If you would like to be paid to provide virtual assistant services, the FabJob Guide to Become a Virtual Assistant is for you! In this e-book you will discover how you can get started and succeed in the exciting virtual assistant business. 

The guide's contributors include top virtual assistants. To give you insider advice on how to become a virtual assistant and start a virtual assistant business, author Jennifer Fishberg interviewed more than a dozen successful virtual assistants and experts such as Kathy Goughenour, President and Head Trainer for Expert VA Training who built her virtual assistant business to over $100,000 per year.

The guide covers topics of vital importance to anyone who wants to start a business providing virtual assistant services and get hired as a virtual assistant, including: 

How to Become a Virtual Assistant

• What a virtual assistant does
• How to provide virtual assistant services (includes information about a variety of services you can choose to offer to increase your income)
• How to develop the skills you need to be successful as a virtual assistant
• How to do a client consultation and assess client needs (includes a sample client questionnaire for a virtual assistant business)
• Advice for managing your time and structuring your daily activities as a virtual assistant
• How to get started as a virtual assistant by working with other virtual assistants
• How to get virtual assistant work through virtual staffing agencies
• Links to many valuable resources you can use to help you work more effectively as a virtual assistant 

• How to start a part-time or full-time virtual assistant business for little or no money
• Information about business matters affecting a virtual assistant business such as business planning, insurance, etc.
• Choosing a name for your virtual assistant business
• How to set up an office for your virtual assistant business
• Sources of start-up financing if you want to spend more on your virtual assistant business (e.g. leasing an office instead of working from home)
• Pricing your virtual assistant services, with information on:

• How to set your hourly rate
• Per project fees
• Monthly retainers
• Getting a deposit before you start a project
• How to invoice clients 

• What to include in a client contract or agreement 
• How to select strategic partners
• How to market your virtual assistant services effectively through:

• Advertising 
• Freelance marketplaces
• Networking and referrals
• Free promotional opportunities

• How to get corporate clients for your virtual assistant business
• What you need to know about preparing proposals for virtual assistant work
• Helpful samples you can use in your virtual assistant business (including a sample invoice, sample contracts, and more) 

The above is only a small sample of the valuable information in the FabJob Guide to Become a Freelance Writer. The guide includes detailed information about how to get hired as a book editor. Visit FabJob Guide to Become a VIRTUAl ASSISTANT to preview a sample!.