5 Freelancing websites to find Virtual Assistant Jobs

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If you’re a virtual assistant or planning to become a VA and you’re looking for freelance websites that can help you make some extra or full-time income then you are in the right place. 
I personally tried a few of these freelance website and they have made me extra cash and also a full-time income. The best think about working on these freelance websites is that you get to grow your skills, you are exposed to different clients and they are legitimate work from home jobs. As a Virtual Assistant, you can set your own hours, work as little as you desire and you can do what you love. There are many different types of Virtual Assistant. You can be a Virtual that provides Digital Marketing, Data Entry, Graphic designs, Illustrations, Video Editing and so on. 

These freelance websites have different categories so they are not limited to one set of skills. 

The first website is called Upwork.com. This is a freelance website that allows you to create a profile that will include your skills, hourly rates, profession, portfolio and a description of what you can do for the clients. You can also take tests to show off your skills and also boost hiring decisions. They have an entire board of tests like customer service; virtual assistant, photoshop, etc. They take 20% of each transaction you have with a client. So if your hourly rate is $20, you will receive $16 when the client pays for an hour of work. I’ve earned on average $500-$1000 per month using Upwork.com. 

My personal experience or discoveries: 
1. They are very strict, so no communication outside the platform. 
2. It’s a very competitive market place.
3. There are many clients who want to pay no more than $3 per hour.

Another platform is Peopleperhour.com and it’s based with a lot of UK freelancers. It’s similar to upwork.com but you have lower bids amount on peopleperhour.com.  I signed up for an account in the past and I wasn’t awarded with any jobs. However, I have been contacted by clients and the reason I wasn’t awarded was because of my time zone. They are in UK time and I’m in US Central Time. You can also list “hourlies” or services that you can do for a set rate. 

My personal experience or discoveries:
1. UK based freelancers are most likely to get hired 
2. The pay rates are much higher than many freelance websites. 
3. After 3 months of free membership, you’ll have to pay $13/ mo if you were not awarded any jobs. Normally I just create another profile using another email address. The paid plan doesn’t guarantee any clients or being awarded for jobs.

Next is Guru.com. This is a freelancing website that allows you to build a profile, take tests to show off your skills and it’s very similar to upwork.com. 

My personal experience or discoveries:
1. They send you a notification by email about new job matches. 
2. The freelancers with no reviews or experience are harder to get awarded. I personally think so. 
3. Great for website developers and content writers

The fourth is Freelancer.com. I have accounts on this freelance website but has never been awarded any jobs. I know a few persons that have been on it for 5 years and are making good money doing data entry. Freelancer.com has a lot of jobs posted every second of the day, some are repeatedly but their platform is very saturated. Also, freelancers bid on services, they offer promoted bids and the better bidder with experience normally gets awarded. 

My personal experience or discoveries:
1. They have a premium membership.
2. You have to pay for tests if you want to show off your skills.
3. You have a higher chance of getting hired than on Upwork.com

Finally and my favorite! Fiverr. I love Fiverr.com, it’s how I make a full-time income online. I average $2000-$3000 per month, this freelancing website keeps me busy being productive. You sign up or join as a seller, enter some details and create your ‘gigs.’ The Gigs are services that you offer, for example, I will be your Data entry Virtual assistant or I will create a logo for your company. I will show you how you can create your gigs on Fiverr.com, how to rank #1 on their marketplace and get clients inboxing you every day in another post. 

My personal experience or discoveries:
1. They take 20% fee on every order you receive. 
2. They are very strict on communication outside their platform.
3. It takes 2 weeks for them to clear out funds so you can add to your paypal or payoneer account.

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How To Make $5,000 Per Month With These 3 Fiverr Gigs

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Fiverr money making gigs. How you can make $5,000 per month with these 3 Fiverr Gigs.

One of my favorite freelance website on the planet is Fiverr.com. In my previous post about freelancing, I spoke about how Virtual Assistants can make money by listing services of Fiverr. In this post, I want to let you in on 3 Gigs you can list on Fiverr.com to make $5,000 per month. Let’s get started:

Social Media Marketing

The first service you can offer on Fiverr.com that will make you $5,000 per month or more is Social Media Marketing. If you’re good at running ads on Facebook and Instagram or growing followers, this service is in high demand. Here’s an example of a Gig that’s offering Instagram marketing. Their basic package starts at $35 and it goes up to $60 per month. Learn how you can start a social media marketing business with Fiverr learn or get started on your Gig right now.

Logo Designs

The second service you can offer that will make you $5,000 per month is creating Logos for companies. If you’re good at creating catchy, stunning and unique designs then you can earn pretty much lot more than $5,000 per month. Fiverr is a diversify freelancing platform and companies all over the world are building new ideas and creating new business plans every day. Creating logos are super easy but require detail attention to get it done professionally. Here is an example of a gig that’s doing super well on Fiverr. There are many more logo Gigs that are making over $20,000+ on Fiverr. Learn how to make professional logos with Fiverr learn.

Resume, Bio or Cover Letters

The Third Gig that will make $5,000 monthly is Resume Writing. Yes, this service is very much in demand because people are looking for jobs every day. You must have excellent writing skills to provide such services. Most persons that offer Resume writing on Fiverr are certified or has some background in novel writing or journalism. If you love writing or want to become a writer on Fiverr, head over and get started.

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How To Make $1000 Per Month Typing With No Experience

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Are you a stay at home mom or dad looking to make $1000 per month with no experience? No worries, I will show you exactly how you can start making this happen and the tools you need. If you have excellent typing speed, you can make even more than 1,000 but for right now let’s get you started.

The websiteI’ll be talking about is called Rev.com, you can work as a transcriptionist or as a captioner. The transcriptionist takes an audio file and turns it into accurate text. As a freelance transcriber, you will work with customers like teachers, speakers, podcasters and other business owners. Rev has guidelines which are mandatory to follow in order to stay on their team. Such guidelines are also instructed by clients that come to their website and needs transcribing done. An example of guidelines would be transcribing a file in verbatim and to name each speaker. Verbatim means typing exactly what was said by a speaker, for example, if the speaker said: “umm, this-this is awesome guys, am gonna try.” They might also ask to transcribe the file in non- verbatim. With non-verbatim, the audio needs to be transcribed by cleaning up the stutters or false starts, for example, “This is awesome guys, am gonna try.” Easy right? By following Rev’s guidelines you can excel on their team.

When you sign up, they will ask you to do a basic English test to see if you are able to communicate well. After you’ve completed the test, they will give you a tour on their platform.
Google will be a major asset to you as a transcriber. If you listen to an audio file and a particular word or name is not familiar, then it’s recommended by Rev to research the information to preserve accuracy. There will be difficult audios, where the speaker mumbles and words are difficult to figure out. In this instant, Rev recommends using their tool for inaudible, usually symbolized based on where you are in the file, for example, [ inaudible:00:00:35].
After the tour on their platform, you will transcribe an audio file and submit for review. Once accepted, this is where the work starts.

Payment on Rev is every Monday via Paypal. The payout is 0.36 -0.65 per audio minute. An audio min is the actual length of the file, not the time you take to transcribe. Let’s calculate how you will make $1000/mo. Given that you do 2 hours of audio file per day for 6 days per week. As a beginner, you might take 6-8 hours to complete this. That would be $43.20*6*4= $1036.80, 🙂 Nice!
When you’ve become an expert, you are likely to do 4 hours of audio files per day with a pay scale of 0.65 per min.

Let me know if you need any help. Comment below what your thoughts are or any questions you may have.

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