Online courses are all the rage right now in the online entrepreneur world. People love that they can learn from experts around the globe with the click of a mouse and they can be a solid source of passive income. 

If you’re an expert in your field, it’s probably not too difficult to come up with great content that would easily create a course and sell. But what if you aren’t a super technical person or don’t want to mess with putting everything together? 

So… what does a virtual assistant actually do?

This is one of the most common questions I come across in Facebook groups. People want some help with their businesses, but they have no idea what a VA can actually do much less how a VA can help in their business. 

You’ve worked hard on your business. It’s growing, you’ve got lots of clients, a good online presence, and you’re looking to expand things further. But there’s only so much time in a day and you need some help...

So you want to work with a virtual assistant, but you're not sure quite how much assistance you need. You can contract a VA for one project or launch, on an as-needed basis, or have assistance every week long-term. 

But how do you know what would be best for you and your business needs? 

Like any investment, deciding to work with a virtual assistant (or bringing in any help for your business) is a big decision. 

You're trusting someone to come into your business to help, not hurt, your progress. Ideally, working with a VA will free up your valuable time that's spent on extraneous tasks so you can focus on tasks that only you can do. 

That's kind of a tall order if you think about it.

If you do any kind of online work, chances are you’ll need a few images for your website, social media, blog, whatever. And we all know that you have to be careful with image licensing. You can’t just go to Google and grab an image that you like without taking a chance of pirating someone’s image or violating Creative Commons licensing.

I love ConvertKit for so many reasons but probably one of the biggest reasons is how easy it is to use! 

There might be a bit of a learning curve in terminology depending on which email services you’ve used before, but once you get the hang of that, the actual system is really intuitive and super easy to learn. 

I thought it would be helpful to walk through some of the common tasks ConvertKit users will be doing on a regular basis - essentially create a body of 'ConvertKit How-Tos’!

Many businesses both online and brick & mortar connect with their customer and follower base through newsletters.

They’re a great way to share valuable ideas and tips and also keep your followers up-to-date of the goings on with your business.

But, like anything else with our businesses, they can take quite a bit of time to get together. After all, sending out a newsletter requires way more than just simply writing the newsletter copy. Or does it?