$6000/Month VA Business With Little Online Presence

We review lots of virtual assistant courses on eBiz Facts 🧐

A student named Bri McDonald recently commented on our review of a course called Launch in 30 Days…

Right now I’m up to lucky client number 6…

During my first month [as a virtual assistant] I brought in $7,000, excluding GST. Several months in, I am on track to earn $10,000 (excluding GST) monthly.

Bri is based in New Zealand 🇳🇿 so those figures are NZD.

Approximate conversions…

• $7000 NZD = $4200 USD
• $10,000 NZD = $6000 USD

(Also, GST is a goods and services tax, like VAT in Europe.)

I find Bri’s results remarkable considering she doesn’t have much of an online presence.

A post on her Facebook page reveals how she landed her first client 👇

We have just spent a couple of days down in Franz Josef visiting my first client (Franz Josef Top 10 Holiday Park – aka my mum) 😎

The idea for my business steamed from the work I have been doing to support my mum remotely in her business. The thought of being able to provide remote admin support to multiple businesses across the country was super exciting.

So I ran with the idea and here we are!

Most likely, Bri used the results she got from helping her mom’s business to land other clients. 

I suspect she also leveraged her existing network, which isn’t very big; Bri has less than 300 connections on LinkedIn as of this writing.

But despite not having a website or a significant social media following, she’s managed to build up a profitable VA business in a few short months 💪

My takeaway: your existing relationships and some word-of-mouth can be enough to get a simple service business up and running.

Does that uncle of yours need a website or help with Excel? 

That little opportunity could well be the start of a new career 🚀

The key is getting results for that first client or two, then leveraging those results to land more clients.

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