Get the Virtual Assistant Information You Need

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• Erin Smith June 14, 2011 at 6:50 pm

  Many of the companies are hiring virtual assistants who work from home. The reason is that they can be accessed any time and they work for you round the clock. Thanks for the post. Keep blogging.

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• Virtual Assistant Information June 14, 2011 at 7:06 pm

  Hi Erin, thanks for your comment but we strongly disagree with the concept of virtual assistants that you’re promoting.

  Professional virtual assistants work from their own home offices and run their own businesses, with the exception of a very few who’ve found it more productive to work in a rented office space (either shared or private) outside the home. They are not working from a ‘call center’ nor do they work ’round the clock’.

  Promoting the idea that virtual assistants are working 24 hours a day does not help clients and potential clients better understand how professional VAs operate.

  Having looked at your site it’s pretty clear you’re running a ‘VA factory’ and are likely offshoring client requests (how else could clients get 30 hours a month for $300?) Attempting to associate what you do with what our market does serves to denigrate the professional virtual assistant industry as a whole. This concept of ‘cheaper/faster’ doesn’t serve the clients who are truly looking to partner with a professional, skilled service provider. More often than not cheaper and faster actually costs the client more money when poorly completed work has to be corrected or started again from scratch.

  Let’s be clear on this: professional virtual assistants are independent contractors, NOT employees – and they don’t work for $10 an hour, nor do they work ’round the clock’.

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• Tina Pierce January 5, 2012 at 7:39 am

  Great post! Keep it up!

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  • Virtual Assistant Information January 10, 2012 at 5:43 pm

    Thanks for your feedback Tina, appreciate it!

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