Laid off – again
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Laid off – Again
Is it time to start
your own business?
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Making the transition from…
Executive Assistant
to Virtual Assistant
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Being a Business Owner
Advantages:
• You never have to look for another job
• You set your own schedule
• You are the boss
• You can make as much money as you are willing to work for
• As a virtual business you can work from home (or anywhere in the world!)
Disadvantages:
• You don’t have a job
• You set your own schedule
• You find and service your clients, you do the marketing and backoffice stuff
• No salary – and every week will have a different bottom line
• You work from home
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• Learn how to run your own show:
– your legal obligations
– paying your taxes & licensing
– bookkeeping
– branding, marketing, choosing a company name
– and a thousand other details
• Finding the right course:
– night school
– chamber of commerce
– small business associations
– government sponsored programs
Being a Business Owner
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What do you need to succeed?
Be a self-starter
Persistence / perseverance
A strong drive to succeed
Able to provide your own motivation and rewards
A positive mental attitude
Self-confidence
High energy levels
Physical resilience
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Ability: Knowledge + Skills + Attitude
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KnowledgeKNOW WHAT
SkillsKNOW HOW
AttitudeKNOW WHY
Ability
• Up to date skills
• New software, tools and apps
• Network with other VA’s in your niche market
• Go where your clients are
Find out what you need to know …
… and go get it
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• Independent critical thinking and problem solving ability
• Ability to see the big picture
• Prioritization and trade-offs
• Adaptability
• Initiative
• Mind reader and magician
Other should haves:
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Corporate Office
Home Office
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MUST HAVE:
• The very best ergonomic office chair you can afford
• Work surface (desk)
• Document software (word processing, spreadsheet,presentation)
• Website
• Business Cards
• Email account
• Firewall protection and antivirus software
• Separate business phone line & long distance package
Expenditures
SHOULD HAVE:
• Separate area for your office
• Industry standard software (Microsoft / Mac / Google)
• Printer
• Webcam
• File back up system
• File Sharing account
• Skype Account
• PayPal Account
NICE TO HAVE:
• A door
• File cabinet
• Headset
• Speakers
• External USB drives
• Mobile hardware (tablet, laptop, etc)
• Specialty software (graphics, video, bookkeeping, CRM)
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Busy entrepreneurs need an assistant …
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What clients want from you
Reliability
On-time delivery
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• Bookkeeping – invoicing, expenses
• Blogs, newsletters and autoresponders
• Calendar & email management
• Datamining
• Event and workshop management
• Project management
• Social media
• Videos and photos – upload and embed
• Webinar management
• Websites – maintain, edit and build
Most Requested Skills
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You can work from anywhere there is an internet connection…
… and so can your clients
Business without borders
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Are you ready to get off the merry-go-round?
It takes hard work anddetermination, and awillingness to get up each
time you stumble.
But it sure is nice to be the boss …
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