Available now! The Smart Business Owner’s Guide to Virtual Assistance How to Find, Hire, and Work with a Professional Virtual Assistant This 48 page eBook 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 [...]

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 if she qualifies as your employee. This post will address the benefits of working with a VA. Whether you are a start-up business or established firm with a sudden increase in clients; a virtual assistant can help. In either scenario, (and many [...]

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 [...]

Search one of the many online article directories for the keyword ‘virtual assistant’ and you’ll be inundated by choices. Some of the articles in your search results will have been authored by professional virtual assistants who are truly partners and party to the success of their clients; sincerely invested in the businesses they support. The articles submitted by these VAs will be well-written, concise, informative, and generally presented with correct spelling and grammar. These are [...]

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.