{Virtual Work Opportunities for the week of April 10th….scroll down…. but we’d love for you to read our advice on how to land these great opportunities first!}

As I read through the available virtual opportunities this week, I kept seeing a lot of REALLY nice people.

Maybe it’s because I’ve been in the industry for awhile and have the chance to talk to so many business owners and can literally see their faces and hear their voices.

These really nice people want to match up with other really nice people and have some really nice business processes to make their lives easier all around.

Behind all of these opportunities are simply really nice people. Now, sometimes they are extra stressed and a little short with their words because of it, but that’s often where you come in.

The simplest things can be taken off the plate of a busy entrepreneur and suddenly you’ve opened up hours of mental freedom for them.

I’m adding some tasks to my VA team right now that are so freeing to me (one is email management…that hot burning skillet I’ve refused to release from my tightly clenched fists for so long)

As you look at these opportunities and head into interviews with them, remember that. These are people, sometimes with families, who are accountable to their customers to do good. And chances are in the online space, they’ve been taken for a ride more than once by other freelancers.

So what do we teach here? Be a pro.

Show up and be a pro in: 

• how you deliver work
• how you communicate
• how you offer advice,
• humble yourself when you miss something
• serve their customers as if they were your own

{by the way….If you talk to someone and get that vibe that they aren’t a good person, run. Don’t second guess that gut feel. You’ll definitely regret it.}

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All these nice people really want is another nice person who can show up and do pro work for them.

{These virtual work opportunities are pulled from various sources around the web each week.  Some are free listings and some require a membership to sites such as FlexJobs or HireMyMom.  If you want the best clients, long term business and the highest rates, we suggest using these sites over free Facebook groups.  To learn how to refine your search for the highest dollar virtual work opportunities, try our fast class.}

Your chance to help this growing design firm WOW their clients. When growth happens, the owners get overwhelmed and need help to maintain their services in a quality manner. This means – proposal writing, onboarding, client communication, team follow up and quality checks on the work.

Now, the rate posted here is too low for the “jack of all trades” they are looking for. But with the right spin on your value, you can make them even more profitable and find a good fit being “Ms. Organization and Detail” while they get more profitable.

The list of skills includes: excellent communication skills, administrative skills, and experience with tech tools such as WordPress and Graphic Design are a plus!.

Are you looking for one simple shift to a single client but with work from home? This could be for you as you become a virtual office manager. Everything from quality assurance testing, writing blog posts, organizing files/information, etc. Assisting with work in other departments such as SEO, recruiting, digital production, etc as needed. Managing administrative tasks such as managing calendars and special events and answering phones.

Sometimes it only takes ONE CALL to change your path.

Oh, seriously FUN work here. An Online Dating Service is looking to hire a person to ghostwrite online dating profiles and messages for our clients. Can you picture it? Use your wit, humor and the ability to capture the readers’ attention with storytelling and vivid descriptions.

Super busy, honest, transparent family-man entrepreneur looking for that VA to help him regain traction with more organization –
work includes a variety of projects such as email management, travel, and writing projects, as well as some internet marketing around upcoming writing projects + a great deal of assistance with organizing the details and schedule of his many ventures.

(This feels like it could be a very personal, relational kind of fit for the right VA. If you have patience, are good at making processes and helping someone who isn’t good at sticking to them, then I’d be applying.)

WANTED: Super detail orientated tech-savvy VA to do reporting, testing, troubleshooting, and various admin tasks.

(now I didn’t even to write the rest of this because their job description is AWESOME! Which is a great sign of someone who’s doing well in business and has excellent long-term work available…. here’s where they pick up….)

Are you OCD when it comes to accuracy? Does the sound of a part-time zero stress super flexible work-from-anywhere tech-savvy VA job seem like a dream? If yes, then you may have stumbled on the perfect opportunity for you. Here’s why…

(click through to the job description for full details but here are a few more things they want you to know)
Drip, ClickFunnels, SamCart, AccessAlly, Stripe – You’ll be in charge of our entire tech stack and marketing/sales funnels and the weekly reporting for those sales funnels.

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{Virtual Work Opportunities for the week of April 3rd….scroll down…. but we’d love for you to read our advice on how to land these great opportunities first!}

Is there ever enough time to disconnect and love on family?
Only when we can design businesses to fit into that 9 – 3 school schedule.

I also gave myself permission to hit the ground slowly today. Because if I was in my day job, it’d be instant Monday-morning overwhelm. This is why we do our work from home jobs.

We make the rules that work for our life, our family and our needs. A slow start after a holiday week is perfect.

(And by slow start I mean, clearing off the desk, fixing a broken computer and writing these emails for the week. Basically, no client calls first thing this morning.)

This week’s virtual work opportunities are chock full of AMAZING women online business owners who are looking for their “right-hand girl” to keep them organized, efficient and out of the weeds.

And I totally understand where they are coming from. One of my unplugged spring break epiphanies was to change up the tasks and systems I use with my own VA team to make us all more efficient and coordinated. Right-hand girls UNITE! This is the kind of stuff you were born to do.

Often in business, things move too slowly but it’s simply because you’ve been doing it too inefficiently. There’s no answer out here to the right way. When you are someone’s “right-hand girl”, you help them look at a need and suggest some basic ways you could make that easier for them.

I see a lot of VAs / Virtual Professionals get caught up in thinking “I don’t know this” when they just spent the weekend designing the most fantastical organization system for their family (digital photos, calendar system, closet, homework desk, insert your project).

You know this stuff.

You just don’t know the ins and outs of every system perhaps (newsflash: no one does). But you know how to problem solve, learn fast and by trial, error and adjustment, fine tune those admin processes every business owner needs.

I don’t believe anyone expects you to jump in at $20-$30 an hour and know it all.

They do however want a learner, a good listener, and someone willing to think through all the details.

So as you read into these job postings, assume these business owners had their own epiphanies about who and what they needed on their teams. Then they threw a line into a giant fishing hole of online virtual professionals and they are praying for their “Right Hand Girl” to show up.

THIS. This is what will make a difference. A person who can sweep in and take all of these things off my plate.

Are you the “Right Hand Girl” for one of these businesses?

{These virtual work opportunities are pulled from various sources around the web each week.  Some are free listings and some require a membership to sites such as FlexJobs or HireMyMom.  If you want the best clients, long term business and the highest rates, we suggest using these sites over free Facebook groups.  To learn how to refine your search for the highest dollar virtual work opportunities, try our fast class.}

It’s a classic “come grow with me in online business” kind of posting. So things like WordPress, Google docs, weekly webinar management and email marketing (her tool of choice – Aweber and Infusionsoft).

Can you be the coordinator that keeps their creative genius flowing forward?

The position will be around 30 hrs per week and can grow depending on work available.

Looking for: a dynamic, smart, motivated and very detailed oriented assistant to keep up with a variety of administrative tasks: research, list generation, social media posting, emails, image gathering, data gathering, etc.

Do you see a theme here? Businesses GROW, get busy and need to expand their team with talented people like you who can keep “all the details in order.” In this case, they called it “a relentless attention to details and a desire to leave no stone unturned.”

You can always ask them in our Collective.  Where I’m back in action with fresh new training’s blooming out of my spring break epiphanies 🙂

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{Virtual Work Opportunities for the week of March 20th….scroll down…. but we’d love for you to read our advice on how to land these great opportunities first!}

Read closely our thoughts for each of these job postings below and follow these quick tips for finding your virtual work opportunity:

1. Apply quickly.

2. Apply uniquely and professionally.

3. Follow up.

 Alright….time to go prospect some new work this week:

{These virtual work opportunities are pulled from various sources around the web each week.  Some are free listings and some require a membership to sites such as FlexJobs or HireMyMom.  If you want the best clients, long term business and the highest rates, we suggest using these sites over free Facebook groups.  To learn how to refine your search for the highest dollar virtual work opportunities, try our fast class.}

Heads up for a professional work from home opportunity with a successful online business owner. This is the right long-term work for someone looking for professional work flexibly from home.

“Podcast Guesting” authority is looking for a professional administrative coordinator who is a quick learner and passionate about the publicity of business. Candidate should be comfortable with working as a liaison with high profile clients, complex administrative tasks, marketing activities, project management, and coordinating appointments.

How fun is this? A chance to makeover their online marketing strategy and such a feel-good business – a franchise that hosts adult and children’s cooking classes.

Now, their rate posted is low for someone who is being asked to make over a marketing strategy. So think about how to approach this. If you think you’ve got what it takes to really jumpstart their marketing growth, then consider an initial lower cost starter project but be clear of the expectation for higher rates as you bring them results down the road.

The corporate feel but comfortably from home. I like how this go-getter international executive is utilizing the flexible, professional workforce to smartly grow his accounts. Be sure to check him out on LinkedIn if you apply.

International Corporate Account Manager is seeking an eager Virtual Assistant with CRM system (specifically Zoho but other similar CRM is acceptable) experience and social media marketing skills to build his business. Tasks include populating the CRM, entering quotes and work orders, tracking shipments, marketing his business to various clients.
The position is 10 hours a week with grow potential.

When you see a variety of tasks like this, you see a business owner who knows they need to add help but haven’t carved out exact positions yet. You have the chance to wow them and ease their busy-ness in a significant way.

Self-Motivated, Detailed Personal VA needed for a variety of tasks:

Moving data from one excel sheet format to another with careful attention to multiple formula cells.
Creations of email marketing campaign through constant contact, including creating the advertisements with photos and text and follow up email and phone calls.
Posting on social media platform
Website Project that includes image upload, modification of fonts and background colors, data entry of the retail sales price into the website, product description, etc.
Calling existing and potential clients to set up appointments for the owner.

Here’s a winner…. this person has a PROCESS already written for you to start with. That shows such awareness and understanding of what it takes to be successful.

Here’s the work: Small Real Estate Company is seeking a creative, detail-oriented and loyal person for an ongoing social media content marketing role. Open to changes and will need help starting different social media venues. Looking for someone to create awareness of our business and be informative as the expert in quality rentals in our area. Experience in real estate marketing, fashion, art and more creative type fields are encouraged to apply. Marketing schedule is provided for a 52 week period. Most tasks would be bi-weekly instead of weekly and open to further ideas.

This business knows what they are looking for. I can tell because their job description says “Please only apply if you are willing to write a custom response to this post and have a proven record of working successfully in a virtual setting of at least 1 year (i.e. at home or remote)”

Those who pay attention to details are the ones who excel as a Virtual Professional.

The work: Online executive coaching company is seeking a part-time executive assistant with the potential to become full time. A reliable & professional assistant is needed to manage the following areas: meetings, email, records, contact database, and research.

Very traditional support work, all remote. If you aren’t into the creative graphic and social media side of things, this is for you.

Wanting to learn higher dollar skills rapidly?

Try our fast class trainings.  90 minutes of the most important skills you can immediately apply as a VA.

{Virtual Work Opportunities for the week of March 13th….scroll down…. but we’d love for you to read our advice on how to land these great opportunities first!}

You guys.

I open this way because I consider you a kindred spirit. A mom who’s working hard to make work work from home.

You’re my “guys”.

I also open this way when I’m EXCITED! Every week we filter through all the online work opportunities and I can’t stand how much potential there is out there.

I literally want to drive to your house, pour a cup of coffee and say “let’s do this.” Let’s get your application in for this or tell me what’s holding you back and we’ll work through it.

(In fact, I do this virtually for our Verified Virtual Professionals and members of the How She Quits Collective. We post ideal virtual work opportunities, tag those whose skills match well and talk about the match.)

When you look at these opportunities, you probably have questions like this:

– I REALLY like this opportunity but I’m still in my day job. Should I take it on and juggle it?
– I have 80% of these skills but I don’t know ___________________. Should I apply?
– This seems like a low rate for what they’re asking. Should I talk to them anyhow and ask for more?
– I love the list of work here but I’m not sure about the hours they request. How do I ask about that?

(Can you see how this list never ends? Every week I have a new show topic or blog article to write addressing these kinds of topics.)

LIGHTBULB MOMENT: You are simply lacking experience with navigating the virtual work sector.

It’s pretty new in general for both the job poster and the applicant. But common rules of hiring still apply.

Maybe, though, you haven’t had to apply for a lot of jobs in your life.

Maybe you just don’t have the experience here?

That’s the key difference I see between VA’s who have skills and GET the jobs. And VA’s who have skills and DON”T GET the jobs.

They’re missing the experience with what to apply for and how to position themselves.

If you haven’t been looking at virtual work opportunities for very long, or if you haven’t applied for many, or if you’ve applied for a lot but you aren’t getting them, this is likely the only thing between you and virtual work.

How do you bridge the experience gap with applying for online virtual work?

1. Watch these articles we post weekly. An abundance of free advice and insights.
2. Get practice! Apply and see where it goes
3. Get advice from someone with experience.

When I’m independently wealthy, I’ll do this for free. Until then, I’ve made it crazy affordable to join our community and have your own personal mentor.

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{These virtual work opportunities are pulled from various sources around the web each week.  Some are free listings and some require a membership to sites such as FlexJobs or HireMyMom.  If you want the best clients, long term business and the highest rates, we suggest using these sites over free Facebook groups.  To learn how to refine your search for the highest dollar virtual work opportunities, try our fast class.}

She can’t write fast enough to get all those thoughts out and needs you!

Can you connect with words and pull out the readers’ emotions while being funny when appropriate?

A meaningful, powerful and stylish female blogger needs your services with email editing and blog copy. You will be writing from voice dictation and rough writing copy.

But what if I’m not uber creative? I’m REALLY good at keeping things organized, paying attention to details and staying on track. Google Apps should name their next tool after me.

This is a great example of virtual work that is made for someone like you.

Seeking a VA who enjoys working with WordPress (this is learnable….get in the Verified Virtual Professional program if you aren’t certain of yourself), are very detail-oriented, a supreme whiz at managing tasks and projects using Trello, and have the foresight to take action.

Tasks include managing WP sites, keeping projects on track, managing two email inboxes, managing Trello and keeping her calendar organized.

The position will begin at 10 hrs per week and most likely expand too much more as the work progresses. This is a long-term commitment, we want the person we hire to be part of our growth.

The pay rate for this position is $17/hr. (My experience is that you can outshine the $17 / hour people and negotiate a contract to move up to $25 for this one eventually)

This is one busy online entrepreneur (in fact, I’ve talked with her a bit personally and we randomly came across her posting on Hire My Mom this week.)

Visit her website and you will see she’s a classic overwhelmed entrepreneur – sending emails, podcasting, blogging. You name it. And she just wants ALL.THE.DETAILS finished up.

Now, there’s a lot of tools she’s looking for here and likely you don’t know all of them. And you likely won’t want to do all of that work for her advertised $10-$20 per hour rate, right?

We’re talking through this posting and how to approach it over in the How She Quits Collective. If this feels like the work you want to do, that’s the place to be for landing the right clients at the best rates. Join at HowSheQuitsCollective.com)

Here are some more task details from her post:
-email drips and broadcasts (ActiveCampaign)
-lead pages
-sales pages
-opt-in forms
-WordPress
-bonus if you know podcasting

This is a thorough, detailed job description clearly from someone operating as a professional. That’s why I like it. You show up as a professional, you’ve found yourself a great long-term gig. And, they indicate the willingness to pay higher rates for the right expertise. Someone who values quality.

Some details for the role:

Reporting directly to the CEO, the Executive Assistant (EA) will provide executive level support to the CEO and executive team. The EA will maintain the CEO’s schedule and ensure high-quality communications with stakeholders as well as coordinate an efficient and effective travel schedule. Tasks include administrative and clerical support, Managing appointment calendars, Resolving scheduling conflicts and issues, Booking travel and accommodation and Managing contact lists.

-10-20 hours per week and is preferably located in the Eastern or Central time zone.
-available M-F and very responsive to emails, phone calls, and other communication channels – eg. instant messaging.

Another professional looking for a professional. They are wanting you to interface with board members and other senior roles for meeting coordination, travel details and all those details that people just want “taken care of”.

Also a willingness to pay more for the right quality of a person.

If you are traditional executive assistant material, I’d jump all over this. They seem like a fun company that’s going places!

Time: 5-10 hours per week usually, but can spike up higher. We expect it to last less than 6 months but may extend.

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