Particularly Virtual

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Okay, things are getting kind of tense around the house.  Maybe you want/need more income.  Maybe you’re bored out of your gourd with Oprah, Dr. Phil or the soaps.   There could be countless reasons that you are looking at taking that computer that you’ve been using to send emails to your mom and your relatives and putting it to work.

You’ve written a letter of complaint to the cell phone company that got them to pay attention and acknowledge the validity of your rebate.  That makes you a writer.

You set up a list of contacts for your kids’ pre-school so they could send out letters asking for donations using the handy columns in the spreadsheet program that came with your computer.  Now, you’re a data processor.

You sold three things on eBay and bought 25 items, so you understand eCommerce.

Sure, that’s pretty tough.  There can be no doubt you’ re better than these examples or you wouldn’t still be reading this post.   You’ve probably become a member of VAnetworking.com where you can mingle with other virtual assistants and learn some of the ins and outs of working for yourself.   What you are about to venture into began many years ago as someone in your neighborhood doing “typing at home”.  These brave people have broken the barriers for us now.  We bring fancier tech to the game, but they were the leaders.   Now, we step into the path and continue offering businesses access to the services they need without having to support the office overhead.  That doesn’t mean FREE access, just different access.

If we aren’t content with the areas where we are highly skilled, then we will be moving bravely toward more training and learning.  There are opportunities everywhere to learn more.  One of your first training investments could be right from where you began at VAnetworking.com with the Virtual Business Startup System (VBSS).

This training package won’t make a specific niche VA out of you, as taking a class for bookkeeping or transcription might, but when you have completed the assignments, you will know WHO you are and have the confidence to look at fields where you want to work, then pursue that goal.  Perhaps you will do so with more training.   Look into Virtual Business Startup System first, then take the next step.  I will write more for you later about other options for your training future.

At Particularly Virtual and @ Bar JD Virtual Professionals, I want to acknowledge you and other virtual assistants…keep working on your dream.