Last Updated on January 13, 2024 by Justin Su
Want to know how you can become a Virtual Assistant for free? Without paying anything? Here in this article, you are going to learn how to become a virtual assistant for free.
Virtual Assistant or VA is one of the emerging work from home jobs you can do. But it is not as easy as it looks. It requires hard work to gain status and work in the Virtual Assistant area.
If you don’t have enough time, patience, and work dedication then you should store it here. The one who wants to become VA must have these three qualities.
So let’s start with the meaning of VA.
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What Is A Virtual Assistant (VA)?
A virtual Assistant is a person, group of persons, or company that provides technical or non-technical assistance to the business or individual.
Virtual Assistants are self-employed. Anyone can become a VA with or without any degree. The needed thing is knowledge regarding the business.
Many businesses, companies, or brands hire a personal assistant who does the same work that VA does. The difference is VA does his work from anywhere and anytime (mostly at his decided time).
What Does Virtual Assistant Do?
VAs do every type of assistance work. It depends on the business requirements.
But in general, VA does provide ideas, and reports regarding future and current plans, helps businesses to grow, finds the problem & its solution, helps business to solve their problem, legal advice, and many more.
Requirements To Become a Virtual Assistant
The only basic requirement or skill required to become a VA is knowing any specific field. But with that, you also need to know how to work on computers.
The following is the requirement:
- Computer
- Internet
- Time
- and in the end Patience
Basic Skill Required:
- Microsoft Office
- Social Media Marketing
- Office Administration
- Data Entry
How Much Do Virtual Assistants Make?
The question that everybody has is, how much does a virtual assistant make? According to online reports, the average earning of a Virtual Assistant in the USA is $30,000 each month. And the hourly rate is somewhere between $20 to $35.
The average salary of a VA in India is 250 INR per hour and 150K to 220K INR annually.
How To Become A Virtual Assistant For Free
Now you might have a question on how to become a virtual assistant with no experience or free, right? Here is a simple guide that can help you to become a VA for free.
Ready To Start
To start any work you need to keep yourself ready first. There are many business ideas that human beings are getting in their mind but we know all are not worthy of it or we do not have much knowledge about them.
Tell your mind that you are ready to start work as a Virtual Assistant, you might be failed at first but don’t lose confidence just keep working and try to find new ways to get success.
Paid and Free Virtual Assistant Course
There are many experts in this field who write tutorials and publish courses and they are worth reading. You can get your free or paid virtual assistant training manual from sites like Udemy & others.
Visit Udemy and search for “Virtual Assistant”, you will find lots of courses but you should purchase only highly rated courses.
One of the most demanded courses on how to be a virtual assistant is written by Catherine Gladwyn and published on Amazon.
Learning virtual assistant skills from these guides can help you to understand the whole industry and the way it works.
Choose Your Work Area (the service you will offer)
There are lots of work areas from which you can choose according to your skill, knowledge, and interest. Some of the famous services are bookkeeping, data entry, transcription, preparing minutes or email marketing, SEO, Social media management, legal assistance, graphic design, website creation, video or audio editing, and writing.
Choose only one for the long term and chose 2-3 more for extra income. You can stick with one but if competition increases and you didn’t get many jobs then it will be hard to change the service so it is good to offer more than 3 services.
Create The Website & Your Business Name
Having your website at the current time can help you to make your process easy. It can help you to get jobs, reach more people, and help in understanding your services to clients.
While creating a website you need to have your business name in your mind because your domain name should be the same (or related) to your business name.
You are going to become a professional Virtual assistant hence you need to have an attractive business name.
Choose The Price For Your Service
Most clients come up with their budget or their basic salary structure so you get less time to choose your rate. But still, you need to have your fee structure.
The starting rate should be between $18 to $25 hourly. Don’t reduce the price after implementing it & don’t let clients decide the fee rate. You are the one who should have control over the price but not the clients. Bargaining is ok but imposing is not.
Choose Your Virtual Assistant Market
Choosing your working area and choosing the market is different. When you choose your area it means you selected the service you are going to provide but when you choose the market, you select the type of client you plan to meet.
You have to target the clients and they can be of any type Bloggers, vloggers, lawyers, businessmen, politicians, or anybody. Every one of them has its demand and type of work.
You can become a virtual assistant to earn money online.
Build Own Network
It doesn’t matter how much work you do or how much knowledge you have, till you don’t have a proper network. This network helps you to understand the workflow, and new techniques, find clients, and much more. So try to connect with more and more people.
Become A Legal Virtual Assistant Online
Once you start growing as a Sole Proprietor or LLC you have to follow the rules & laws imposed by the local government. In starting, you might not face any problems but once you start growing you may face problems related to taxes and regulations.
Sites To Find Virtual Assistant Jobs Online From Home
You can find VA jobs online from various sites but all site doesn’t provide work from home jobs. Some hire VA to their office and some offer to work from home.
Where to become a virtual assistant? Below are some sites and methods to become a VA but if there is any other method or site that offers you VA jobs then you should try it.
Here is the list of sites that offer virtual assistant jobs from home with no experience and experience.
Fiverr – How To Become A Virtual Assistant On Fiverr
Fiverr is one of the hottest platforms to start making money online and selling services online. On Fiverr, you can create your Gig and sell your service of VA. Already more than 19K Virtual Assistant-related services are offered on Fiverr.
Visit Fiverr and create your gig, which doesn’t take more than 10 minutes. Once you create your Gig try to share that on social media especially on Facebook groups where you can find clients.
If you want to get an idea of how to create a Gig then visit Fiverr and search for Virtual Assistant.
I highly recommend this site.
Remote.co
Remote.co website lists all types of remote jobs. You will find virtual jobs too. While writing this article they have more than 8 active Virtual Assistant jobs listed.
Visit the link given above and search for available jobs and then click on the job which you want to join. Read the requirements before applying.
TimeETC
TimeETC is the UK’s largest Virtual Assistant company and since 2007 it has been supporting business owners, entrepreneurs, and directors all over the UK and USA. They are featured on national TV and radio and now do more than 20,000 tasks for our clients every month.
Belay
If you are from the USA then only this is for you else do not waste your time trying to join them. On Belay, you will find Virtual Assistant jobs
Currently, Belay has open positions for VA jobs.
FancyHands
FancyHands is not specifically for VA but they have open positions for VA too, hence it is worth giving try. They have works like making phone calls, scheduling appointments, finding hotels, data entry & more. The pay rates for each task are somewhere between $3 to $7.
VirtualAssistantJobs
It is a Directory of Virtual Jobs. You can find all available VA jobs on VirtualAssistantJobs. Currently, they have more than 60 VA-related jobs listed on the site. On this site, you can find virtual assistant jobs online.
Other Methods To Find Virtual Assistant Jobs
Above are some sites where you can start finding VA jobs and below are some other methods to find VA work from home.
Social Media
Big social media influencers are always looking for extra help to handle their social media and to assist them in their journey. If you have a good portfolio then you can easily get direct work from social media influencers and the payments are mostly high & fixed.
Businesses Online & Offline
Businesses are either offline or online they always need assistance. If you are a bit professional then it is worth trying this method.
You can visit the businessmen and share your work experience with them.
Freelancer
Setup yourself on freelancing websites like Fiverr, Upwork, Truelancer, Freelancer & others. Small business owners first choose to hire VA from these freelancing marketplaces and then they go with other sources.
I saw one of the VAs on Fiverr made 100+ sales of his service which is quite good.
Why Become A Virtual Assistant?
Becoming a Virtual Assistant is not difficult and there is not much competition in this area. Since the digital world is growing demand for VA is also increasing.
Instead of doing a single 9 to 5 job, Virtual Assistant Job is flexible and high-paying, and most important less stressful.
What Do I Need To Become A Virtual Assistant?
There is no specific need which needs to have to become a VA. You also don’t need to have any degree, it means you can become a VA without having a degree. But having a degree can help you to start your journey.
For virtual assistant jobs from home, no experience is required.
The basic need which you should have the skill of speaking and treating people. You have to meet different types of customers and you have to talk with them very carefully.
Frequently Asked Question
How to become a virtual assistant for free?
Simply get your hands on any well-rated online course and start searching for available jobs.
Who can become a virtual assistant?
Anyone can become an online VA if he or she has experience or knowledge.
What is needed to become a virtual assistant?
The internet, computer, time, patience, and knowledge to start making money online as VA.
How to become a certified virtual assistant?
There are local and online classes that provide certificate courses for a virtual assistant. You can join them to become one.
How to be a good virtual assistant?
Just fulfill the client’s wish and you are good. You are a good VA till you are behaving properly with clients.
How to become a virtual assistant for authors?
Authors are mostly using the freelancing marketplace to find VA, so you should create an account there and publish your resume.
How to become a virtual assistant in India?
India is a developing country and still, there is not much huge scope of VA jobs but if you are Indian and want to provide your VA service then you should follow the above steps.
How much does it cost to become a virtual assistant?
At first, it doesn’t cost anything, it costs you $0.00. But if you don’t have basic things then it might cost you which can go up to $300.
How long does it take to become a virtual assistant?
It depends on you, how you promote yourself, how you meet people, and your work experience. You can become a virtual assistant within 10 to 15 days.
How to become a virtual assistant with no experience?
To become a VA you don’t need any experience, with just having some knowledge you can become a VA easily.
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