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VIRTUAL ASSISTANT BEGINNER
by Samuel
THE ONLINE FREELANCE VIRTUAL ASSISTANT (V.A)
STARTING OUT AS A VIRTUAL ASSISTANT
You see, VA is very wide. Just to touch on a few, here are some tasks that Virtual Assistants actually take on. As highlighted on our website; Virtual Assistance Services -these are skills that are sold within the freelance virtual assistance marketplace;
- Email and correspondence management.
- Newsletter campaigns set up and management.
- Web research
- Blog Management
- Calendar management, travel and booking.
- Social media setting up and management
- Transcription of audios, videos and documents.
- Proofreading
- Online customer service
- Ecommerce management
The above listed are 10 of the most common sought after skills in Freelance Virtual Assistance.
HOW MANY SKILLS DO YOU NEED SO AS TO START OUT AS A VIRTUAL ASSISTANT?
While starting out, a VA basically looks at all the possible skills that are selling in the VA marketplace (this can be guided by a look at jobs on Upwork or People per hour), then does a simple search to understand and have a picture of what they entail. The answer to the first step when starting out as a virtual assistant, is to simply look at all manner of possible skills you could acquire and sell, then narrow down to what seems to capture your interest more, one at a time.
Once some interest is already aroused in you, it’s time to figure out how exactly you’re going to earn a skill at a time, as you learn the ropes about marketing your virtual & admin assistance services.
Want to read more on this? Here is another piece on the journey to becoming a virtual Assistant. Read on.
Tagged become a virtual assistantFreelance virtual & admin assistanceNew to freelancingstarting out as an online freelancerva starter
- Posted on January 24, 2018
- Virtual Assistance
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