--- title: 'Remote Secretary: The Profession That Makes You Money at Home' source: 'https://youtube.com/watch?v=NrNELAiHZpM' video_id: 'NrNELAiHZpM' date: 2026-07-24 duration_sec: 626 channel: 'Fran Lima' --- # Remote Secretary: The Profession That Makes You Money at Home > Source: [Remote Secretary: The Profession That Makes You Money at Home](https://youtube.com/watch?v=NrNELAiHZpM) ## Summary This video explains the remote secretary profession, a business idea that can be run from home. The speaker defines a remote secretary as someone who handles scheduling, organization, and administrative tasks for self-employed professionals, using examples like chiropractors, nutritionists, dentists, and beauty professionals. The video covers how to get started, target clients, and necessary skills. ### Key Points - **Introduction to Remote Secretary** [00:01] — The video introduces the concept of a remote secretary as a home-based business, emphasizing that every detail is important and not filler. - **Definition of Remote Secretary** [00:28] — A remote secretary is responsible for organizing schedules and administrative tasks for self-employed professionals, such as chiropractors, nutritionists, and dentists. - **Target Audience** [02:41] — The target audience includes professionals like lawyers, nutritionists, personal trainers, beauty professionals, and dentists who need help managing their schedules. - **Prospecting Clients** [03:08] — Prospecting involves actively reaching out to potential clients, introducing yourself, and offering your services. Make a list of professionals who might need a remote secretary. - **Required Skills** [04:23] — Key skills include being organized, proactive, and having good communication and writing abilities. Good Portuguese and interpersonal skills are essential. - **Referrals** [05:31] — Referrals are a common way to get clients. After securing one or two clients, ask them to refer you to others who need similar services. - **Importance of Training** [05:59] — Taking a course beforehand is recommended to learn the profession properly and stand out in the market. Avoid approaching clients with desperation; instead, highlight how you can improve their productivity and earnings. - **Tools and Pricing** [07:36] — Basic tools include Excel, Google Calendar, Trello, Google Meet, and WhatsApp Business. Pricing can be hourly, monthly package, or on-demand. Beginners can charge between R$3,000 and R$3,000 per client. - **Finding Clients** [09:53] — Use Instagram, LinkedIn, or direct prospecting. For example, send proposals to 10 people daily for 30 days to likely get at least one client. ### Conclusion The remote secretary profession offers flexibility and income potential for those who are organized and proactive. With proper training and consistent client outreach, it can be a viable home-based business. ## Transcript business idea that can be run from the comfort of your home, but also explain everything you need to know about the remote secretary profession. So, pay attention to every detail in this video, because not a single second is filler; everything here is very important. So, leave your like, subscribe to the channel because we're rebuilding this channel from the ashes, and let's get started with the content. Let's go. Recently on the neighboring network, if you don't follow me @franlima. And on all social media platforms I talked about it, you know, I gave the idea of remote work as a secretary. What is a remote secretary? In that particular piece of content I created on Instagram, I even mentioned that this is a person who will be responsible for all the organization, the schedule, and the administrative aspects of a self- employed professional. So, for example, the chiropractor I go to today, who's the professional who works on the spine, you know? You know it makes those crackling noises. Anyway, I was having a lot of back pain, so I went and started treatment with him, and I noticed that every time I went to schedule an appointment, I would say, I think the woman's name was Rosana, I'm not Rosana. I was talking to Rosana, I'd arrive, but Rosana wasn't there. The next day, the same thing happened . I did, I don't know, 10 sessions and it's never there. Until I realized it's a virtual assistant, she's not actually there. My nutritionist is the same way. I make an appointment with him, I get there, and there's not a single person there, just him. But usually, the person who attends to me—because, well, my nutritionist—has a schedule that in my life. He answers them one on top of the other. Whenever you arrive there, there are still people there, and even after you leave, there are still people waiting. So he would never have time to be making those appointments. Another example: I have a friend who is a dentist, and it's the same thing. She hired the girl, the girl works at her house, schedules the hours, does the her house, schedules the hours, does the organizational part there, but doesn't stay doctor's office, right? But anyway. And the last example, the girl who does my eyebrows, so you can see that all areas, all professionals need this kind of person. The woman who does my eyebrows owns a salon, and she So, for example, it's as if the salon were here. I have my own room where I were here. I have my own room where I work, and I sometimes let a manicurist use it, or someone else who does, I don't know, eyelash extensions, and if I'm not mistaken, there's two hairdressers, if I'm not mistaken, but anyway. And then this professional will manage the salon's schedule . Then everyone there can split the cost and pay one person to organize everything for them. And that's exactly how remote assistance works. So now that you understand what this profession is, let's delve into how you can get started. First, we need to define who our target audience is. In other words, if I've just given you several examples of professionals who need this, who have this demand, you need to understand that these are the people you need to connect with in some way. You can actively prospect for clients. What is prospecting? It's when you go after the client, you go there, knock on the person's door and say: "Hi, so-and-so, my name is this, that, and this. I do such and such that, and the other. Are you interested in us scheduling a chat, having coffee?" So you'll make a list of people who might be interested: people who might be interested: lawyers, nutritionists, personal trainers, beauty professionals, any area, it could be aesthetics, it could be. Sometimes even some dermatologists have done this, it could be dentists, especially the beginners, sometimes they don't always have the means to hire someone to be there permanently, because for those who don't know, the cost of maintaining a permanent employee there working all day is high. So, if the person is starting out or if the person doesn't have enough demand for someone to be there all day, it's more worthwhile for them to pay a freelancer, who will be a service provider, and this provider will do this remotely for them, serving them via WhatsApp. And just as you serve person number one, you can serve person number two, person number three. Nothing It prevents you from having multiple clients at the same time. It's like a cleaning lady, for example; the cleaning lady who cleans my house isn't the one she goes to every day. She goes to my house today, tomorrow she goes to someone else's, and then to another. She doesn't have a fixed contract, but in this case, obviously, you'll have the obligation to fulfill that person's schedule. So, you need certain skills. You need to be an organized, proactive person who communicates well and writes well. You'll be writing a lot. So, it's no use being writes for me to do it. You have to have good Portuguese, you have to have good communication skills, know how to talk to people. This will be a differentiator for you to present to these potential clients. First of all, I want to talk to you who are looking for ways to boost your finances with the internet. I recorded three exclusive free classes, showing you step by step how to start your business here on the internet and have financial results without miraculous promises, without being a " tiger" (a Brazilian slang term for a cheap trick or scam), a game, nothing like that. It's real work for those who have willpower and... Want to make it happen? So, if you want to access these three classes, click the link in the description. You'll go straight to my WhatsApp. Just leave a "hi" there, and while I'm not there, you can come back here and continue watching the video. So hurry up, leave a "hi," just click the link in the description. The second way to get clients is through referrals. So that's usually the most common method, right? After you get one or two clients, you tell those same anyone who needs this, I have space in my schedule, or sometimes I don't have any clients yet," and spread the word. Those who don't talk about themselves achieve working with this now. If anyone needs me, I have this skill and that skill; I can do this, I can do that. Third very important tip: if possible, take a course beforehand to learn the profession itself, because it seems like the simplest thing in the world. Oh, I just need to schedule the appointments here and that's it. But the thing is, the market will always be saturated with people who do shoddy work. Therefore, no market ever becomes saturated. I disagree with this idea that market X is saturated, or market Y is saturated. No, it hasn't reached its saturation point. It's because you not to know how to do it right. For example, if I were a secretary, would I know how to do it, would I know the exact routine? Maybe not. Why? Because I've never worked worked, I've already been a dentist's secretary , so you have an idea. But it life, because I hated it. I had to hold the syringe to suck blood from people's mouths. Well, that's a completely irrelevant addition, isn't it? So, if you can, nowadays there are very accessible good courses, there are even free courses that you can take to learn a little more, develop yourself, and then when you present yourself to a professional, you will already have a little more repertoire, because we know when the person is bad, approaching people. Young man, for God's sake , I really need money, hire me, I'll do anything. That's a terrible way to approach it, because good it's going to be for you. A good way. My name is such and such, I do such and such. I'll help you with this, this, this. I will improve your time, your productivity, and consequently you will earn more. And that's why I deserve to be hired. The approach is different. So you'll be answering WhatsApp messages, scheduling meetings, booking appointments, and preparing quotes. Often you'll need to fill out know how to do. You can take a free Excel course there, even a basic one. In some cases, if it's a person who needs to travel and so on, you'll sometimes have to issue a ticket, research prices, and a beginner might charge between R$3,000 and R$3,000 per client. You can serve more than one customer at the same time. If that's the case, I suggest you look for clients who are in the same field. So, for example, if I want to work with lawyers, there will be things specific to the legal world that I will need to know. So it's best if I only ever meet with become much better at it. If I become really good, I can charge a little more for my work. Typically, the secretary charges in three different ways. Either she charges by the hour, so, for example, if I work 4 hours a day, my hourly rate is X, or she charges for a monthly package, like 1.00 per month, or even on demand. This is the one I like the least, let's say, because it's very chasing after clients. Sometimes a person wants something today, but doesn't want it anymore tomorrow. But it's a way to gain some experience. Sometimes it's worth making that initial sacrifice to gain that experience, to know how an administrative routine works, what the you won't know, and so on. Generally, you'll be doing the work with your own computer and materials because you're a service provider. So it's different from a person who is hired under the CLT (Brazilian labor law). Under the CLT (Brazilian labor law), you have a registered work card , everything is in order, you go to the workplace, and everything is already there. The service provider, he is a self-employed worker, he has to take care of his own work and materials. So, since you'll sometimes be serving more than one client, it's only fair that you use your computer or your cell phone. So, there are even companies that could provide this to you, but they usually don't. So, if you know the basics of Excel, Google Calendar, sometimes Trello can also be very helpful in this organization, Google Meet, which is quite important, or WhatsApp Business. Just knowing this basic information is enough for you to get started. You can find clients directly on Instagram, LinkedIn, or prospect companies daily. I chose the beauty industry. I'm going to select 10 people I know who work in the beauty industry and send them the proposal every day, whether through WhatsApp, email, or whatever . If you send it to 10 people every single day for 30 days, you'll probably get at least one customer . If you can't get any, it's because your text is really bad. Then it. So, this is a profession you can develop into, and it's a good idea for those who want to work from home and have a little more flexibility, but without little more flexibility, but without giving up their income.