Running Your Business

Clients, contracts, money and admin done right.

Running Your Business

Client Onboarding: A VA's Process for Starting Well

The first two weeks set the tone for the whole engagement. A practical onboarding process VAs can run for every new client.

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Common Mistakes New VAs Make (and How to Avoid Them)

Most new-VA failures follow the same handful of patterns. Recognising them early is cheaper than living through them.

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Contracts and Service Agreements for Virtual Assistants

Why every VA engagement needs a written agreement, and the clauses that do the real protective work.

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Finding Your First VA Clients in Australia

Where Australian VAs actually find their first paying clients — and what to say when you get there.

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Insurance for Virtual Assistants: What Covers What

The three insurance types Australian VAs encounter, what each actually covers, and how to think about which you need.

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Invoicing and Getting Paid on Time

Cash flow problems are usually invoicing problems. What Australian VAs need on their invoices and how to handle late payers professionally.

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Managing Multiple Clients Without Dropping Balls

Juggling several clients is the normal state of a VA business. The systems that keep quality high when the client count grows.

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Services You Can Offer as a Virtual Assistant

A tour of the service categories Australian VAs build businesses on, and how to choose the ones that fit your skills.

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Setting Your Rates as an Australian Virtual Assistant

The three pricing models Australian VAs use, their trade-offs, and a sane way to set your own numbers.

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Superannuation for Self-Employed Virtual Assistants

Nobody pays super for a sole trader unless the sole trader does. What Australian VAs need to understand about their own retirement savings.

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Work-Life Balance and Avoiding Burnout as a VA

The flexibility that attracts people to VA work is the same force that erodes their rest. How to run a sustainable practice.