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.

Virtual Assistants were recently highlighted as tip number two among the top six money-saving small business tips at the Savings.com blog: 6 Money Saving Tips for Small Businesses Go Virtual: As business growth presents new challenges, such as servicing your client base better or performing some other task that is beyond your capabilities, you’re going to need extra help. Hiring virtual assistants is one approach you should seriously consider for two main reasons. The first [...]

From Wikipedia: Virtual assistants utilize today’s technology to deliver their services and communicate with clients by working remotely. A virtual assistant’s core practice consists of administrative or clerical tasks. However, many virtual assistants offer additional specialties that fall under various other categories, such as marketing, website development or maintenance, creative and technical services, etc. In addition, many VA’s have target niches, and those include real estate, coaching, and writers to name a few prominent ones. [...]

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