How to Create a Google Calendar Event from Gmail

Scheduling appointments is something that we all do on a daily basis. Some prefer using a planner, while the savvy ones use an online calendar like Google Calendar. I personally use both: I add important client consultation and meetings on my daily planner from Belle de Jour. I also add...

Experimenting With Keyword Research

I have always said that I am very fortunate to have gotten an Internet marketer as my very first client as a virtual assistant. True, I wasn’t a freelancer when I started working for him but even as that company dissolved its VA department, that client remained one of mine. In fact,...

What a Video Virtual Assistant Should Know

In my post “Just Another Set of 2011 Goals for The Virtual Assistant,” I mentioned that I will invest in myself by spending time to learn new skills. And I have been doing that often since the year started. But today, I spent hours honing my video creation and distribution...

What Kind of Virtual Assistant Are You?

In my experience, rarely do freelance virtual assistants offer a full range of services to their clients. When I say “full range of services,” I mean  ALL VA services, including administrative services, Internet marketing services, personal assistance services, and more. So let’s...

Do You Have What it Takes to be a VA?

Being a virtual assistant is not easy. There would be times that you’d be swamped with work that you barely have time to take a break, even during weekends and holidays. On my first year, there’d be times when I’d be barely sleeping at all because I took too much work. Other times...

Learn Cad Drawing

Looking at Craiglist job postings, there is a high demand for online workers who are good at graphics design and drawing. Virtual assistants who are skilled at such would make a killing in times like this. Those are not skilled in this area would do well to acquire drawing or design...

Free Resume Templates for WAHMs and Freelancers

One of the benefits of working at home as a virtual assistant is that I don’t have to commute everyday.  In the same manner, I don’t have to travel to submit job applications and appear at job interviews.  However,  I do need to write a good cover letter and eye catching...

Protecting Client Data and Your Work

As a virtual assistant, I have worked with U.S. clients who trusted me with their personal information, including their credit card information. Because I was concerned about the security of such confidential and sensitive data, I never stored it in my computer. Instead, I wrote them down...

Virtual Assistants Should Get Into Social Networking

I recently re-established communication with a virtual assistant that I subcontract for in Canada. After discussing tasks through email, she asked how am I doing with my social media and if I know anyone who’s good at social networking, SEO and Internet marketing.  I wasn’t...

Be a Virtual Assistant, Surf the Internet

My job is cool! I work at home without the pressures of a boss. I can work as little as I want to without someone peering over me, checking to see if I am doing what I am supposed to be doing. I can work as much as I want to without someone worrying about the number of overtime work hours...