From a $2,000-a-Month Analyst Job to $10,000 a Month as a Virtual Assistant
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Kayla Sloan left a job as a credit analyst earning about $2,000 a month to become a virtual assistant, starting at $15 an hour -- "about twice as much as I made per hour at a minimum wage job in retail." Her first month brought in just $285.
It took her a year to reach $2,000 a month and quit her day job, and another 14 months after that to hit $10,000 a month. She built the business mostly on referrals rather than job boards, drawing on her "existing network of friends, family, business owners, and bloggers," and offered more than 100 possible services -- administrative work, calendar and email management, copywriting, graphic design, blog and social media management, customer service, and travel arrangements.
Her advice to new VAs is not to undercut the market -- "$15 hour is on the low-end for a starting VA and I don't recommend new VAs to take any less than that" -- and to raise rates with each new client rather than take on more hours. She credits six habits for her growth: reliability, communication, integrity, time management, problem-solving, and consistent follow-up.
Key takeaways
- ›Left a credit analyst job paying about $2,000/month after growing her side income for a year
- ›Her first month as a VA earned just $285; she hit $2,000/month within a year
- ›Reached $10,000/month roughly 14 months after leaving her day job
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