Description

Many small business owners, Virtual Assistants (“VA”) included, are first-time entrepreneurs, and sometimes, they forget to treat client relationships as formal business transactions, which require a client contract to put you in the driver’s seat. 

No matter what industry you’re in, your client contract should always be written specifically for your small business.

Why?

When written by a professional expert, your contract can be written to allow you great latitude and discretion when completing your work as well as protect you from liability.

A Virtual Assistant Contract allows you, the VA, to determine things like:

• the minimum or maximum amount of hours worked for a client each month;
• The scope of the VA’s assignments and work load;
• When the VA is available to discuss items with the Client AND how she prefers to communicate; and 
• Client expectations and VA obligations

If you don’t have a professionally drafted contract, you’ll have repeated issues with Clients, especially when it comes to being paid on time and client conduct.