Specialist Niches
A day in the life…..A virtual assistant on the high seas – well, the canal really!
My name is Bernadette Jones and I have been a virtual assistant for the last two and a half years. I am forty eight years old, and I live with my partner and my twenty year old son, in Birmingham, West Midlands.
Read MoreA day in the life of… A Rural Virtual Assistant
Carole Meyrick, Office Stuff – www.office-stuff.biz Age: Over 21! I was born in London of Scottish parentage, and spent my first 18 years in Le Havre, France. The family moved to Scotland in 1971 where I completed my secretarial education before heading south to Brighton where I married and lived for 15 years.
Read MoreLooking for VA Experts
As part of our Specialist Niches section, we’re looking for VAs who have unusual or specialist niches. Are you the UK’s best property assistant? Do you work in a strange environment that has its own rules which you struggle against? (slow broadband??) Perhaps you specialise in something really off the wall like Linda Price, Patty…
Read MoreA day in the life of a VA
What does a virtual assistant do all day? What kind of tasks pass over their desk? Does it really provide a work:life balance? Well here is my day in pictures for you…
Read MoreDo you have a speciality?
As part of our Specialist Niches section, we’re looking for VAs who have unusual or specialist niches. Are you the UK’s best property assistant? Do you work in a strange environment that has its own rules which you struggle against? (slow broadband??) Perhaps you specialise in something really off the wall like Linda Price, Patty…
Read MoreTo Niche or Not To Niche!
These days, everyone seems to be an expert. The dictionary definition is: Expert: a person who has special skill or knowledge in some particular field; specialist; authority. But it seems to be bandied about at the drop of a hat, especially in the online community. I am not, and have never claimed to be, an…
Read MoreUnusual Niches: Scott Valdez, VIDA Select
The last in our series of unusual niches – this one comes from across the pond and it struck me as being a really big growth area! If you would like to feature your own specialist niche, please get in touch. Your name & age? Scott Valdez, 26 years old Business name? VIDA Select, LLC…
Read MoreUnusual Niches: Linda Price, Tailor Made Funerals
In the second of our series on specialist VAs, I’m pleased to introduce something which truly had me gobsmacked. I was almost convinced this was a wind up and Lyndsey Diamond or Marj @ Secretary4Hire were falling about laughing, but it’s really true and is an amazing business idea, demonstrating that being specialist pays! Your…
Read MoreUnusual Niches: Sara Gill, Officebird
Over the next few weeks, we will be featuring unusual niches that VAs have developed to establish themselves in the market. Having a niche makes you unique. And (just like with designer clothes) being unique removes price barriers which apply to the normal market. So it’s a great way of making more money too. This…
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