A business that wants to pay a VA those tiny amounts is a business that does not need a particularly high quality product, and is not interested in teamwork or building relationships. So you probably don't want to work for such a business anyway.

I ignore the ads on oDesk that offer such low amounts, and brazenly name my full fee when bidding on jobs where the business seems more viable. I've gotten just two gigs from there, so it's not that great a resource .... but my point is that our American fees are valid and acceptable to many clientele, so we should dismiss the others as simply not in our league.

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