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Old 01-15-2009
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Default How many hours do you work a week?
I'm curious as to how many hours most of you average per week?
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Old 01-16-2009
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Default Re: How many hours do you work a week?
I'm in the office about 40 hours a week. I have approximately 20-30 billable hours a week.
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My goal is to work 10 billable hours a week. Of course there are the non-billable hours that you do to keep your business moving forward or prep work. But, yes, my initial goal is 10 billable hours weekly.
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I'm just starting and don't have any clients yet, so it is good to hear that you can bill 30 hours a week. That gives me hope I can make a living doing this.
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Old 01-18-2009
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I average about 50 hours a week and of them about 30 are billable.
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Old 01-20-2009
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I work a 9-5 so 40 there, plus about 10 hours/week on Goddess (8 billable) so I guess I'm up to about 50/week and get paid for 48 of them.
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To get to my comfort zone my goal is at least 30 hours per week of billable work. Seems about standard. I can survive on that and still maintain an order to my life before having to outsource work myself.
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Default Re: How many hours do you work a week?
I work most of the time (I can't stay away from the darn computer), but bill between 30-35 hours per week.
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Default Re: How many hours do you work a week?
I work approximately 60-70 hours per week (yes, I know I am obsessive) sometimes more. But then again, I bill out only 35-40 hours a week.

WHAAAATTT???? Yes, it is true but I am building a team to outsource things to and am training...

Some weeks it seems like 110 - lol.
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I bill 15 hours a week. I have three clients all on 20 hour monthly retainers.

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You know, it's amazing to me that I've been working as a VA for over a year (14 months or so) and I still put in about 80 hours a week. Good thing I enjoy it. Billable time is only a third of that so far ... still seeking that perfect blend of clients!
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I'm only billing about 12.5 consistent hours per week right now.

With my college coursework completed, I am restructuring my time and will be working on my 2009 marketing plans/campaign over the next couple weeks.

I do have two regular monthly meetings I set up and other additional client I'll start with this week, so things are constantly fluctuating. I also have a couple non-VA commitments that take time.
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I'm striving for a 4 hour work week!!!
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Let me know your secret when you achieve that. Did the book help?
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Still reading the book, but I must say its helped my perspective on a quite a bit.. I'm going to achieve it.. Mark my words.
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