Getting started as a Virtual Assistant CHECKLIST - what to do? - Page 12 - Virtual Assistant Forums

wdcoleman · #**166** (**permalink**) 08-03-2009

This is a great list! I've done quite a few things on the list already and i feel like I am off in the right direction! Thanks for the information.

Limey · #**167** (**permalink**) 08-09-2009

Thanks for this great list! It's really helpful for someone who's just getting started

Iris NJ Legal Assistant · #**168** (**permalink**) 08-09-2009

The list is very helpful but unfortunately I cannot read the updates due to the fact that I do not have enough posts. It is very helpful though. I hope to get up and running very soon.

wdcoleman · #**169** (**permalink**) 08-11-2009

OOh Maria! Thanks for the simple business plan link. I have a vision and a very complex template but I think the simple way would be an easier start for me and then build from there. And Tess, the start-up checklist and the software information....thanks for the direction!

tnrbus · #**170** (**permalink**) 09-02-2009

This is a big help. I have done some thingsand missed some others. I think I have joined a great site!

cbranch · #**171** (**permalink**) 09-02-2009

Originally Posted by Office Goddess

Repeat posting (again)

I, too, still work a "9-5" job while getting my VA business going strong enough to support my household. I devote 6am-8am and 8pm-9pm M-F and 8am-noon on Saturdays to "The Virtual Office Goddess, LLC"; it's understood at home that I am "working" those hours and not to be disturbed. I also check emails/posts at lunch time and on breaks during the day. This makes for a long week but, that's what it takes to run your own business in the beginning!

I have been "officially virtual" for approx 7 months and just signed up my 5th client! Each of my clients is only 4-10 hours/month of billable work so I devote the rest of my "Goddess" time to marketing, networking, etc. while maintaining my 40-hour full-time job so that my hubby and I can continue to eat.

Once I am up to 20 hours/week on top of my 9-5, I will go full-time virtual and offer 25-30 hours/week to my current employer as a VA (that way, if they decline, I'm not TOTALLY dead in the water for finances

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I anticipate working 60+ hours/week for at least the next 3 years if I want to get my practice solid and develop "Goddess" into a good living. I hope to find a part-time assistant at that point to take over the "drudge work" and let me go back to working 40 hours/week and still be able to live comfortably.

Let me know if you have any questions about working full-time while building your practice; I'll answer what I can...

I am so happy to see that you have provided information on how you transitioned from full-time employee to full-time business owner. I am just getting started I have 1 client now. I hope to go at least part time a my current job next summer. I am still trying to figure it all out. I know that it's going to be difficult in the beginning juggling both but I am up for the challenge. How is everything going for you and have you made the complete transition?

heatherlynnmiller · #**172** (**permalink**) 09-02-2009

Thank you so much for the list! I'm just starting to put my pieces together, and I am amazed at how much information is here!

James · #**173** (**permalink**) 09-05-2009

Thanks. This is exactly what I was looking for in joining these forums. Just getting started, and this thread has been very useful to an aspiring VA.

OK, back to more reading on this.

Take care,
James

lkp24 · #**174** (**permalink**) 09-15-2009

Love, Love, Love the list. Thanks Tess and everyone else that had input. This is great for a newbie!

Laura

Vicky A Stein · #**175** (**permalink**) 10-08-2009

This is a great help. I'm in the planning/concept stages of my new business.
Vicky

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Jennie · #**176** (**permalink**) 10-16-2009

I'm in the planning stages too. This list is going to be very helpful to keep me on track. Thanks!

momofkings · #**177** (**permalink**) 11-01-2009

Love the list. I just wish I could access the printable checklist, but I don't have enough posts yet.

Seaboard Consulting · #**178** (**permalink**) 11-01-2009

Thank for helping us newbies out. This is a wonderful forum with great information. I hope to have a lot of information to help people out soon..

Lynne · #**179** (**permalink**) 11-22-2009

Absolutely needed! Thank you having this here.

VA, Roni · #**180** (**permalink**) 12-15-2009

Thank you Tess for this checklist. It's a great guide. I have several items checked but it's a work in progress. Keeping it posted the cover of my binder to help motivate myself to gets things done asap.