Ask any established virtual assistant, or an entrepreneur or business owner who has experience working with a virtual assistant, what a virtual assistant is and does and they’ll likely rattle off a litany of positive attributes, stellar services, and anecdotes of VAs saving the day. While business administration is the cornerstone of any virtual assistant practice and most VAs will provide the requisite services such as data entry, contacts management, editing, documents management, and more [...]

It’s true in many different ways that working with a virtual assistant will prove to be a worthwhile investment in your business. The cost of a professional virtual assistant’s services will ultimately be recouped via saved time as you delegate more and more tasks to your virtual assistant and decreased levels of stress as your virtual assistant is able to handle tasks that would otherwise bog down your own daily productivity. It’s not enough to [...]

Imagine how many more clients you could connect with, how many more billable hours you could clock, or how great it would feel to have more time for your family, friends and for yourself! With a virtual assistant handling the day-to-day administrative tasks associated with running and growing your business, you’ll find that you have more hours in the day, and more time to do the things you really want to be doing. The following [...]

Virtual assistants can function as much more than virtual administrative professionals. On some level, they serve as virtual business partners – truly invested in the success of your business. After all, when your business grows and thrives, so, in turn, will theirs. This article discusses the virtual assistant / client relationship as well as provides more detailed information about how to make the most of working with a virtual assistant: A VA will have extensive [...]

With the increasing amount of virtual assistant information online, the trend to outsource to virtual assistants continues to increase as well. This article, via the INC. Well Blog, explains some of the benefits of working with a virtual assistant: Virtual assistants mean a business owner doesn’t need to provide office equipment, overhead or benefits- and if you take a vacation or business is slow, they take a break too. Read the entire article here.

There are many reasons small business owners and busy executives will hire a virtual assistant. Click below to watch a video explaining the top five reasons you should hire a virtual assistant:

From El Paso, Inc. via the New York Times, comes an article detailing the myriad ways in which small business owners can beef up and streamline their business processes, including relying on virtual assistants. Many solo entrepreneurs rely on virtual assistants — temporary help hired as needed — who work remotely, usually from their homes. They can handle tasks like research, data entry and e-mail replies. Garland uses virtual assistants about 40 hours a month. [...]