10 Things You Don't Know About Working From Home as A Virtual Assistant

Maybe right now you might already know a lot about Virtual Assistants, how it works, how to avoid scam, what are the skills needed, and other important aspects concerning working from home as a virtual assistant. But allow me to share with you 10 things you don't know about working from home as a VA.

 I don't know if this will inspire you or not but it really depends on how you manage and value your time with you family at home. The list below actually happens in real VA life scenario and it might happen to you as well.  Good thing is that you are already aware of the good and the bad side. 

1. You'll suddenly realize that housewives are totally busy people -with hardly any breaks.
2. You'll be challenged not to work because your cute baby is staring at you, saying "play!".
3. You'll be asked constantly, "What do you want to eat today" by your spouse.
4. If you're not careful, that DVD collection will be your #1 distraction from work.
5. You don't remember when was the last time you took a bath/shaved.
6. You're suddenly more interested in nice looking shorts and pajamas in the mall.
7. Your cellphone isn't getting much use unlike before.
8. When you walk to the neighborhood park, pool, all you see are yayas and their wards.
9. When it rains, you're happy you're indoors and won't be going anywhere!
10. In the hot months, you're happy that you can afford an aircon for your room!


-Jomarhilario.com


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The Best Benefit of Being a Virtual Assistant

There are many benefits that you may get when you become a virtual assistant. One of it is be able to earn money while working at the comfort of your home. However the best benefit that I get from being a Virtual Assistant is FREEDOM.

I am an employee and I know the feeling of morning rush. I’ve experience taking a bath for only five minutes and escape breakfast just to get in the office on time. I rose from bed not because I’m excited for the next day, instead I woke every morning with FEAR.

 

Fear of being late, fear of not meeting the deadline, fear of my boss, and fear of losing my job. But all these fears are just fruits of my greatest fear, the fear of not having money. Larry Gamboa in his book Think Rich Pinoy, he defined FEAR as False Expectation Appearing Real. His point is that most of our fears are not really real but for us they appear real because we believe they are real.

Thanks God, things change when I became a virtual assistant. Though, I cannot deny the fact being a virtual assistant is still an employee. You still have a boss that you need to follow but you are not just an ordinary employee. An employee with freedom to speak out one’s mind for the good and fairness of both parties (employee and employer).

Terminate your employer!

In usual settings, employers are the ones that terminates employee right? But have you ever heard an employee terminates an employer. I guess you heard it already but this is very rare to happen. Terminate you Employer! Yes you read it right. This is the beauty of being a Virtual Assistant, you always have a choice to choose the kind of employer you want. If your boss has bad mouth and making you life miserable then do not hesitate to terminate him and look for a better one.

We are living in a free world and we should not be slaves by our own job or our boss. God has given us abundant resources where we can always choose the best job that works for us. Choose a job where there is life and FREEDOM.

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I Did Not Sleep Because Of My Virtual Assistant GIG.

On the night of May 22, 2011, something strange happened. It was a rainy cold night and supposed to be a perfect time to grab a pillow and blanket and sleep like a baby. 

However, the opposite thing did happened. I was not able to sleep. I was just lying in my bed but my eyes were widely open and my mind was flying away.

I was really active, completely high and it feels like I have taken HIGH dose of energy drink. I wonder if I have drunk a coffee or cola early that night, but I haven't. The truth is, I was not able to sleep because of intense EXCITEMENT. You know the feeling right? I was so excited to see the next morning because the next day of that will be my webinar for blog commenting. 

The Webinar Was AWESOME!

During the webinar, I noticed that some of the participants are also my classmates during my Virtual Assistants Training. Also some participants are experienced Filipino Virtual Assistants and most of them are writers.

The speaker was an Australian and he is the client. he explained the project in details very well. He also taught us some techniques on how to do blog commenting in a most effective way. Another thing I have noticed during the webinar is that Australian English accent is more clearer and easy to comprehend unlike the European English accent.

I can say that because I'm actually dealing with European Clients in my full time job now. And talking to them is really challenging to me because of their accent. Most of the time I need to ask them to repeat what they are saying and that very frustrating for me and form them. So I think communication wise, its much easier to deal with Australian, Canadian, and Americans.

Is Blog Commenting Part of SEO?

The answer is YES! This is the first reason why I grab this opportunity. I know that it is something that will contribute to my SEO skills. In my next post I'll be discussing why Blog Commenting is also part of SEO.

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My Blog Virtual Assistants Training Philippines is Now in the First Page of Google

In just a span of less than 1 month, my blog Virtual Assistants Training Philippines is now positioned in the first page of Google search engine. It's just amazing to know that the things I've learned in my Virtual Assistants Training and Seminars, are really working in real life.

Of course I have to give credits to my mentors who taught me real online lessons and startegies. I say "Real" because these stratgies are proven and tested that works in real life online scenario, if just applied religiously. 

Today I have 3 Mentors who are experts on their own areas. First is Mr. Jomar Hilario, Internet Marketer Guro. He is being considered as the Tim Ferriss of the Philippines. Second is my friend and more likely an "ate" to me (feeling close LOL!!) because she is very generous and really helped me personally. We call her "Misty" but her real name is Ms. Kristina Godinez, shes an expert on Effective Online Article Writing. The last but not the least is Sir Mark Acsay, who taught me the hands-on and theory of SEO and his really awesome on this field.

To others it may sound no big deal that my blog is now in the first page of Google, but for me it is already a big accomplishment. It means that my SEO strategies are really working and this is just my first step of climbing up the whole staircase.

How did I do it?

I did not applied any rocket science to rank my blog. It was just a very basic On-Page and Off-Page SEO strategies and I'm not going to tackle the details in here since this is a way long of discussions. But maybe some of these days, i may post some of these strategies here. Anyway I just give you the most important thing to consider in SEO. The first thing that you should think before writing your very first blog post is KEYWORDS!! Keywords!!! keywords!!. 

YES, start first with you keyword research. This is the first step, if you miss this stage then you will miss the concept of page ranking. Your keywords must be the keyword that the human searchers used to search answers in Google. If you already have the keywords, the next step is to strategically position them into your blog post.

Watch out for my next post because I'm going to tell you where to put your keywords to improve your page rank in Google.

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