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Old 02-24-2010
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As a new VA I'm curious as to what is most often requested from you by your clients. What is your most requested service? Is it bookkeeping, social media, data entry, word processing..... Thanks for your feedback!
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I am a generalist so my most requested tasks are project management in nature and organization of processes. Social media is another hot service.

What are your skills? There are clients out there for all skills.
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I'm new too and haven't a client just yet, but so far the most common question I hear from potential clients is if I offer bookkeeping.
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I primarily provide bookkeeping services so those are my most requested tasks. Your skills and niche will affect what services you offer and what your clients will want you to do for them...
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Research, proofreading, and transcription are my most requested
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Hi Kathy,

Thank you for your response. I've been trying to find clients for researching. What type of businesses request that? Thank you.
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Hi Lee,

My skills are of the administrative type and researching but I'm definitely pushing myself into the other areas which is kinda scary as I want to provide a great product but will be learning as I provide.
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My main advertising thrust is transcription, but I will do word processing, data entry for mailing lists, etc. If someone called for bookkeeping/accounting, I normally would turn it down, but my husband said to forward them to him. He does taxes, has an accounting degree, etc, and actually came up with a business name for himself, but never pursued it.
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Originally Posted by VirtualAssistant4u View Post
Hi Kathy,

Thank you for your response. I've been trying to find clients for researching. What type of businesses request that? Thank you.
All types of business. Some are looking for info about their competitors, some are looking to explore the market for a new product or service, and some are looking for info they know is out there, somewhere on the Internet and they want you to find it so they can use it for their articles, blogs, books.
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Originally Posted by VirtualAssistant4u View Post
Hi Lee,

My skills are of the administrative type and researching but I'm definitely pushing myself into the other areas which is kinda scary as I want to provide a great product but will be learning as I provide.

I'm doing the same. It is challenging, but possible
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