West End VA Meet-Up

It is National Freelancers Day! Think that covers most of us! Give yourself a well deserved congratulations. It's been one heck of a year for us, for a whole load of reasons, so time to give us all a shoutout.
Feel free to tag other freelancers here - not just VAs either as every freelancer deserves recognition!

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Anyone looking for a techy role/client?

The owner of an academy looking for someone who isn’t scared of learning how to use new platforms, is a fast learner and can step in to help with that. Someone who is switched on and can work independently and manage many tasks in one go. Her academy is at that point of huge growth so she is after someone who can handle change and a fast-paced environment.
Don't know about hours or pay though.

Please contact me and I will pass details on.

Need to do your tax return but have questions? Some useful tips here:

https://www.theguardian.com/money/2021/jan/16/self-assessment-tax-return-tips-help-january-deadline?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

Self-assessment tax return: top tips to help you with the process As the 31 January deadline looms, use lockdown to file your return on time

It's been a while since we got together. Does anyone fancy a Zoom in December to say goodbye to 2020 and make/discuss plans for the New Year?

Stolen from Twitter:

If you want to increase your chances of getting paid before Christmas, you should INVOICE YOUR CLIENTS TODAY. It's 30 days from 18th December – the last Friday before Christmas – which may well be the last payment run for many companies. Send your invoices now!

Just seen on Twitter from BeMyVA.com:

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The PA Show comes to London next March: https://www.thepashow.com/

For PAs, EAs, VAs & Office Managers The ultimate event for PAs, EAs VAs, & Office Managers.

The SVA are running 2 events on Thurs 27 Aug. Free to SVA members - email them if you don't have the code.
With Paul Pennant - multi award winning Microsoft trainer:

* OneNote for VAs https://www.eventbrite.com/e/onenote-for-virtual-assistants-with-paul-pennant-tickets-113866559946

* Microsoft Teams for VAs https://www.eventbrite.com/e/microsoft-teams-for-virtual-assistants-with-paul-pennant-tickets-113867440580

OneNote for Virtual Assistants - with PAul Pennant If you ask me "Can OneNote do it?" The answer is yes. Multi award winning Paul Pennant “Best PA Training Provider in the UK” shows us how!

Someone from another FB group I am in that looks after the concerns of freelancing has posted this. If it relates to you, please contribute.

Would love to gather the thoughts of any newly established VA's or anyone about to embark on their journey. Will take 5 mins max to answer the questions here - https://forms.gle/jrghdWsjwrczapjH9

Thanks for your awesomeness!

Your VA Journey Starting your own VA business is EXCITING! It can also be overwhelming, I would love to pick your brains on how you're finding your journey - thank you, you're awesome!

"72% of VAs are solopreneurs working alone, and 95% work from home."
The UK VA Survey v11 is now available.

SVA Survey Society of Virtual Assistants' annual survey designed to take a snapshot of the UK VA industry answering business critical questions like: How much can I charge?What will I earn as a VA? What are the most effective marketing strategies?What services are most popular? Where do I find clients?Which tr...

I follow a number of VAs on Twitter and a recent follow by me is someone who is promoting an offer where she will work for £5 an hour. She is offering a number of services under this price, none of which sound particularly quick or easy but assume it is because she needs the work in the current climate. Has anyone else seen this kind of offer?

Good morning and happy Friday!
Next Tuesday should be meetup evening. Does anyone want to get together for a Zoom call? We could do it another evening if people prefer? Let me know thoughts.
Hoping to get the newsletter out in the next 24 hours!

Lovely chat last nite on Zoom. Nice to catch up and see how people are doing. The offer of a call anytime is very much open.
Apologies for the arrival of both dog and cat across the screen! Coco does enjoy networking however as she often takes part in Petworking sessions!

Already have one VA signed up for a call on Tuesday. Who else fancies it?

So who else is joining me for the WEVA meetup call on Tuesday? Have had someone say yes via LI and a couple of maybes!

Have spent some time today finishing a potential e-book that was started a while ago but never completed. It covers the 25 most frequently asked questions that come up at the VA meetups.
I will happily email it out to anyone who is interested. Just send me your email address.

I had a very interesting convo with someone who specialises in legal advice for small businesses. Completely lovely and we got on to talking about the legal documents that are sold in a pack when a VA starts up.
We sell a pack (at a heavily discounted rate compared to some) but Katy explained that we can have the separate contracts combined into one. This seems to make sense for us and also for our clients. Would anyone be interested in finding out more and maybe having a contract bespoked especially for us?

So, given that I have suggested Zoom for our meetup and am using it with clients, this article resonated. If you and/or your clients are using any kind of video calling, then this might be of interest:

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