You finally did it. You have been mulling it over forever and you finally took that leap of faith and got a virtual assistant. You realize the value and potential value of virtual assistants but you just aren’t sure where to begin with one. Well think of it like this, what would you do if you hired an on-site employee? How would you start with them? Chances are you have a task list a mile [...]

Via the Metropolitan Organizing Blog, Tess Strand on offshore outsourcing versus working with a ‘local’ virtual assistant: When should a business owner choose an offshore virtual assistant over a local one? The truth is that any business owner going offshore for virtual support is doing so because of cost alone. With that said, if a business owner finds an offshore virtual assistant with an excellent command of the English language who delivers not only tasks [...]

The Smart Business Owner’s Guide to Virtual Assistance is available via Amazon for Kindle or PDF eBook. This 48 page guide to successful outsourcing will teach you: Why a VA is not an employee (and how this benefits you!) The best places to find a virtual assistant online. How to maximize your RFP (Request for Proposal) submissions so you get the best responses from the best VAs for your project – every time. The ten [...]

This is the third installment in the Top 5 Things You Wanted to Know About a Virtual Assistant series. If you have followed our series; you should understand the definition of a virtual assistant and that he or she does not qualify as your employee. This post will address the benefits of outsourcing to a virtual assistant. Whether you are a start-up business or established firm with a sudden increase in clients; a virtual assistant can help. [...]

You’ve heard about virtual assistants and have been wondering if hiring a VA would be right for you. As a matter of fact, one of your colleagues has been noticeably more relaxed and has even started bragging about his golf game again since working with his VA. You’d like to know more about working with a virtual assistant but have been holding back because you’re not sure how to get started or maybe you’re thinking [...]

Use the handy calculator below to help determine the cost of working with a professional virtual assistant, versus hiring an in-house employee. Note that with a virtual assistant you avoid the costs associated with an employee such as: insurance, paid vacation or sick time, overtime, paid down time, non-productive work hours, employee-related taxes, and more.