WAHM Question

randehayes

Hi ladies!  For those of you who work at home, can I ask what you do or how you found your job?  I'm a Virtual Assistant and I recently just lost a client (due to her business going under) and she was the majority of my income.  I've been looking to venture out doing something else, but I have no idea where to even start!  If you could let me know what you do and how you found your job, I'd love to hear! 

Joie80

I'm an online instructor. I pretty much just googled online teaching positions in my field and went from there.

starswinger

Surprisingly, I found many of my clients on Twitter. Never was a fan until I started my own freelance editing/writing business. Start following the types of people you would have as clients and see how you can help them.

SaintDorothyMantooth

I don't currently work from home, but I did for about a year as a freelance journalist.  If you're a decent writer, you can write about your area of expertise in a variety of different ways.  The pay isn't great, at first, but the more you build, the better it can become.  

If you're interested, feel free to PM me for info.   

sweet_nitenale

randehayes:

Hi ladies!  For those of you who work at home, can I ask what you do or how you found your job?  I'm a Virtual Assistant and I recently just lost a client (due to her business going under) and she was the majority of my income.  I've been looking to venture out doing something else, but I have no idea where to even start!  If you could let me know what you do and how you found your job, I'd love to hear! 

I literally just upgraded my laptop so I could get into virtual assisting and now you're making me feel a bit discouraged about the available opportunities I thought was out there! I have a business idea but I had planned on doing virtual assisting until my business started gaining speed.

randehayes

sweet_nitenale:

randehayes:

Hi ladies!  For those of you who work at home, can I ask what you do or how you found your job?  I'm a Virtual Assistant and I recently just lost a client (due to her business going under) and she was the majority of my income.  I've been looking to venture out doing something else, but I have no idea where to even start!  If you could let me know what you do and how you found your job, I'd love to hear! 

I literally just upgraded my laptop so I could get into virtual assisting and now you're making me feel a bit discouraged about the available opportunities I thought was out there! I have a business idea but I had planned on doing virtual assisting until my business started gaining speed.

 

I'm sorry!  Don't be discouraged!  I have (had) 3 clients, now 2.  I lucked into my first one since a friend of mine knew someone who was looking for help.  I worked for two months marketing until I got my second one, and then a month after that till I got my third.  Finding clients is definitely the hardest part of the job.  If you work hard, have references, and are qualified then you should find success in no time  

sweet_nitenale

So do you basically just freelance on your own then, as opposed to registering with one of those big companies that posts job listings? I've never been a VA before but I'm more than qualified with regard to office experience so it just seemed like a logical option.