Work at Home Moms have a new resource to help promote their businesses on the #wahmwednesday chat on Twitter. WAHM’s are invited to promote their business and then add the hash tag #wahmwednesday at the end of the tweet. There is also a discussion every Wednesday at 9 a.m. Pacific Time. Details are at WAHMWednesday.com.

Many stay at home moms (sahm) and work at home moms (wahm) are looking for ways to make extra money. One job title that comes up over and over again is virtual assistant. If you have a computer with high speed internet access and are good at multitasking, this might be a good job for you.

Virtual assistants primarily do administrative assistant work from home. They might proof read, respond to email for their client, ghost blog, do data entry, or any other computer work that is negotiated with their client. Some virtual assistants do website updates or accounting if they have the background. Some make phone calls. It just depends on what the job requires.

Often we see people advertising their services on Twitter as a way to let people know what they do, or posting on free message board services like Craig’s List. There are also actual job listings for virtual assistants, like this one:

If you’re reading this and are a virtual assistant, why not add to the comments section and let our readers know what you do and how you got started?