Tag Archives: Pricing and Getting Paid

How Working More Hours Can Mean Earning LESS Money

November 26, 2010 – 10:00 am

Continuing the conversation in this week’s Dear Gritty VA post (“I’ve Lost All Boundaries–Is this Relationship Salvageable?”), I wanted to illustrate how a Virtual Assistant can be working 50 hours a week and still not be making “any” money. I use quotations marks because, sure, she’s getting paid something. But “something” doesn’t necessarily mean “enough.” [...]

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Another Pricing Question

March 28, 2007 – 10:33 am

Dear Gritty VA: I’m not quite satisfied with my pricing strategy. I determined my hourly rate based on industry reports and looking at the rates others were charging for similar services. However, a potential client who I’ve worked with in the past, and who knows the quality of my work, suggested that I need to [...]

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Screening the Tire Kickers

February 4, 2007 – 12:15 pm

Getting back to the topic of this post, which talks about the wisdom of putting your rates on your professional service site, I want to address a common sentiment. One of the biggest complaints I hear from Virtual Assistants and other independent professionals is having tire-kickers and price-shoppers waste their time. That’s usually the rationale [...]

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