Becoming a VA – the Good, the Bad and the Useful!
Anyone who has ever Googled ‘how to become a Virtual Assistant’ will have been faced with a plethora of blogs, articles and even whole websites selling the ‘freelance lifestyle’ – being your own boss is en vogue in 2016 and it can be tempting to think that compared to working 9-5 a la Dolly Parton, […]
Starting out as a Virtual Assistant – Michelle Shaw
I am Michelle (aka Elle) from Bangor, N. Ireland. I am a newbie VA and will be blogging this year on the ups and downs of starting out as a VA.
Virtual Assistants: Offering Face-to-face meetings?
As a virtual assistant, I try to avoid face2face meetings as much as possible – invariably they take longer than planned, it usually involves travel and the inevitable hold ups and delays. They don’t always produce great results either – I’ll often have to sit down back at the office and compile an action list […]
Special Niche as a Virtual Assistant?
As part of our Specialist Niches section, we’re looking for VAs who have unusual or specialist niches. (We’re planning out our content for 2016 now so we need your help!!!) Are you the UK’s best property assistant? Maybe you only deal with one kind of client? Or have become a specialist outsourcer for other VAs? […]
Gifts for the virtual assistant in your life
Gwyneth Paltrow’s lifestyle website Goop recently published its must-have Christmas gift list… Since we don’t have millions to spend, we thought we’d do a round-up of the gifts you can buy for the virtual assistant in your life…
Why do YOU love being a Virtual Assistant?
We are looking for VAs to tell us why they started and what they love about being a virtual assistant. We’re upgrading the content on SVA for 2016 and we NEED YOU!!!! We’ll feature your business and make you a star for the day! Get in touch and tell us about you and your business… […]
Virtual Assistant Bloggers Wanted!
We need you! For 2016 Society of Virtual Assistants is looking to recruit 6 bloggers to help us keep the site content fresh and interesting. We’re looking for VAs who can write about their experiences, write reviews or do a series of blog posts. Each post needs to be: between 400-1,000 words, on a subject […]
Things only those who work from home know
The mess generated from simply being in the house is astronomical… Coffee cups, plates, junk spread all over the dining table… The office you imagined working from isn’t where you actually work – either because the Pinterest inspired clean, organised workspace never materialised or because you work from the sofa/bed… You have to repeatedly explain […]
The low down on paid directories…
As a new virtual assistant, how do you get your name out there to bring clients to knocking down your door as fast as possible? Directories may seem like a great way of connecting with clients already looking for your services… But they can be expensive. How do you know which one to advertise in? […]
Virtual assistant video
If you want to explain what a virtual assistant is in a quick video on your website, we’ve done the hard work for you – a very simple, minute long explanation of what a VA is, roughly how much they cost, etc. Please feel free to share, host on your own site, use to show […]