Become a Virtual Assistant
Have you ever thought about whether you have the skills to become a Virtual Assistant?
Okay, wind back a step, do you know what a Virtual Assistant is and what they do?
A “Virtual Assistant” (or VA) is a person who takes on part of the workload of a business whilst working remotely, usually from their home or home office. VA’s can work exclusively for one business or provide services for a number of businesses as a sort of “portfolio” offering. See the Wikipedia definition of virtual assistance here
Note that the term “Administrative Consultant” is also becoming more popular these days to describe what is essentially the same role (but probably describes the role a little better)
In short, Virtual Assistants (or Administrative Consultants) can perform a lot of the administrative tasks surrounding a business which may include handling phone call, dealing with emails, data entry, accounting tasks, and generally handling any number of business related assignments. Think of it as a “remote administrator” and you will likely get the ideas of what a virtual assistant does.
All of this support allows the business owner the time to concentrate on the more critical aspects of running their business. It’s a bit like a secretary, PA or assistant in a real office, but performed virtually!
Learn About How to Become a Virtual Assistant
Start a Gift Basket Business
If you are creative, thoughtful and have an eye for design then an ideal work from home career could be to start a gift basket business
A gift basket is one of the most personal things you can give to anyone, especially if the basket is tailored to that persons like and needs.
For instance if the recipient is into golf you could include golf tees, magazines, balls, devices, a drop of whisky(!) as well as the more traditional elements of a gift basket.
Imagine if you can start a gift basket business from home creating gift baskets which are sure to bring much joy to their intended recipient.
30 Home Business Ideas
If you are looking for some great home business ideas then look no further, I have 30 of them, some offline, some online and a number a mixture of the two.
Personally I would always encourage people who are considering working from home to start their own business. That way they are in complete control of what they do and how the business runs, rather than relying on somebody else to provide a paycheck. Our home business ideas are just that – starting off a home business from nothing.
What you decide to do will ultimately depend on what you are good at and what you enjoy. For instance if you enjoy baking why not consider building a business around this skill, or if you are good at writing there are lots of ways you can monetize your talents, especially online.
Start a Laundry Service
Start a Laundry Service in your local area and make money
With the current economy, most families have both the father and mother working in order to maintain their household. Time is at a premium and there is never enough of it to accomplish all they need to.
This way of life requires skipping on little chores that don’t matter so much or putting them off until the last minute.
Create Personalized Books
December Challenge Day 1 is an idea to setup a business to create personalized books, which (as the name suggests) are books customized for an individual to provide a gift that will last forever(!)
The key to making this sort of business work is to
i) Develop standard “templates” or themes which can be used again and again
and
ii) outsource the creation of your stories (they don’t have to be Nobel prize winning efforts after all)
This will leave you with the time to market your business ….
