The Top 5 Questions for Hiring Virtual Assistants

Since the launch of The VIVA Club, we have had a number of frequently asked questions from business owners and entrepreneurs looking to hire a Virtual Assistant (VA). Here is the top 5 questions asked to help you on your way to hiring a VA, and start getting your time back.
 
1. What tasks can a VA do? 
Virtual Assistants are able to complete many tasks for you, whether business or personal, as long as the task is online they will be able to complete it. Some example tasks include:

• Social media management
• Build relationships with suppliers  
• Manage Amazon inventory 
• Complete the Amazon seller checklist weekly
• End of day reports 
• End of week reports 
• Develop process guides 
• Gain Product reviews 
• Customer Service 
• Complete Amazon training
• Business improvement
• Packaging design
• Build/manage websites
• Improve SEO
• CRM
• Manage databases
• List properties
• Product/Property/Market research
• Property Management
• Research for new business/sales
• Manage you virtual team
• Bookkeeping
• Content creation
• And many more

 
2. Do I have to hire someone full time? 
You do not have to hire a full time Virtual Assistant. A lot of small business owners and entrepreneurs struggle at first to think of enough tasks to fill a 40 hour week for a Virtual Assistant (although as soon as they get their first VA and realise how much they can do, they soon start to require more hours!).
 
However, if part-time or project based is what you require there are a few options available:

• Get one off work, project based work completed from sites such as fiverr.com and upwork.com
• Use your VA on personal tasks as well, such as research, booking tickets, making reservations, processing orders etc
• Combine with another business owner and share your VAs time (use The VIVA Club community if you do not already know someone)

3. How much does a VA cost?  
The pay of your VA will depend on the skills and experience they have, and location. The VIVA Club focuses on Filipino VAs.

• A starting VA with no prior experience, to hire full-time for 40 hours a week can cost as little as 10000PHP per month which equates to about £150 per month. However we would suggest only paying this amount during their probation period and increasing their pay once they have proven themselves.
• The average salary for a Filipino VA is 18000PHP per month which is about £265 or £1.57 per hour
• For specialists or higher skilled/experienced VAs, such as SEO experts, bookkeepers, full social media management, website development and management etc, you should expect to pay a higher rate of 30000PHP to 40000PHP and higher, which equates to £440 to £590 per month, or £2.61 to £3.51 per hour.

 
Note, that it is custom to pay a 13thMonth bonus in December so the annual salary for a VA is 13 times the monthly amounts shown above. 

4. I am initially looking to use a VA for sourcing properties on Rightmove. Is this something that other VAs have done previously?  
You will be surprised at the broad range of roles VAs have worked in and as long as you are specific in your search criteria and job description, you should find someone who has had that experience or similar, or has been trained in that kind of task.
 
The VIVA Club provides the VAs access to training that is compiled from a number of working process documents from the our various companies and experience. This allows VAs to train themselves for potential roles and ensure they are able to add value to businesses straight away. 
 
In addition, within Life Leverage Online Masterclass, we teach the very simple methods of how to task your VAs with any online task, no matter how complicated. To check out the Masterclass, which comes with a bonus of free access to The VIVA Club, visit .

5. What is The VIVA Club?  
The VIVA Club is The Very Important Virtual Assistant Club.
We named it VIVA as we know how important the right team is for the success of a business and having hired Virtual Assistants for over 5 years across 3 different businesses and personally, we know how Very Important they are.
 
The VIVA Club is a private community of Filipino Virtual Assistants looking for work, sharing tips and advice, helping each other and receiving training.
 
Accessing The VIVA Club as an individual or business owner allows you to advertise your role to our 1500+ members in our easy to follow process, allowing you to find your perfect VA.
 
If you are interested in hiring a VA, check out bit.ly/thevivaclub and feel free to email any questions to my Virtual PA, Mary, at pa@turnerinvest.co.uk
 
Thanks,

Turner Invest
Empowering People to Live the Life of Their Dreams