There are sites online that talk about the value to clients offered by a multiple VA practice – a business where virtual assistants with different skills and specialties come together. Rather than working with someone who chose to become a virtual assistant so that he or she could work on their own, these VAs work together so that their skill sets are complimentary.

In some ways, this can be an ideal way to work as a virtual assistant when you’re just getting started. You’ll have business partners and you won’t have to panic if a client wants a service that you don’t know how to provide (say, creating a website with a particular program or CMS). Another advantage – if you go to work with an established multiple VA practice is that you can see how the business works.

The problem is that some people who want to become virtual assistants look at a multiple VA practice as a stepping stone but then they never take the next step. If you’re thinking about going into a multiple VA practice so that you can learn the business, why not just look into business training?

Training can help you get to where you want to be faster – and still give you access to other virtual assistants who you could connect with for a one-time project. In other words, if you’re becoming a VA because you want to be in control of your own business, why not just get the tools you need?

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