How does a virtual assistant leverage Google Forms in order to get paid—and to help her clients make more money? The UK-based virtual assistant company Time Well Spent has been talking about the ways that the Payable add-on can be used by virtual assistants and other side hustlers to both streamline their own billing and start-up processes but also to help clients at the same time!
We’ve talked about how coaches can use Payable and a Google Form to take client information and set up billing—the same is true for virtual assistants, whether you’re planning on doing small-scale one-off projects for clients or setting up more subscription-based billing for a certain number of hours per month. No matter what your fee schedule looks like—whether it’s work-based, per project, or hourly, you can be organized and getting paid in 10 minutes. And with a Google Form taking client input, you can easily have clients submit files they need you to work on, information about the scope of work they’re asking for, and any other information you need to get started.
Then, there’s the at-work benefit of using something free like Google Forms when setting things up for clients. Virtual assistants are often tasked with doing mundane tasks like setting up simple e-commerce shops, fundraiser forms, or even helping busy people with less-business oriented tasks like Girl Guide cookie sales or basketball team sign ups for their kids. Often, it can be tricky to figure out how to collect information and process payments without subscribing to a service or losing 10 or more percent of profits to a site that charges a hefty service fee. With Payable, there aren’t any subscription charges when you’re adding it to a Google Form.
Payable only makes money if you do: With no upfront or ongoing subscription charges, Payable Apps use a per successful transaction pricing model, that for most small sellers works out to be a much more economical option.
Like us, the Time Well Spent virtual assistants are also big fans of free software like Canva that allows you to create great customized headers (and even do mockups of things like tshirts and mugs!). The more time and money you can save yourself as a virtual assistant, the more overall profit you’ll make. And if you can save your clients money in the process, well, that’s just a bonus that can lead to repeat business and great reviews for you.
You can read the blog from Time Well Spent to get more ideas right here!