Working as a Virtual Assistant

I'm sure by now, you already heard of the term Virtual Assistant or VA.  Lots of definition are given in different sites about what VA really means and sometimes they make it too complex for some to understand and fully grasp.  I would like to share to you my own experience as a Virtual Assistant so that it's easier for me to described the job and for you to understand it.
I have been working as a  part time VA for almost a year now.  When I stopped working, I decided to surf the net for any home based job in order to help my husband with our finances. I found my way to www.freelancer.com and signed up. A few days later I got my first job and started working  for a Canadian Employer.  She trained me for about a week and I was very grateful because I learned lot of new things that I am not familiar with before. I basically managed her social accounts, send mails through craigslist and manage her emails and other accounts. Through her, I learned about affiliate marketing which I am now doing on my own.  Weeks later, I received another invitation to work as a Virtual Assistant for an American employer.  I decided to accept the offer and I am still working for her at the moment.  She is a blogger and a Multi Level Marketer so I have lots of things to do for her.  I manage all her accounts in WordPress, Facebook and many social bookmarking sites such as SERPD, Onlywire, Blog engage, blokube and many more. I also  manage her emails and do link building for her.

 So as based on my personal experience, working as a virtual assistant is not that easy because there's lot of things to learn, but if you are willing to try new things then it might also suit you. The good thing here is that you can do this part time or full time. It actually depends on how many hours you can work in a day. For instance in my case, I only worked 4 hours a day. Instead of wasting my time in Facebook,  twitter or any other social accounts, I make use of my spare time to earn at home while taking good care of my family and spending quality time with them.