For those trying to make an honest living online, becoming a virtual assistant (VA) is one way to do it. One of the big appeals of being a VA is that you do not necessarily need advanced technical skills or a degree, and you can start earning relatively quickly. And there’s loads of online business that are looking for VA’s.
In doing research on VA’s and while conversing with some of the VA’s who submitted their stories (see below), I was frankly quite surprised with how well some of them were doing. I had previously assumed that if you’re doing relatively unskilled work online like updating spreadsheets, answering customer support emails, doing admin work etc. that you’d only get paid peanuts, but that is not necessarily the case. There are actually plenty of people making a great living even by western standards working as online VA’s. They’ve just learned how to sell themselves well, find the right clients, and be diligent in their work.
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