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Business Entrepreneurship Virtual Assistant

Work From Home as a Virtual Assistant

Learn how to launch your own business providing services via online technology.
Rating: 4.5 out of 54.5 (1,054 ratings)
4,075 students
Created by Tina Marie Hilton
Last updated 12/2020
English
30-Day Money-Back Guarantee

What you'll learn

  • Determine if being a virtual assistant is right for you
  • Learn what you need to do before opening for business
  • Set your business policies and set yourself up for success
  • Learn how to set your rates
  • Prepare your business for launch
  • Create processes for the day to day running of your home based business
  • Successfully launch your business

Requirements

  • Some experience in a business office setting
  • Knowledge and ability to use a computer
  • Knowledge and ability to use online technology (i.e. browsers, email, cloud storage, etc.)

Description

Thanks to online technology, working from home is a real possibility. With the growing numbers of entrepreneurs working from home, the demand for individuals who can provide administrative support virtually via those same technologies has grown as well. Starting your own virtual assistant business is easy, but starting a successful virtual assistant business requires a bit more. This course is designed to give you the edge, sharing processes proven to help build a successful virtual assistant business.

Who this course is for:

  • People who would like to start their own small business
  • People who would like to work from a home office

Featured review

Viva Shazell
Viva Shazell
5 courses
4 reviews
Rating: 4.5 out of 5a year ago
I'm very excited about this course, as it will assist me in taking my actual in-office experience and expertise home. I Love Customer Service and am very confident that I will be a successful and professional Virtual Assistant.

Course content

7 sections • 56 lectures • 4h 57m total length

  • Preview09:30
  • Preview07:50

  • Prepare Yourself Part I
    06:05
  • Prepare Yourself Part II
    05:20
  • Prepare Yourself Worksheet
    1 page
  • Equip Your Office
    08:37

  • Choosing a Business Name
    04:00
  • Your Domain Name
    02:44
  • Local Name Availability
    05:09
  • Things to Avoid When Naming Your Business
    03:40
  • Business Name Worksheet
    2 pages
  • Business Licensing
    03:03
  • Business Structure
    03:48
  • Trademark & Registration
    04:11
  • Business Links & Registration Resources
    15 pages

  • Create Your Business Policies Part I
    07:01
  • Create Your Business Policies Part II
    07:26
  • Setting Your Rates: Finding Your Value
    07:02
  • Setting Your Rates: The Cost of Doing Business
    03:52
  • Setting Your Rates: Claiming Your Value
    04:38
  • How to Respond When a Client Balks at Your Rates
    04:08
  • Being the Boss
    03:37
  • Setting Your Rates Worksheets
    4 pages
  • Business Costs Worksheet
    1 page
  • Finding Your Niche Part I
    03:44
  • Finding Your Niche Part II
    05:09
  • Finding Your Niche Worksheet
    3 pages
  • Preparing for Clients: Retainers & Projects
    05:44
  • Preparing for Clients: Contracts & Agreements
    03:03
  • Preparing for Clients: Professional Bio & Policies
    02:08
  • Preparing for Clients: Payments & Pre-Payments
    03:35
  • Your Website is Important
    07:44
  • Create an Intro Packet
    02:29
  • Creating Your Intro Packet: The Business Profile
    02:33
  • Creating Your Intro Packet: Services, Mission & More
    02:31
  • Creating Your Intro Packet: Pricing, Policies & Assessment
    02:18
  • Using Your Intro Packet
    02:14
  • Intro Packet Templates
    5 pages
  • Preparing Winning Proposals
    07:08
  • Proposal Template
    6 pages
  • Creating a Contract
    05:56
  • Contract Example
    3 pages

  • When You Are Your Brand
    07:51
  • The Client Intake Process
    02:21
  • Initial Contact
    04:10
  • The Client Intake Form
    1 page
  • Client Assessment Form
    1 page
  • Client Information Sheet
    1 page
  • Client Consultation Form
    2 pages
  • The Consultation
    03:09
  • Expectations
    03:54
  • Caring for Your Clients
    02:47
  • Client Problems
    05:13

  • A Word or Two of Advice
    06:15

  • Client Gifting One
    29:42
  • Client Gift Two
    29:38

Instructor

Tina Marie Hilton
Owner & Head Geek of Clerical Advantage
Tina Marie Hilton
  • 4.5 Instructor Rating
  • 1,054 Reviews
  • 4,076 Students
  • 2 Courses

     Tina Marie Hilton is owner and virtual online technology assistant at Clerical Advantage and it’s Girly Girl Geek Designs website services and has been successfully providing services to clients across the U.S. since 2007. She has also coached and instructed virtual professionals in comprehensive ways to build success in their businesses since 2011. 

     Tina Marie is an expert in the virtual assistant industry. That expertise has been utilized through her association with the following: 

Faculty Member at Solo Practice University – teaching a course for solo attorneys on how to find and work with a virtual assistant/virtual paralegal effectively.

Team Member at the Alliance for Virtual Businesses - web designer and instructor.

Co-Founder at Start Blogging Today – providing training for businesses and individuals in the area of blogging for business.

     Her writing on the subject of virtual assistance also appears in the book “Social Media for Lawyers” by Carolyn Elefant, Esq. and Nicole Black, Esq.  She is listed as a case study in attorney Stephanie Kimbro’s “Virtual Law Practice: How to Deliver Legal Services Online”. 

     She has also been interviewed numerous times by the likes of the Paralegal Mentor, Vicki Voisin, the Virtual Assistant Forums, A Virtual Perception Podcast and many others. Her experience and expertise in the industry was featured in the article “Virtually Yours” in the November 2011 edition of the Carolina Paralegal News. She has also been a guest speaker at the Online International Virtual Assistants Convention for several years running. 

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