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What is a Virtual Assistant?

A Virtual Office Assistant is an essential part of your office staff. Virtual Assistants are currently working as:

• Executive Assistants
• Secretaries
• Data Entry Personnel
• Clerks
• Bookkeepers
• Database Managers
• CRM
• Marketing
• Office Managers
• Web Design and Promotion
• Internet Researchers
• Application Development
• Search Engine Optimization Experts
• Network Administration and a multitude of other tasks.

Definition of a Virtual Assistant:

1. A VA is not an employee of your company.
2. VAs are small business owners themselves.
3. VAs are an integral part of your business.
4. VAs pride themselves on becoming a part of your company interested in helping your small business succeed. If you are successful, then your VA is successful.
5. VAs get to know you personally, want to know your customers and assist you in maintaining close contact with your customer base.
6. VAs perform Information Processing, Internet Research, Bill Paying services, Mail and Email services, Event Planning, and assist in making travel arrangements.
7. VAs perform every administrative job you can think of and they will even give you some suggestions about additional services they can perform that never occurred to you.
8. Your VA can organize your calendar, your papers, your life.

Are VAs really qualified to do the job?

Education levels of Virtual Assistants vary but as a general rule they are normally well educated and have a multitude of hard skills. Most have a minimum of five years experience in office services and computer systems and software. They have worked as secretaries, clerks, executive assistants in the past and have not only succeeded but moved to the very top of the field.

Virtual Office Assistants are small business owners and like any other business owner their success is dependant on superior customer service. They work from their home office that is already set up with all the machines they need to perform any task: computer with up-to-date software, printer, FAX, phone, file cabinets. Communication with your VA is accomplished using the latest technologies: internet or cell phone, instant messaging, email, FAX or even snail mail.

To find out if you need a Virtual Assistant, take this quick evaluation.

How much will it cost me to hire a Virtual Assistant?

Go to our Fees page to find out the answer. We have listed on a few of the things we can do, but our published schedule will give you a general idea of what to expect.

From my office to yours

So she can walk and chew gum at the same time--why should we hire her?

That's simple. I improve your bottom line. Virtual assistants do not: