I'm interested in data entry, do I need to train this person?
Usually, there is no training required. All work is done by me personally, and I have done data entry professionally for many different organizations and in many freelance tasks. If you give me basic instructions, this is usually enough, and I can show you the results, and if there are any problems I can make adjustments according to your feedback.
How many people will you sign up?
How many have signed up?
Will you be transparent about that?
I am working with 3 clients right now. I am only signing up a maximum of 10 clients to start, because I need to make sure I can give enough time to each client to give them good value. But, people shouldn't be worried about how many clients I am working with, they should be worried about what they want from me. Every client is different. A client may only need 3 hours a month from me to get good value (some of the work I do is usually charged at $15-$25 per hour, such as medical transcription work).
If someone is truly interested, and doesn't know if this service will be a good fit for them, they should just send me a message with what they have in mind, and I can easily give more realistic expectations about what I can provide them. I am obviously going to be doing anything I can to keep people from giving me bad reviews, especially early on in my service offering.
For my ideal client, the first month is merely an investment in a long term business relationship. I am very open-minded and willing to try anything and do reasonable tasks I can for subscribers, even if they just want 1 month of services and nothing more, but I really would like to find clients who I develop a long term relationship with and I am just their go-to virtual assistant who handles random tasks that come up, or on-going management of social media accounts keeping them updated on a regular basis.
It's not profitable for me to have clients who work me to the bone every month. We are talking about $48 a month, and for me, that's 2 hours of off-line work, but I would rather work from home, and rather develop long term relationships and network with other like-minded people.
anyone tried this service?
Yes, but we are just getting started, and as such, there isn't much feedback available. The beginning of the month is often me establishing the relationship with the client, making sure I understand what they want, then I have to spend time researching the tasks, researching the client's industry, and planning how I will spend my time during the month to balance the clients and my own projects.
You can see a review of the basic quality of work I can do, and my associated skills, in the mod review.
If you have specific concerns or questions, simply send me a PM and I will address them.