I am new at this. Just in the planning stage. I do not know if it is my imagination that is blocked but I cannot think of how the actual relationship with my client will work. Like a typical day in the life of a VA. Maybe it is because I live in a very small population and there aren't alot of businesses in my city.

Maybe someone can share their day with me.

Please be as detailed as possible in your response.

There are several threads on this very subject on VAF! This one was pretty detailed.

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Lily Chambers, The Virtual Office Goddess, LLC
Author "How to Do Your Own Small Business Bookkeeping"

Thanks alot Office Goddess! I am still wondering how does the VA receive the work to be done, such as for bookkeeping, transription etc without meeting face to face.

Originally Posted by VA-rific

Thanks alot Office Goddess! I am still wondering how does the VA receive the work to be done, such as for bookkeeping, transription etc without meeting face to face.

There are lots of methods. I wrote an article in TVE Magazine that specifically addresses this issue with bookkeeping. You can find it starting on page 28 of the October issue. Download it here.

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Lily Chambers, The Virtual Office Goddess, LLC
Author "How to Do Your Own Small Business Bookkeeping"

Here are some of the ways I receive work from my clients:

-email text
-email attachments
-fax (e-fax & paper)
-Zimbra collaboration suite (installed on my network, with clients having logins to it - a web based, open source collaboration tool has email, file sharing, wiki, calendaring, tasks)
-audio and video files via ftp (might be verbal to-dos, info for transcription, notes for a document, a demonstration/procedure/howto to document, or a demo showing me what needs to be done, etc.)
-jpg or gif of filled whiteboards (might be text to-dos, might be drawings to convert to visio or other drawing package)
-VoIP scheduled calls
-Webcam meetup (scheduled)
-Landline scheduled calls (least used method)
-UPS/FedEx/USPS (I sometimes test &/or configure small hardware devices, so they ship them to me; also did a gig where the client needed a massive pile of documents scanned, so they shipped the docs to me)

My days start with email, since that's how I receive most client work. I check the list of priorities for today that I made yesterday, I check my calendar for appointments, everything jibing? yep, then I get on to real work.

I work 50 minutes of every hour, then get out of my chair for 10: let the dogs out, reboot laundry, load the crockpot for dinner, run on the elliptical, lift hand weights, file paperwork, refill my water glass, etc.

The last thing I do in my work day is check email to see if something needs attention immediately tomorrow morning, check my calendar, and then I make my priorities for the next day.

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OffTrackLiving
The perfect balance of passion and organization.

Wow, thank you so much to all you ladies who have replied to this thread. As my busines is still up the starting phase your replies have shown me what I could be in for in relation to time management (luckily I am very particular on how I manage my time). It has made me quite excited to get to the stage that you are all experiencing and given me a good push to keep going.
Thanks again

Pkeahi, thanks alot for that breakdown. Your input is making things seem much clearer for me.

Hello,

I asked the same question when I was in the planning stages. Click here Eight Important Questions... please share your answers! to see the thread.

cwilliams

Thanks Everyone! I am a new VA and these posts are helping me a ton. How my day would look was one of my biggest stumbling blocks to launching my business as well. It is definitely still a work in progress for me.