This blog is about the struggles of starting a career as a Virtual Assistant and continuing to work as a one. Most people keep asking me the same questions: Where did you come across the idea to be a Virtual Assistant? What are your working hours? How did you come up with your rate? Why Virtual Assistance? ….but the most frequently asked question is What is a Virtual Assistant? Let… Read More »The struggle is real….
2021, like 2020, was not easy. However, as with any year, we need to learn from it and I’ve learnt a lot. I wanted to share just 6 lessons that really made this year great, and which I’ll take with me into 2022. I hope all my clients, colleagues, friends, family, and acquaintances have a fabulous 2022!
Entrepreneurs and business owners always want to save money and continuously look at the bottom line. Therefore, they are prone to try and do every task themselves. However, this could be your down-fall. On the home page, I give THREE main reasons for hiring a virtual assistant. But I have had many queries on why it is necessary. I believe that all reasons are rolled into these three main reasons:… Read More »Benefits of Hiring a Virtual Assistant
To start describing the difference between employees and virtual assistants we first need to look at the definition of each: A virtual assistant is generally self-employed and provides professional administrative, technical, or creative assistance to clients remotely from a home office. An employee is anyone, other than an independent contractor, who works part time or full time for another person or who assists in conducting the business of an employer.… Read More »Virtual Assistant VS Employee