Why Building Your List is Important for Your VA Business

Why Building Your List is Important for Your VA Business

Building an email list is one of the things that an online business owner often overlooks. It can be a very intimidating task because it requires a lot of tech steps, which is why a lot of people put it off until the very last minute. But the thing is that you don't...

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6 Ways You Can Earn Money As A Virtual Assistant

6 Ways You Can Earn Money As A Virtual Assistant

You probably didn't think it was possible to have more than one source of income when you work as a virtual assistant, right? Well, you're wrong. Today's post leans slightly towards personal finance because I was inspired by one of my favorite local personal finance...

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How to Use Upwork to Grow Your Freelance Business

How to Use Upwork to Grow Your Freelance Business

I love Upwork. I've been with the platform from the very start of my freelancing career, and it was still named oDesk then. Fast forward 10 years later and I am still using the job marketplace as a source of a number of my leads. In fact, about 70% of my clients I get...

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10 Most Important Parts to Have in Your Freelancer Website

10 Most Important Parts to Have in Your Freelancer Website

When I was starting out as a freelancer, one of my biggest struggles was putting together my portfolio. It's very difficult to showcase your work when you have no experience in the first place... and this basically becomes a question of which came first, the chicken...

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The Most In-Demand Services You Can Offer As A Virtual Assistant

The Most In-Demand Services You Can Offer As A Virtual Assistant

Crazy how the past year has turned our lives 180 degrees. A lot of people used to scorn people who work online... thinking that it's nothing but a side gig and that work stability and financial security can never be replaced by traditional, corporate jobs. Well... it...

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The Complete Beginner’s Guide to Starting a Freelancing Career

The Complete Beginner’s Guide to Starting a Freelancing Career

I've been freelancing since my college days - more than 10 years ago as of writing. WordPress was just five years old and I was just learning to blog. If I remember it correctly, my blogs started with Friendster and Multiply until I eventually moved to Blogger then...

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6 Other Essential Skills That Freelance Writers Should Have

6 Other Essential Skills That Freelance Writers Should Have

So you’ve finally made a jump into beginning a freelance writing career. But, let me tell you something: competition is tough. And, unless you decide to up your game, getting a long-term client or simply snagging a one-off gig can be difficult. Most companies...

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Improve Your Blog Visibility with these 3-Minute Solutions

Improve Your Blog Visibility with these 3-Minute Solutions

Blogging has become very popular nowadays and quite understandably so: it is extremely uncomplicated to set up. However, when you get all caught up with the hype, it becomes pretty easy to screw things up. We tend to think over the bigger picture too much but...

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