Archive for the 'Virtual Assistant' Category

“Virtual Assistant” is the new title for folks with administrative and other paraprofessional skills who work from home. If you’re thinking of trying to earn extra money that way, consider this article from a business person who claims “Hiring Virtual Assistants Saved My Business”. It will give you  new insight into what YOU, as a [...]

The virtual office is genuinely booming as this article demonstrates – Lori Spiess: Virtual office pioneer. She started Officenters 30 years ago. 7 months ago she started Virtual Officenters. As she says in the article, lots of people “do” these services. Most just offer it in the fine print instead of selling it as their [...]

I’m passing along this article because a huge number of people are really interested in living off the grid. They want to cut down their bills if possible. And frankly the philosophy of Ayn Rand’s “Atlas Shrugged” is getting more popular among entrepreneurs. They are getting sick of the failed society that rewards failure and [...]

by Melissa Brewer Many people hire the services of virtual secretaries. If you have specific skills such as web design, technical writing, graphic design, event planning, or working with advanced computer programs, there are many employers who would be interested in hiring you for specific projects or daily tasks. Those with traditional secretarial skills such [...]

Work from home – Save $38 Billion! A survey by the public-private teleworking partnership Telework Exchange has concluded that encouraging those who can work from home to do so for two days a week, rather than commute into work, would save 9.7 billion gallons of gas or $38.2bn. This is an interesting statistic. Workers certainly [...]

Many people could be work at home virtual assistants if they had local broadband internet access and access to a market for their skills. I pass this press release along as a possible outlet for some readers. Please do your own due diligence. From their press release: May 28, 2008 — With the pressure for [...]

Now that  you’re working at home, what do you do if a client needs to meet with you face to face? Here’s a helpful post on the Virtual Assistant’s blog. They state several options themselves which you can read, but here’s what we’ve done. Basically we’ve arranged space at an office “in town” that’s open [...]

The article So You Want To Be A Virtual Assistant is well worth reading if being a VA is one of your dreams for 2008. It’s easy to get excited about starting your own business, tell your boss to “take this job and __________________” and strike out on your own. But too many times, this [...]

by Melissa Brewer If you’ve been looking for a virtual secretary job or online data entry job, and haven’t had any luck, you may have considered starting your own virtual assistant business. A virtual assistant works for themselves – and creates their own client base. If you want to work from home and have more [...]

This young mother of two is an enterprising mompreneur and even a member of the Iowa National Guard. She’s launching her business as she finishes a business degree. Best wishes from the Work At Home Blog! From Zwire She started her home business two years ago with a wedding and event planning service, but with [...]