Pricing
Price increase letters
Over the years we’ve been asked for examples of price increase letters – each VA business is different and you will know your clients best, but here’s a few ideas about how you can increase your virtual assistant rates without alienating the clients. Why raise your virtual assistant rates? Firstly, remember that your clients will…
Read MoreCost of a virtual assistant
We have had a few queries on how long things should take recently – I thought it would be interesting to compare how long/how much it would cost to do certain tasks which rely on the virtual assistants input only (in other words, you aren’t waiting for content or quotes or researching something which could…
Read MoreSo you want to be a subcontractor virtual assistant?
(Or how much a VA’s virtual assistant gets paid!) “They’re paying HOW MUCH for a virtual assistant subcontractor???” Yes, the outraged exclamations on Facebook Groups for a subcontract virtual assistant job this week raised a lot of eyebrows… But you know, the virtual assistants doing these subcontract jobs aren’t necessarily doing the same job as…
Read MoreYou too could have a 6-figure income…
We’ve all had these emails in our inbox. The ones promising financial freedom, a Ferrari in the garage of your mansion, days spent playing on your private beach with the children… All yours for the miniscule investment of $999/month! Now most of us hit the delete button – but what if what the virtual assistant…
Read MoreBook Review: Profit First by Mike Michalowicz – Recommended Reading for Virtual Assistants
I set up my Virtual Assistant business back in 2012, having had many years of hands on experience with the financial aspects of various business’s I thought I was well positioned to run my business. Which I was if you want to run your business the traditional way ie. Sales – Costs = Your Profits.…
Read MoreSVA Premier: The VA Course for UK Virtual Assistants
Virtual Assistant Course – Virtual Assistant Training Since 2009 we’ve run the SVA Premier programme to help VAs who want to fast forward their business by getting access to commercially sensitive or insider information. Initially we developed this as online webcasts and password protected blogs, but five years on, we’d covered most subjects and it…
Read MoreCompetitive Analysis
One of the most important things you can do as a new virtual assistant is research, research, research. Oh, and then some more research. Part of your business plan should be a marketing projection including a competitive analysis. So how do you actually get information about what other people are doing? And more importantly, how…
Read MoreTimesheets
One of our members Debbie Condon agreed to share her clever timesheet with
tracks how long you spend on each project
Zirtual – what went wrong?
Last week virtual assistant giant Zirtual suddenly ceased trading with an email sent to all its employees and clients shutting the whole operation down. The financial markets that funded the project are somewhat baffled by why it didn’t work and are busy securing more rounds of funding to try and get this business back up…
Read MoreHow to sell a client
This gem comes from Phillippa Goodwin of Essential PA – one for all the MultiVA businesses or simply for someone looking to outsource work on a permanent basis. How to “sell” a virtual assistant client
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