Being a mom is not an easy task. You must be available 24/7 to your family. And while you stay at home, you think about the future or how you can help your husband financially. There are many reasons why moms become virtual assistants. Kathryn Alexander of Becomeavamom.net and I share a few common reasons:

7 reasons to become a virtual assistant mom

1. BE AVAILABLE TO YOUR CHILDREN

Childhood goes by so fast. If you have to work outside the home, you may be missing a few things. We all know that supporting the family is the most important thing and comes before everything. But with a virtual assistant business, you can give to the family and be with the kids at the same time. This is the #1 top-ranking reason moms start a home business.

2. NO DISCRIMINATION BASED ON AGE

This, unfortunately, is a real problem in some companies. You are too young or too old to work. In some businesses, there is a legal age required to work there if they serve alcohol or smoke. When you become a virtual assistant, you are the boss and if you can get the job done, your clients won’t care how old you are.

3. THE ABILITY TO CHOOSE WITH WHOM YOU WORK

Do you tend to click with certain types of people more than others? With a VA business, you get to decide who you want your clients to be. Authors, salespeople, consultants, coaches, executives, entrepreneurs, and small business owners are just a few of the types of people you might work with. You have the freedom to choose who you want as a client. This benefits both you and the customer, making you more productive.

You can also put in your contract, that either party can terminate the contract immediately for any reason, especially if the job of the client and assistant becomes stressful, not paying on time, rude or abusive language or behavior, etc. You can include anything in your contract because you are the head of your business and you can decide who you work with.

4. YOU CAN CHOOSE YOUR OWN SCHEDULE

When you become a virtual assistant, you can work your own hours when the kids are asleep or napping, and you can work when they are at school and be available to them before and after. The flexibility is amazing. You can also choose if you want to work part time or full time.

5. SAVE ON CHANGE COSTS AND TIME

If you live in a big city, or even a small town, commuting to and from work is time consuming and expensive if you drive or have to pay for a monthly bus pass.

When you become a virtual assistant at home, it means no more strangers rubbing up against you on the bus, or filling up your gas tank every other day to drive across town and spending hours commuting to a job you don’t love anyway. .

6. GAIN BUSINESS SKILLS AS YOU EARN MONEY

In this business, you can charge whatever you want because you’re the boss, within reason. Most people stay in the general area of ​​$10-$40 an hour for different VA skills. For more advanced jobs, you can charge more, and more experienced VAs charge more.

When you’re just starting out, you can learn as you earn money. If you announce that you are just starting your business and list the tasks you can do, and also announce that you want to learn new skills, you will find work. You’ll need to charge it up, as you’re learning as you go. Probably $5-10 an hour to start if you don’t know anything. But after just a couple of months of experience you can start making $15-$25 depending on what you are doing.

7. ALWAYS SOMETHING TO LEARN

When you become a virtual assistant, you constantly have the opportunity to learn systems, programs, skills, and services if you choose. All you have to do is sign up for a system that most people use but have never used, go to the support or help files and read it and learn what you can. There is also the trusty YouTube to learn almost anything or you can sign up for tutoring classes to improve your skills.