top of page
askchela website featured desk image.png
AskChela Logo - 2022 Berry-Black.png

Your Virtual Assistant
career
questions...

20+ years image.png

answered by a pro with

years in the business

30-DAY VA
SUCCESS MINDSET TRAINING

Understanding why a small business owner would hire you, and recognizing that now is the perfect time to start your VA business. That's the foundation for a true success mindset!

WORKSHOP

How to Work from Home as a
Virtual Assistant

Learn how to transition your administrative and/or creative skill sets into a Virtual Assistant business. This LIVE 3-hour workshop (via Zoom) is a crash course in how to start and market that business, find your ideal clients, and make money in a new career you'll love.

Register

VA Q&A

Thinking of becoming a Virtual Assistant? Need more information in order to decide if it's the right career path for you? Confused about how to get started? Schedule an affordable 45-minute one-on-one session and let's get your specific questions answered.

AuthorSpeaker logo_edited.png

Stopped by to learn more about the services AskChela offers? Click the button below to be whisked away to to our sister site AuthorAndSpeakerServices.com to explore how we can help you on your publishing and professional speaking journey.

purple shirt selfied - BW.png

Chela Hardy is a former Executive Assistant who transitioned into a career as a Virtual Assistant in 2001. Since 2013, she has also shared her industry knowledge with others as a Loudoun County Public Schools Adult Ed instructor teaching the course How to Work From Home As a Virtual Assistant.

 

Through her website AuthorAndSpeakerServices.com, Chela offers virtual assistant services (including full publishing project management and book marketing planning) to authors and speakers around the country. Her client list currently includes Authority Publishing, the Nonfiction Authors Association (NFAA), and Mocha Media Inc. among many others.

Chela is also an award-winning self-published young adult author (writing under a pseudonym), an instructor and mentor for the Author Assistant Academy (by the NFAA), and a member of the International Virtual Assistant Association, the International Association of Administrative Professionals, the Women's National Book Association, and the National Association of Women Business Owners.

Chela lives, writes, sings, and works from home in Northern Virginia.

COMING

JANUARY 2023!

Grow Your Virtual Assistant Business: Kick Self-Doubt to the Curb

GYVA Biz mock-00621.png

GRAB THE FREE

E-COURSE

10 Days to Being a More Confident Virtual Assistant

report cluster_transparent.png

FREE REPORT

Five Reasons to Start Your Own Virtual Assistant Business Right Now

CHATS WITH CHELA

On Having a MentorChela Hardy
00:00 / 00:56

SNIPPET: Business Stories of Success - Episode 54 - Chela Hardy - AskChela

On Defining Success and Taking a Daily NapChela Hardy
00:00 / 01:53

SNIPPET: Business Stories of Success - Episode 54 - Chela Hardy - AskChela

Intentional NetworkingChela Hardy
00:00 / 01:04

FULL INTERVIEW: 808 Podcast - Episode 564 - Chela Hardy - AskChela

Get in Touch

Thanks for submitting!

bottom of page