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Upgrade Your Skills! 6 Online Work Skills to Learn While Youโ€™re on Lockdown

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Upgrade skills during lockdown

Whether youโ€™ve just lost your job, had your hours cut back or you work from home, you probably have a lot more time now that your country or city has gone into lockdown. 

While it sucks that you canโ€™t go outside, it does mean that you now have time to focus on a project you always postpone, learn that skill youโ€™ve always wanted to know or take that course you bought a year ago.

The best thing you can do for yourself during this time is invest in yourself!

And itโ€™s totally fine if you donโ€™t always feel like self-improvement right now. Weโ€™re all going through a hard time, and we all have to find a way to deal with this.  

But when you get a creative moment or an urge to be productive, USE IT! Jump on that feeling and elevate your skills. Itโ€™s going to help you feel more productive and might make you feel better overall. It will definitely help you in the long run.

There are a ton of skills you can learn or practice while youโ€™re stuck at home. The internet is full of amazing masterclasses, virtual summits and courses to help you improve your skillset.

First things first: Figure out What You Want to Do and Why

The best way to decide what skill you want to learn, is to figure out why you want to learn it.

  • Are you trying to uplevel your professional skills so youโ€™ll be able to charge more in the future?
  • Do you want to change careers?
  • Do you want to learn a fun skill for a new hobby?ย 

Itโ€™s really important to figure out your WHY before you figure out your WHAT.

This will not only help you find the best resource for the skill you want to learn, it will also help you determine if youโ€™re willing to spend money on it.ย 

If youโ€™re trying to learn how to knit, youโ€™re probably good watching some YouTube tutorials and getting to work. There are a ton of free resources out there for easy and fun skills, so if you are trying to get into a new hobby, thatโ€™s probably your best bet. 

If you want to change careers or uplevel your skills, itโ€™s a bit more important to vet the resources you want to use. There are a lot of cheap or free resources on the internet, but make sure you research who made them and read their testimonials.

It would be a shame if you ended up putting time or money into a course that doesnโ€™t deliver what it promised. 

So letโ€™s look at some of the most useful professional online skills you should consider learning while youโ€™re on lockdown. 

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1. Content Repurposing

The one skill that every business owner loves is content repurposing (even if some donโ€™t know it yet). As a business owner, itโ€™s a struggle to create new content all the time. And trust us, they donโ€™t have to! 

That last blog post was great, all the research is there, so reuse it! It can be repurposed into social media posts, a newsletter, a podcast or a YouTube video.

Not sure how or why that works?

Some people love to read, others love to listen or watch. Reusing the same content on different platforms just helps business owners reach a bigger audience.

And you have to promote it somehow, so why not repurpose some of those main points into social media posts to draw attention. 

Once you’ve mastered this, you can pitch this skill to business owners and blow their mind. Youโ€™ll save them so much time, not only by taking over the task, but also by giving them tons and tons of content without spending hours coming up with new ideas. 

2. Pinterest Management

Youโ€™ve probably used Pinterest in your personal life. Maybe you gathered travel inspiration, used it to decorate your house or gather recipes in one place. 

But did you know that Pinterest is a great tool for business as well?

Pinterest is an amazing way to drive traffic to a website. It’s a great tool for bloggers and online shops.

And guess what? A lot of bloggers are still lacking in their Pinterest game, so learning how to use Pinterest for business is a super marketable skill!

Tailwind has some great free resources on their website. But if youโ€™re serious about working as a Pinterest manager, we highly recommend taking a Pinterest course. Thereโ€™s a lot of techniques and information that you need to learn before you can become truly successful. 

If pinning for a living sounds fun to you, we have a great introduction on how to work online as a Pinterest manager in our free Work From Anywhere Virtual Summit from our favorite Pinterest guru. It will help you decide if this is for you! 

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3. Social Media Support

You probably know how to use your own social media, but managing social media as a business owner is a whole different animal. You need to put out valuable content regularly and engage with your audience consistently, all while running your business.

For a lot of business owners, social media management is one of the first things they outsource. Some just want someone to spend 15 minutes per day responding to DMs and comments, others want someone to take over the whole thing including content creation. 

If you know how to rock the social media game, youโ€™ll have businesses knocking down your door for help. Social media management is a very valuable skill to have! 

There are ton of social media management courses out there, so itโ€™s important to research your sources when you start to learn! Thereโ€™s a great seminar on how to work online as a social media manager included in our free Virtual Summit as well, so feel free to watch it and use the info in your search! 

4. SEO 

SEO stands for Search Engine Optimization. Say what? When you search for something on Google, what you’re typing into the search box are called keywords. Google ranks websites based on the keywords they are using to show you the best matching results. 

Websites and blogs want to rank high in these searches, so they need to use the keywords their ideal audience searches for in their writing. If done correctly, the website will appear in the top search results and will be the most visible.  

This is not an easy task for most business owners. SEO is a complicated game, so if you can learn some great SEO skills, youโ€™ll be golden! Especially if you want to work with bloggers, want to ghostwrite for businesses or want to develop websites, this is a very valuable skill to have.

MOZ is one of the leading SEO platforms and has some very good SEO courses on their website.

Normally these are paid, but they are offering their trainings free of charge due to the pandemic until the 31st of May. This is an amazing opportunity to learn from SEO experts!

5. Video or Podcast Editing

Now that everybody is moving online, more and more people are starting podcasts and doing videos. Editing either is not an easy task if youโ€™re not used to it, so weโ€™re seeing this is outsourced a lot these days. 

If you enjoy being a bit techy, this could be a perfect skill to learn! It definitely takes a bit of practice, but itโ€™s a super practical skill to have.

There is a great webinar from a video editor and a video from a podcast manager included in the Work From Anywhere Virtual Summit, so if either of these appeal to you, you can learn more about how to get started there!

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6. There Is so Much More to Learn!

You have the time, so when you find the motivation, go for it! You donโ€™t HAVE to learn a marketable skill, you can also go for a self-improvement course or something else that sounds fun to you!

Here is a list of some online course platforms that are currently offering discounts or free trials you can look into as well!ย 

  1. Udemy has opened up a free learning center with great resources. Most of their other courses are super affordable as well, so make sure you look around.
  2. Coursera is offering a bunch of free courses.
  3. Skillshare is offering the first 2 months of membership for free

Upgrade Your Skills!

There are SO MANY more skills and careers that you can consider, we just canโ€™t list them all here.

Luckily, we thought ahead and put together the free Work From Anywhere Virtual Summit where you can hear from experts in different online work careers. They share how they got where they are now and what you can do to get started yourself.ย 

So if you feel that motivation coming on, jump on it and learn that new skill! Our Virtual Summit can be super helpful to decide what you want to learn, but if you already know, then go for it!

We want you to be successful and come out of this lockdown with exactly the right skills for your next steps forward. But remember, there is no right or wrong way to deal with this situation. So if you’re not in the mood, that’s fine too. These resources will still be here when you’re ready for it!

Weโ€™re excited to see what you decide! 


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Katinka van den Berg is a virtual assistant here to help businesses create a consistent online presence based on providing value to their customers. When sheโ€™s not assisting environmentally conscious businesses with their content creation and social media management needs, she loves to travel and explore new cultures.

Sheโ€™s a content intern for Virtual Assistant Internship and a member of 90 Day VA and assists with everything from content creation and repurposing to social media and blog management. To see all the services she offers and how she can help you, check out her Facebook page here.


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I get this question ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿผ all ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿผ the ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿผ time.

And I know it can be confusing ๐Ÿ˜ซ to try and figure out which ones are the best for your needs and if theyโ€™ll do what they promise to do for you. ๐Ÿคž๐Ÿผ๐Ÿคž๐Ÿผ

This is why I'm throwing it back to an older podcast episode ๐ŸŽง filled with little nuggets ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ”ฅ that will help you to decide.

I cover:

โšก How to determine if you will actually land jobs
๐Ÿค” Whether you'll start working in a few weeks or a few years
๐Ÿค‘ If the course is going to hold you accountable 

and more! ๐Ÿคฉ

๐Ÿ‘†๐Ÿผ Click my picture on my profile to go to my stories for the link to this episode!

๐ŸŽง Or you can just search โ€œHelp Me Work Online, Estherโ€ on Spotify or Apple podcasts to tune in to 5 Important Questions to Help You Decide Whether to Invest in an Online Course!
๐‘ฐ๐’‡ ๐’š๐’๐’–'๐’“๐’† ๐’˜๐’๐’“๐’“๐’Š๐’†๐’… ๐’•๐’‰๐’‚๐’• ๐’š๐’๐’– ๐’„๐’‚๐’'๐’• ๐’Ž๐’‚๐’Œ๐’† ๐’š๐’๐’–๐’“ ๐’˜๐’๐’“๐’Œ ๐’‡๐’“๐’๐’Ž ๐’‰๐’๐’Ž๐’† ๐’…๐’“๐’†๐’‚๐’Ž ๐’‚ ๐’“๐’†๐’‚๐’๐’Š๐’•๐’š, ๐Ÿ“ฃ ๐’‰๐’†๐’“๐’†'๐’” ๐’‚ ๐’๐’Š๐’•๐’•๐’๐’† ๐’”๐’๐’Ž๐’†๐’•๐’‰๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’•๐’‰๐’‚๐’• ๐’Ž๐’‚๐’š ๐’„๐’‰๐’‚๐’๐’ˆ๐’† ๐’š๐’๐’–๐’“ ๐’Ž๐’Š๐’๐’…. ๐Ÿ“ฃ

These are โœจ 13 average salaries โœจ for 13 different jobs you could do TODAY! ๐Ÿ”ฅ

๐Ÿ“Œ Virtual Assistant: $39,617
๐Ÿ“Œ Business Development Manager: $71,968
๐Ÿ“Œ Copywriter: $50,570
๐Ÿ“Œ Curriculum Designer: $61,389
๐Ÿ“Œ Customer Support Specialist: $41,382
๐Ÿ“Œ Front-End Developer: $71,145
๐Ÿ“Œ Marketing Manager: $64,500
๐Ÿ“Œ Online ESL Teacher: $43,878
๐Ÿ“Œ Product Manager: $82,916
๐Ÿ“Œ Recruiter: $49,544
๐Ÿ“Œ Social Media Manager: $49,881
๐Ÿ“Œ Translator: $47,974
๐Ÿ“Œ Web Designer: $49,649

๐Ÿคฉ ...And these are only SOME of the jobs that are out there, guys!

There are so many opportunities for you to live your dream โ˜๏ธ๐ŸŒˆ and work from home. ๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿผโ€๐Ÿ’ป Sometimes it just takes a little investigation, ๐Ÿ•ต๐Ÿผโ€โ™€๏ธ but it's out there! ๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿผ

You can do this! ๐Ÿ†๐Ÿฅ‡๐Ÿ‘‘๐Ÿคฉ You CAN be successful. 

The skyโ€™s the limit! โ˜๏ธโ˜๏ธโ˜€๏ธโ˜€๏ธ

If you donโ€™t know where to start, my signature course, @_90dayva , has everything you need to get started as a Virtual Assistant. ๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿฝโ€๐Ÿ’ป๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿปโ€๐Ÿ’ป๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿผโ€๐Ÿ’ป๐Ÿง‘๐Ÿพโ€๐Ÿ’ป

๐Ÿ“ฃ Doors open for enrollment on May 1st. ๐Ÿ“ฃ But if you join the waitlist, you can enroll early. ๐Ÿ˜‰ 

The link is in my bio. ๐Ÿ”—๐Ÿ‘†๐Ÿผ
๐”…๐”ข๐”ฆ๐”ซ๐”ค ๐”ž ๐”ฐ๐”ฒ๐” ๐” ๐”ข๐”ฐ ๐”…๐”ข๐”ฆ๐”ซ๐”ค ๐”ž ๐”ฐ๐”ฒ๐” ๐” ๐”ข๐”ฐ๐”ฐ๐”ฃ๐”ฒ๐”ฉ ๐”ณ๐”ฆ๐”ฏ๐”ฑ๐”ฒ๐”ž๐”ฉ ๐”ž๐”ฐ๐”ฐ๐”ฆ๐”ฐ๐”ฑ๐”ž๐”ซ๐”ฑ ๐”ฆ๐”ซ๐”ณ๐”ฌ๐”ฉ๐”ณ๐”ข๐”ฐ ๐”ช๐”ฌ๐”ฏ๐”ข ๐”ฑ๐”ฅ๐”ž๐”ซ ๐”ง๐”ฒ๐”ฐ๐”ฑ ๐”ฅ๐”ž๐”ณ๐”ฆ๐”ซ๐”ค ๐”ž ๐”ค๐”ฌ๐”ฌ๐”ก ๐”ฅ๐”ฒ๐”ฐ๐”ฑ๐”ฉ๐”ข ๐”ž๐”ซ๐”ก ๐”ฐ๐”ฑ๐”ฏ๐”ฌ๐”ซ๐”ค ๐”ฐ๐”จ๐”ฆ๐”ฉ๐”ฉ ๐”ฐ๐”ข๐”ฑ. ๐Ÿ’ช๐Ÿผ๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿผโ€๐Ÿ’ป

๐Ÿ”ฅ You can step up your virtual assistant game by growing your network, โœจ getting organized, and ๐ŸŒˆ pushing your creativity with different free online tools... ๐Ÿ’ป  but the most helpful one is...

๐Ÿ’ฅ FACEBOOK GROUPS ๐Ÿ’ฅ

Facebook groups are a virtual assistantโ€™s lifeline. ๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿผ

If you are seeking:

โœ”๏ธ Work
โœ”๏ธ Advice
โœ”๏ธ Fellow virtual assistants
โœ”๏ธ Skill trades

โ€ฆthereโ€™s a group for that. ๐Ÿ˜Œ

This powerful tool allows you to network with fellow virtual assistants and potential clients. ๐Ÿค

Did you know I have my own Facebook group with over 19,000 supportive and hustling virtual assistants? 

I share industry advice and post legit online jobs. You can check it out here ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿผ

๐Ÿ”— facebook.com/groups/virtualassistantinternship
๐‘ซ๐’ ๐’š๐’๐’– ๐’†๐’—๐’†๐’“ ๐’ˆ๐’†๐’• ๐’‚ ๐’ˆ๐’–๐’• ๐’‡๐’†๐’†๐’๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’•๐’‰๐’‚๐’• ๐’‚ ๐’‹๐’๐’ƒ ๐’๐’‡๐’‡๐’†๐’“ ๐’Š๐’” ๐’•๐’๐’ ๐’ˆ๐’๐’๐’… ๐’•๐’ ๐’ƒ๐’† ๐’•๐’“๐’–๐’†? ๐Ÿ˜ณ

Internet scams are widespread and can be an easy trap for people looking for online jobs. ๐ŸŒ๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿผโ€๐Ÿ’ป

Unfortunately, it can be difficult to tell if someone is trying to scam you for your personal information. ๐Ÿค”๐Ÿค”

This is why I'm bringing back a fan-favorite podcast episode ๐ŸŽ™๏ธ๐ŸŽง about how to spot an online scam. ๐Ÿ•ต๐Ÿผโ€โ™€๏ธ

I cover...

๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿผ How to identify an online job scam
๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿผ Jobs that aren't scams but you should still avoid
๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿผ Real remote job boards that won't scam you

๐Ÿ‘†๐Ÿผ Click my picture on my profile to go to my stories for the link to this episode!

๐ŸŽง Or you can just search โ€œHelp Me Work Online, Estherโ€ on Spotify or Apple podcasts to tune in to Watch Out! Spot an Online Job Scam From a Mile Away!
๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ข๐Ÿ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ก๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฅ? ๐Ÿก

What if when your husband deployed or your family had to PCS you weren't scrambling? โœˆ๏ธ

What if when your kids got sick you didn't have to stress? ๐Ÿ‘ฆ๐Ÿผ๐Ÿ‘ง๐Ÿป๐Ÿง’๐Ÿฝ๐Ÿ‘ฆ๐Ÿพ

When those tickets to the Bahamas went on sale you could just GO FOR IT? ๐Ÿ–๏ธโ˜€๏ธ๐Ÿ•ถ๏ธ

๐Ÿ“ฃ This stuff isn't impossible and it can happen to you. ๐Ÿ“ฃ 

A bunch of us have already been doing it for years. ๐Ÿ’ป  We work online and get paid by the hour or project. ๐Ÿ’ต  We set our own hours and do what we need to do when we want. ๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿผ

In 90 Day VA, I teach you everything you need to know about starting your own business as a Virtual Assistant. ๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿผโ€๐Ÿ’ป๐Ÿ‘จ๐Ÿปโ€๐Ÿ’ป๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿฝโ€๐Ÿ’ป

๐ŸŒŸ I believe that you can live your dream life if you want to! ๐ŸŒŸ

If you're worried that this could be scam or you're not sure if you could actually make this happen ๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿผ Check out my free workshop and decide from there. 

Link is in my bio ๐Ÿ”—
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