Episode 110: How Can I Gain Experience for My Portfolio as a New Virtual Assistant?

In today’s quick tip Thursday episode on the Ditch the Classroom podcast, I’m answering the question “How can I gain experience for my portfolio as a new Virtual Assistant?”

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Full Episode Transcription:

(00:07):
Welcome back to another episode of Quick Tip Thursday here on the Ditch the Classroom podcast. Today’s question I got from Sarah, and it’s how to gain experience for your portfolio as a new virtual assistant. My biggest recommendation is that you offer testimonial projects. So this is where you offer a couple hours of work in exchange for a testimonial. So basically your payment, in this case, is a written testimonial instead of money. This will allow you to showcase the work in your portfolio, as well as the testimonial. However, I do recommend that you limit it to a max of three hours per person, and a max of only three projects. I don’t want you doing testimonial work forever. You don’t need a ton, just a few solid examples in your portfolio. And this may end up turning into additional paid work. So if your testimonial client loves what you did, they may end up actually hiring you and paying you. Okay? So this is a really good way to build that portfolio and get that experience.

(02:28):
This was short and quick, and that’s what these episodes are all about. If you have a question you would like me to answer here on the podcast, I invite you to come into our Ditch the Classroom community. You can do that by going to https://facebook.com/groups/ditchtheclassroom. Come in there, go to the Quick Tip Thursday episode, drop your questions there, and I will be happy to answer them. All right. Y’all thank you so much for tuning in and I will see you next time.