable FREE resource for those of you who are seriously considering becoming a virtual assistant, plus at the end of this post, there’s fantastic giveaway: a very helpful, comprehensive course to help guide you step-by-step and get you started as a successful virtual assistant – in 30 days or less!
I’ve been so amazed at all the great opportunities out there for virtual assistants to thrive. I’ve seen so many of my friends who are now making real income as a paid virtual admin doing the tasks they love, or utilizing the skills they already have. It truly is a great way to get started as a freelancer, develop your skills and gain a deeper understanding of online entrepreneurship as a whole – all while providing a valuable service to your clients and making a decent income for yourself.
Why Consider Becoming A Virtual Assistant?
Here are proven facts about virtual assistants:
- There has been a 95% increase in demand for VAs in the last three years
- The average North American virtual assistant earns $35 to $50 per hour (with some going as low as $25 per hour and others as high as $100 per hour)
- A recent survey by Upwork shows 69% are happier freelancing than working in a regular office-based position
150+ Services You Can Offer As A Virtual Assistant – And Get Paid For!
My friend Gina Horkey, who is a successful freelance writer and runs a virtual assistant business herself, offers a FREE and downloadable list of 150+ services you can offer as a VA – and get paid for!
Here are just some of the services you can offer to get paid as a virtual assistant:
Administrative Support – such as data entry, managing your client’s calendar, making travel arrangements, booking appointments
Blog/Website Management – such as moderating blog comments, updating or removing old/unwanted posts, tracking metrics
Finance – such as bookkeeping, processing payments and creating invoices, handling basic payroll duties
Online Marketing – such as creating newsletters and sales pages, managing giveaways and promotions, designing fliers and brochures
Social Media – such as promoting posts on the client’s social media channels, replying to social media mentions and comments, sharing videos and articles for promotions
The list is long and I can’t list everything here. But I think it’s really a valuable list for those of you who are looking to supplement their current income part-time or even looking to work full-time as a virtual assistant. If you want access to the full list, just GO HERE to download your own copy for FREE! It’s truly an amazing list. I’m a super busy blogger, but after seeing the list, I now have a gazillion ideas on how I can expand my services to include some of the ideas I found from this list which I know I can do. Now I just really need to find time to be able to do them.
Take the 30 DAYS OR LESS To Virtual Assistant Success Course – You Won’t Regret It!
Ready to get serious about becoming a paid virtual assistant? Take a look into Gina’s comprehensive (and very affordable!) course, 30 DAYS OR LESS To Virtual Assistant Success!
In this course, you’ll learn to:
- Build your VA foundation — including getting your mind right, further defining what a VA is and looking at both the benefits of working with and becoming a virtual assistant.
- Launch your VA business — including choosing your target market, honing in on your service offerings, deciding what to call yourself and writing your VA resume.
- Dive deep into three VA services you can offer — including email management, social media management and content management.
- How to make money as a VA — including setting your rates, transitioning to a retainer model, basic business financial components, offering packages and more!
- Establishing your online presence — including whether or not you need a blog, how to setup a newsletter optin box and how to acquire testimonials.
- Where to source VA clients — including your natural market, social media, networking best practices and more!
- All things pitching — including templates to use, pitching best practices, etc.
- How to interview and get hired — including how online interviews differ from Corporate America, tips and tricks and how to follow up.
- How to manage your VA business — including learning about contracts, onboarding new clients and parting ways with those that are no longer a fit.
- Build effective relationships with your clients — including starting with a trial period, knowing your client, scope creep and much, much more!
There are so many other ways to make extra income but if you’re really willing to invest in the time and focus to build a business offering virtual assistant services from the comfort of your own home (or office), then the 30 DAYS OR LESS To Virtual Assistant Success course is for you! If you’re still on the fence about spending money on a course, you can see the growing list of success stories from students who had taken this course and are already earning their income now as a VA. Also, Gina offers a full refund of your money if you find the course not helpful at all or not the one you’re looking for. So you really got nothing to lose!
Giveaway!
I’m so excited to tell you that my friend Gina has generously offered one of you, my lucky readers, to learn to become a successful virtual assistant by offering you her 30 Days or Less to Virtual Assistant Success course totally FREE – a $247 value!
To enter the contest, follow the prompts for entries on the Rafflecopter widget below. Contest is open to residents of the U.S. and Canada and is open for entries until March 3, 2018 at 11:59PM, EST. Good luck! 🙂
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Who won this?
I’ve wanted to e a virtual assistant but I have no idea where to begin. This is exactly what I need!
I wanting to start a VA job. I would love to work from home and gain skills in becoming a VA. Thank you for the opportunity.
I love being a VA. My Sister has been wanting to start. I will have to share this with her. It would be a great way for her to learn all about it.
What an interesting stay at home mom job!
I thought about becoming a VA a long time ago but I don’t even likeVA-ing for myself so….I’m better off just hiring out! LOL!!
I would love to win this for one of my VAs who is looking to pick up more VA work than I have for her!
Being a virtual assistant is a great way to work at home. You have to have a lot of skills though. I’m sure this course is just what people need to get started.
I think I could totally be a virtual assistant but the problem is, my own blog work and such takes up so much time that I don’t think I can do it for anyone else too! ha!
Thank you for the free list, I am excited to read it. You wouldn’t have thought many years ago that there would be such a demand for virtual assistants but there definitely is one. Also, thank you for the giveaway I am going to enter.
Great post! They are so popular now. Especially social media managers.
I would love to be a virtual assistant! I actually did many of these things for years at my regular job.
I have seen this rise in the demand for VAs very recently, correct me if I’m wrong. It is such a great opportunity for people who are looking at avenues to increase their income. I downloaded your list and it’s a pure gem! Thanks for this! xx
Great post. I don’t know what I would do without my VAs. There simply aren;t enough of them – especially ones that are reliable.
I would love to do this. But I actually need my own VA! At some point it would be nice to work entirely from home and be a VA and make money on the side. I can barely keep up with my blogging needs, I have been considering hiring a VA.
I have thought about becoming a VA a few times, but I think I’m happier paying a VA to take care of some of the tasks for me instead. So helpful!
I was a VA for many years. I didn’t have any tips or a course to follow. I just had to figure it out. I would have loved some guidance along the way. Your course looks like a great resource!
I’ve been looking at hiring a VA and this course would help me maximize my investment. Thanks for the giveaway
It really is amazing the amount of services you can offer as a VA, I have been thinking of perhaps taking a course or two myself so this is such a great giveaway thankyou.
This is an amazing post! VA are so important and help many businesses run smoothly! I love the idea of a full course to ensure they have all the knowledge needed to succeed!
This is useful information. I would love to have virtual assistants, but my daughters offer for the return of candy. Thanks for posting.
This virtual assistant position course sounds perfect for me! I love to work from home on my own schedule, but could definitly use a course to show me how to actually earn cash and teach me the needed skills!
This is great info. Personally I dont have time to be a VA but I would love to hire one
Great giveaway! I see that the VA business is REALLY booming! I often need the extra help with my business so I do recommend looking into this for anyone who is organized and wants to help others while making money for themselves!
This is so amazing. Spending few extra hours can actually help me in earning some extra income. Great idea.
I think it’s a great idea for people who want to make a little side hustle and become a VA. I use a VA for several of my social media chores and it’s been a real blessing!
Wow!.. This is really great as i am hunting for a virtual assistant.. i will like anybody i eventually settle for to take this course as it will be of help to both of us.
Oh this is so wonderful! I had been working as a virtual assistant for 4 years and i only knew a few. I am glad i had found this post. Thank you for sharing.
That seems like such a good idea! I’d love to do something like that too! How long have you been doing it for?
This is a great resource! Sharing these to my friends who would love to try online freelancing!
A good VA is worth their weight in gold! I love this course. So many great and needed service assistance
It’s a great way to earn money, plus it can also be your primary source of income once you get enough work to support yourself or your family. I think it’s awesome that you’re sharing this course.
This is a great resource for those who are thinking of a freelancing career in virtual assistance. I hire VAs for my social media tasks. It takes a lot of work off my hands which then gives me more time to write!
I think that bookkeeping can really take you a long way – especially as a VA. Bookkeeping used to be so traditional and done at an office but it is a job that can be completed remotely so easily!
My husband does all my VA work. He enjoys it but I couldn’t get into it. I will have to share this with him!
What a great giveaway. I know a lot of people who are interested in becoming a virtual assistant.
I don’t have time to be a VA and actually use a great one sometimes they are so helpful. I do see the demand rising and the skills so useful.
I have often thought about looking into becomming a VA, I have bookmarked this to come back to later x
Thank you for sharing these great tips, I have recently started to look into the options of becoming a virtual assistant myself. Your post has provided me with some great resources.
I would love to work from home. I have looked and applied but haven’t found the right position yet! It’s nice there are so many opportunities to working from home.
The more people who start blogs, the more VA’s will be needed. I totally get why the demand for them has grown.
I didnt know virtual assistant has become the trend now. Having to juggling between work, blogging and promoting blog is so tough these days. We only have 24 hours and if there is service to help us ease our job, I should seriously think about it and make my life easier.
This is a great course you are offering! I love to see how much the use of VA’s have grown throughout the years. It is such a nice opportunity for those of us who want or need to work from home. Even though I’ve been blogging for many years, taking this course would truly help me streamline my services specifically to VA.
This sounds like a great side hustle or even a full time job. It would be nice to work from home and set your own hours!
Amazing information here for Vas, you have put together a really good source of information
As a freelance worker I have to say it’s the best. My only advice is to kind of try and set a schedule because I’m a very lazy person and my problem is that I wake up too late every day, so I feel short on time sometimes. But once you get the hang of it you’re good to go!
Since switching from a regular 9 to 5 and doing freelancing instead, I’m so much happier with my job! I actually specialize in social media management for a few smaller businesses, and run all the marketing for a charity here in Toronto. 🙂 It’s a great job to have!
This is awesome. I didn’t know much about virtual assistants until reading this blog. I am definitely interested in learning more. This would be a great thing for stay at home moms like myself.
I’m currently a temp and I am highly interested in working for myself and building my own business! This would be a great plan for me and I think it would help me get started!
I’ve been thinking of getting a virtual assistant recently. They’re so helpful especially when you’re busy but still need to keep social media engagement up etc. I think it’s a great idea, something i’ll Be looking into more soon
This is a great helping post for the one who wants to flourish their careers as VA
I can totally understand how the demand for virtual assistants has grown. I’ve been with my assistant for over two years now, and he has helped me so much. Thanks to him and his help, I’m able to take on more work AND make more time for my family!