Make Money Online Working As A Virtual Assistant

  Today businesses are looking for organized and skilled professionals which are able to handle different administrative, secretarial tasks and be time-efficient – virtual assistants.

  But who are virtual assistants?

 Virtual assistants are people who work from their homes  and don’t attend offices. They are not considered as part-time or temporary employees.  They are self-employed professionals.

Working as a virtual assistant is a good opportunity for multi – skilled people, which are looking to make money online.

 To become a VA one should have some office experience  and have a list of skills before starting to work in this role.   If you don’t have such a list, you can create one and decide what fields are you going to specialize in.

  

 The most common skills that a VA should have are email – contact management and word processing skills. Good telephone etiquette is important as well.  All calls and emails should be answered on time. That will show your efficiency.

   

Here again, you will have to do a research to know about all the details you will be discussing with business owners. You should know about current job opportunities, the companies which are looking to hire professionals,  payment rates for the job.

   

  After checking your skills and having sufficient information you need to start thinking about your working equipment. You should have a computer and internet connection. If your tasks will include answering phone calls, you will need a headset too.

  The typical tasks which are being handled by VAs include: Transcription of audios and videos, writing, answering emails and calls, link building, creation of spreadsheets, doing online research, creating schedules, etc.

   

  To find a good job you will need to research the market and pay attention to all the existing opportunities. In this case it will be a winning option for you to join an agency.  But some agencies will ask you to pay for joining them, which you shouldn’t do.  Instead, you can join an agency which doesn’t charge any fees, and will help you to reach many clients.

  Some agencies offer 2 types of memberships: standard and approved. The standard membership is for individuals which want to work as VAs. The approved membership is mainly for businesses.

   Joining an agency is a great option, but you should be able to find jobs yourself. To do that you can use different resources, for example advertising. You can post in advertising sites which receive a lot of traffic.  Before posting you need to know about your target audience, about the businesses you want to work for.  It may take some time for you to receive replies.

   

  Some people use job boards and websites for finding appropriate jobs. Freelance sites can be useful for job searches. Forums are also being used for such purposes.

  Another option is to create a blog or a website and marketing it.

  All these steps will help you to find clients and with each new project you will become more and more experienced.