Aside from freelance writing, becoming a virtual assistant is another way you can have an additional income at the comfort
of your home. It is an in demand opportunity since a lot of individuals
and businesses need someone who can offer various services in an
affordable and convenient way.
A virtual assistant
is someone who offers administrative or personal assistance and work
remotely (home-based) for various clients. Another definition of a
virtual assistant is someone whom professionals trust to do a things
that they may not be able to accomplish because of other priorities or
busy schedule. READ: Becoming a Technical Writer in the Philippines, Becoming a Freelance Writer in the Philippines
Setting
your heart and mind to be a virtual assistant means committing in
giving your skills and services to your clients. Thus, it is of high
importance that you first assess whether becoming a virtual assistant is really for you.
What Does Virtual Assistant Do?
A
virtual assistant offer countless tasks and services to individuals,
organizations and companies. As a virtual assistant your task may depend
on the field/business of your client. Below are eamples of
- Writing
- Ghost Writing
- Proof reading
- Creating Graphic Design
- Project Management
- Audio, Photo and Video Editing
- Transcribing
- Data Entry
- Researching
- Bookkeeping
- Social Media Management
And the list just goes on and on...
How to Become a Virtual Assistant
Becoming a virtual assistant starts with building a solid foundation. Here are tips on how you can start earning by assisting virtually.
Assess The Services You Can Offer
Virtual
Assistance offer a variety of services just like mentioned above. This
means you need to establish what services/skill you will offer to the
public. Know where you excel most whether its writing, doing graphic
design or simple data entry. You can research for the complete list of
services every virtual assistant can choose to offer. Do not offer
something you aren't familiar because you will certainly loose your
clients.
Learn More
Just
like my tip in freelance writing as a career, you need to get educated
if your goal is to become successful. Read virtual assistant themed
websites and learn from the experience of other established VAs. It is
also helpful for you to attend courses or seminars that can harness your
skills. You also want to keep on growing as a virtual assistant. Your
goal is to move from becoming a freelance virtual assistant to becoming a virtual assistant business owner. So take your time and get tons of learning in how to handle the said field.
Offer Your Services to the Public
If
you are just starting to become a virtual assistant then you can
promote your services via Facebook or by talking to people you know that
you can be a help in their business. You need to involved in places
where your potential clients hang out. Broadcast what you can do for you
will never get clients if you don't become active and sell yourself to
others.
Network with Others
The
more people you know the better. I encourage you to network with other
virtual assistance and go roam around to people who can help you get
known. It is a tough competition but in the online community, Filipinos
is the race to beat. We are known because of how skilled we are and
because we are always give our prompt service. If you haven't like SavingsPinay on Facebook then please do. It is a great network where you'll get to know how to earn money online.
I hope that this post helped you!
Are you interested in becoming a virtual assistant?
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