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Okay all you VAs here is the question for today:
What is your typical assignment? In other words what are you asked to do the most? What are businesses contracting you do for them?
Oh, and I have to ask what the most unusual request was.
It is Sunday and I am in the ask questions mode.
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No such thing as a 'typical assignment' except for bookkeeping tasks. Other than those, my assignments are all over the board!
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I haven't been at this long enough to have a typical assignment but my niche is project site research and (now) a monthly newsletter for an industry association chapter.
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The usual: calendar management, transcription, internet research.
The unusual: calling contractors to set up roofing estimates for a home in another state that I've never even seen (they kept talking to me as if I was the guy's wife)
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Invoicing and related bookkeeping tasks. Nothing unusual yet. But, I'm having dinner with an attorney friend this week and will be able to do some serious networking.
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I have been asked to do a lot of transcribing and databases. Seems like when a client want a hourly job done it's usually transcribing or internet researching.
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Internet Research for wholesale suppliers and drop shippers.
Calling to schedule appointments.
Create or redo a business plan (seems to be hot right now in my local area.)
Revamp website
Create website
Create books
Proof read books
Review a book
Edit books and articles
Review press release for grammar, punctuation etc. (I don't write press releases. lol)
Create reports (bookkeeping)
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Proof read books)
Ooh, ooh, ooh! How do I get paid to proofread books? I get soooo tired of finding typos and plot discrepancies in the 'bodice rippers' that I read! Must be why I switched back to sci-fi for a while.
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Ooh, ooh, ooh! How do I get paid to proofread books? I get soooo tired of finding typos and plot discrepancies in the 'bodice rippers' that I read! Must be why I switched back to sci-fi for a while.
I currently work with a writer and a speaker. Look for writers and speakers you will get so many requests for proof reading and editing lol
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Hi Diana,

My assignments are typically update webites, article marketing, creating autoresponders, 1ShoppingCart updates, document formatting for ebooks or manuals, some graphic design. I love variety so these are fun!

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