Archive | January, 2009

Virtual Assistants…………….The solution to Every Company’s staffing needs

12 Jan

virtual-assistantAre You Tired Of Spending Your Nights and Weekends Working On Administrative Tasks? Maybe You Need an Assistant That Works Nights and Weekends.

Virtual assistants (VA) are one of the fastest growing professions world wide. It is the new “hot” career because it offers independence, flexibility and a vast amount of experience. VA’s are independent contractors who provide administrative support or specialized business services from a distance, through the Internet, fax, telephone, over night mail or another means of communication.

Some Services Offered by a VA are:
• Medical Industry Services – medical transcription or insurance billing
• Real Estate Services
• Legal Administrative Services
• Insurance Industry
• Bookkeeping Services
• Web design, web software and HTML
• Grammar skills and proofreading
• Academic research/typing and editing
• Event and/or meeting planning
• PR, Marketing experience and press release writing
• Graphic design, brochure creation
• Sales, customer service and excellent phone skills

VA’s work from their own offices, use their own equipment and provide support services to businesses, entrepreneurs and busy individuals. Virtual assistants are an outsourcing strategy that can give small business’ large companies or individual the best solutions to their need for help. You select from a qualified individual to a team professional based in any company that want, to match all your criteria.

The cost of hiring a VA

A virtual assistant may charge any where between $ 14.00 and $75.00 per hour, and the great thing with a VA is that you only pay for the hours spent on your task. So you do not have to worry about paying a month’s salary for a few hours of work as you would do with a full time employee.

Where to Find a VA

There are several ways to find a qualified virtual assistant. You can perform a search for “virtual assistant”, “VA” in any search engine, or you can visit Software Programming & Computing Experts, The International Virtual Assistants Association or any virtual assistant directory or company. A VA is one of the best solutions or assets that any company or individual can possess, as they offer excellent services at a very reasonable cost.

Author’s Bio
Francine Byfield is a virtual assistant and marketing specialist.
For further information please visit www.spaceja.com or email us at: support@spaceja.com.

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How can a virtual assistant assist your business? How are other professionals utilizing virtual assistants?

10 Jan

virtual_assistantThe most essential thing that a virtual assistant will do is free you from the everyday, time-consuming tasks that hold you from marketing. As a professional, your time must be spent on the streets or the phones and before of clients, not tucked away in a file cabinet. A virtual assistant can be your marketer, can do follow up calls after postcards or letters have been sent out.

Your assistant could also take your incoming calls for you. Each and every client must be treated as the person that they are. Irrespective of how big or small, they ought to be appointed one admin. This assistant will then be able to get to know your clients and your business, as well as how you like your work to be executed.

A virtual assistant will save you money because you will not need to rent office space or furniture for accommodation as they are independent contractor so you’ll not be required to pay health insurance, vacation time, Social Security, or other taxes and benefits.

A virtual assistant can help you make more money by performing your marketing tasks and other administrative tasks. Virtual assistants are an asset to any business or individual as they will execute the bulk of your work load for less than what you word pay a normal employee.

To contract a virtual assistant please visit: http://www.spaceja.com/Admin-Support.html

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