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As a writer, the one thing I want to concentrate on the most in my work is the actual writing side of things.
However, as anyone will tell you, writing on a freelance basis involves many of the practicalities of running a small business, if for no other reason than to keep the tax man happy.
Accounts, taxes, emails, phone calls, invoicing, chasing up bad debts and looking for more work are just some of the non-writing tasks we face each day.
While keeping the ‘business thinking cap’ on, it might be a good idea for you to think about outsourcing some or all of these tasks which eat up your time. Thus leaving you with more time to actually write and earn money.
The Virtual Assistant
You might be wondering how you would go about outsourcing your admin work and making it a profitable decision. Well, it’s not really all too hard. All you have to do is look to a closely related cousin of the fully fledged freelancer; the VA or Virtual Assistant. (more…)
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