You’ve seen them. The virtual assistants that market their services for five dollars an hour. There are even virtual assistants on Fiverr.com that offer 3 hours of virtual assistant services for five dollars.
You might ask “why would anyone hire a virtual assistant at a higher rate when you can hire a virtual assistant for $5 an hour?”.
You’ve just had the most amazing potential client conference call and now it’s time to discuss your rates. You quote your price, and your prospect lets out a long sigh which means you’re about to hear something like:
“That’s more than I expected.”
“Why are you so expensive when others charge much less?”
“I can’t afford that, it’s over my budget.”
One thing that I talk about over and over with virtual assistants and my private coaching clients is the issue of rates or pricing. Pricing your VA services takes a lot of thought. You have to take a holistic look at your entire life experience, not just your work experience. You also need to understand …
You’re an aspiring or new virtual assistant and you’re having trouble trying to figure out this whole rate thing. Let me help by making your life a little bit easier. I just read a very interesting post by Leonie Dawson titled “how to work out pricing for what you sell“. She talks about what it …
You’ve been wondering if you should charge your virtual assistant clients by the hour at the end of the month or if you should create a VA Retainer Package and require payment up front. Let me break down the pros and the cons of both and why I believe virtual assistants should work with a …
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