How to Become a Virtual Assistant?

I know you’re thinking “I haven’t done anything yet,” but trust me you have.

You have taken the first step to potentially changing your career and your life and becoming a Virtual Assistant!

Virtual assistant jobs are flexible, high paying, choice of your work, and opportunity to learn new skills to grow your career to the next level. Becoming a Virtual Assistant (VA) is a great way to get started as a freelancer, develop your skills and gain a deeper understanding of how online entrepreneurship as a whole while providing a valuable service to your clients and make money in the process.

You might be wondering, Why so many people want to work from home? Well, there so many reasons for work from home jobs. Some might be a stay at home mom looking after their kids and family and want to earn extra money, a college student looking for an extra income while studying full time in college, some just making extra income on the side while working on their full-time job and some who gets tired getting stuck on traffic on their way to work and choose to become a Virtual Assistant working at the comfort of their own home. In short, anyone can be a VA who is hardworking and willing to earn more.

Not sure where to begin and what to offer? Keep reading and find out the steps you can take to start your career as a Virtual Assistant.

What is a Virtual Assistant?

A virtual assistant is a self-employed worker who specializes in offering administrative services to clients from a remote location, usually a home office.

It can mean many things, but you can provide a range of services remotely to business owners, entrepreneurs, or even bloggers and influencers. As a virtual assistant, you can offer services in almost any niche.

The most important thing here for you is determining your skillset. It might be a good idea to write down your experience or even take some time to take an online course so you will be guided on how to chose your freelancing niche.

What Services can you offer as a Virtual Assistant?

The good thing is that you can become a Virtual Assistant for almost anything for there is a wide range of task that a virtual assistant can do base on your expertise and skills.

The following are the Virtual Assistant services you can offer to your clients:

• Social Media Management

• Bookkeeping

• Data Entry

• Social Media Graphic Design

• Content Writing, editing & proofreading

• Web Development

• Search Engine Optimization

• Email Management

• Technical Support

• Customer Service

and the list is endless! The best thing is that you will not stuck on offering only one type of service.

Where to find Virtual Assistant Jobs?

After identifying your skills and the niche of virtual assistant you want to work, now you need to create your freelancing profile in different freelancing platforms such as:

1. Upwork

2. Onlinejobs.ph

3. Outsourcely

4. Fiverr

5. Hubstaff

6. peopleperhour

and there are a lot of other freelancing platforms that you can choose base on your locations, skills and payment rates.

Now is the best time to start your VA journey. Don't waste your time thinking about how to start your virtual assistant career. Take action now!

And for beginners who wants to be a Virtual Assistant, the best suggestion would be to learn everything from an industry expert and I would highly recommend the Filipino Virtual Assistance Academy.

I hope this has encourage you to jump start your Virtual Assistant Career.

How to become a Virtual assistant