13/01/2022
Let me explain to you what a virtual assistant, often called a VA, is. A virtual assistant is an independent contractor that provides services to businesses and works remotely.
Typically, VA's will work with a business but never physically meet the owner or employees face-to-face.
Virtual assistants can perform multiple important tasks to make your professional and personal life easier and take on support tasks to allow business owners to focus more on the critical needs of their business.
Virtual assistance is often thought to include administrative work, but there's much more to it! Virtual Assistance is actually an umbrella term, and under the umbrella of "virtual assistance", there's an extensive amount of services that can be offered. Administrative work, Social media management, graphic design, copywriting, blogging, and more are examples of services offered by virtual assistants.
As I mentioned previously, virtual assistants are independent contractors - they are not employees. Because a virtual assistant is a business owner themselves, they get to call the shots on things like when they work, how many hours they are available to work, their rate of pay, the types of clients they want to work with, the type of work they do and more. It’s really no surprise that this industry is growing so rapidly with all of the freedom and flexibility that comes along with being a virtual assistant!
Tell me in the comments below what services you currently offer or plan to offer in your VA business!
