Becoming a Virtual Office Assistant
How to Become a Virtual Office Assistant
Virtual Office Assistant, also abbreviated to VA, is generally self-employed that provide services to individuals, organizations or company to work remotely from their own location or online instead of going to the office. They can handle many of the everyday clerical, scheduling, technical aspects that keep your business operating smoothly. They can operate anywhere in the world, have multiple clients, and can be hired to take on a variety of your day-to-day tasks.
How Virtual Office Assistant Work
With a variety of expertise, virtual assistants can handle almost any administrative tasks. You can also hire them to perform roles ranging from sales, bookkeeping, social media marketing and management . There are countless services a virtual assistant can do.
Here are some of the things that Virtual Assistant can do for you:
Customer Service : Answering & managing emails and phone calls from customers
Marketing Support : Manage blogs and social media and create presentations and sales materials
Professional Support: Handle financial tasks in payroll and accounting
IT/Technical Support: Handle website maintenance and updates and provide tech support to customers and vendor.
Steps in Becoming a Virtual Office Assistant
1. Enroll to a Training/ Coaching. For 3 weeks now I am in this coaching on becoming a virtual assistant. At first, I was having a second thought. Can I do this? Will I be able to comprehend my coach teaching? What if I can't make any of the assignment? so on and so forth negative thought. And then, bam! As I read different recommendations and happy virtual assistants from our Coach's previous students, I told myself... Loreen, you can make it! Your Coach is there, technology is changing, a new world and brighter horizon are waiting for you. Just study, listen carefully, comprehend fully, prepare yourself and pray. God is always there, giving you blessing and making opportunities for you. Don't limit yourself to the four corners of your office room. Come out of your comfort zones. This is your dream, to work remotely while travelling, to be a freelance bookkeeper, to be a virtual office assistant. Why entertain negative thought where you can make it a positive one.
2. Read articles & watch in youtube. Thank you to technology, we don't need to have more money just to buy books for us to be able to know different ways of becoming a virtual office assistant.
3. Get involved in social media. Focus on your social media. Make efforts, be friendly, be one of the crowd, this is where your potential clients hang out.
If you are a person that want to do something for yourself, for your family and to help people, why not try to become a virtual assistant. Help businesses and company owners by providing your skills to them. Oh, by the way, my Coach in Filipino Virtual Assistance is a best mentor, a mother and an angel to me. Want to give yourself a try ,give her a ring and if you are interested in hiring one of the best virtual assistants, contact me.
