Virtual Assistant Job Postings

November 9, 2008 | 3 Comments

This builds on the Virtual Assistant Jobs article.

How do you improve your chance of getting a virtual assistant job that you see on a virtual assistant job posting?  These tips for getting the job are valid for the virtual buzz assistant network job postings as well as virtual assistant job postings at places like odesk.com, guru.com and elance.com.

Tips for Rocking Virtual Assistant Job Postings

  1. Watch for opportunities every day and contact people right away.
  2. If you have a phone number, call them and discuss what their needs are.
  3. Focus on the client’s need and how you will meet them in the call and email.
  4. Find virtual assistant job opportunities that are great fits for your specialization.
  5. Follow up quickly.  If you send a proposal, make sure you follow up to see if they got it and if they have questions.
  6. Use testimonials from past clients.
  7. Have professional contracts prepared.
  8. Have a system for managing projects and let them know how the system works before you ever close the deal.  This builds confidence in your professionalism.
  9. Have a blog to demonstrate your skills in writing and other tasks.
  10. When talking about a past project, word it in such a way that you say, “When I was helping xyz grow his business, we …”
  11. Talk 20% - 30% of the time.
  12. Ask good questions.
  13. Know how to look for someone that has unrealistic expectations and decline to work with them.
  14. Have a system that you follow daily for checking for new Virtual Assistant Job Opportunities among the places that post virtual assistant job postings.
    Example: a) Log into Virtual Buzz Assistant Network and Check Job/Project Postings.  b) Search oDesk.com and bid on at least one project daily.  c)  If you are technical, look for opportunities as a more technical virtual assistant on guru.com each day.
  15. Have professional profiles online like LinkedIn.
  16. Have a clean and professional website.  Do not make things blink, multi-colors, etc.
  17. Write and communicate with the intention to get the client and make money.  This is not a personal call/email.
  18. Follow up when you do not get a project and offer to help if the person selected does not work out.  Keep in touch if you have built a relationship with the person and look for future opportunities with them.
  19. Do not respond to virtual assistant job postings that are asking for people to do unethical things, like fake reviews or spam message boards.
  20. Be confident about your offer, your pricing and your results.
  21. Do not put the burden on the client to take the next step.  After a conversation, say…”I will send you the contract with this outlined.  All you need to do is review it, sign it and send the charge card information and we will get it scheduled….”  Or something like that.  Clients hire a virtual assistant so that they have less work, not more.
  22. Send support materials.  If you are waiting on a project to close, go find some articles of other companies in the potential client’s industry that are doing similar things and send them the link along with a note saying, “Thought this might interest you….”
  23. Stay engaged until you get a yes or a no.
  24. Put a reasonable deadline/expiration date in your proposal.

To get better results when responding to a virtual assistant job posting, you must understand that the job posting is not for a virtual assistant to fill a vacant virtual seat that the client has.  It is because they need help executing their plan and building their business.  If you approach the client as if you are interested in helping them solve problems and execute thier plan, then you are going to get a lot more clients from the virtual assistant job postings and make a lot more money.

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