Archive for March, 2009

It’s only going to get bigger and better!  The current trend in business outsourcing means that the role of virtual assistants will become more significant in the future.  As technology develops and business need grows, a virtual assistant may soon become a vital part of every successful business.

The virtual assistant industry continues to grow by leaps and bounds.  The many small business owners and entrepreneurs of today’s business world have found virtual assistants to be an invaluable resource.  Virtual assistants have come a long way from being “work at home” secretaries.  

They can be writers, proofreaders, editors, database creators, researchers, marketers, web designers … The list of possibilities is as diverse as the people who enter the VA industry.  Business people are realizing they no longer have to do everything on their own and are hiring virtual assistants to take care of tasks they no longer have time for, or that they don’t enjoy doing.

The history of virtual assistants, as they are defined today, is only a few years old.  Though “work-at-home secretaries” existed in the 1980s, the technology was not available for the industry to be truly virtual.  The true virtual assistant began to emerge in 1995, after the explosive growth of the World Wide Web (WWW) in the mid-1990s.  Through the Internet, faxes, and the telephone, these pioneers  proved time and again that they could fully support their clientele virtually, from their home offices.

Virtual assistants are not employees.  VAs are small business owners who work with you to support your business goals and needs.  When you contract a virtual assistant, you receive expert and flexible administrative support, provided through popular and leading edge technology. 

VAs are business owners themselves and understand why you and your business need professional, timely, reasonably priced service.  Because the client’s satisfaction is key to the success of a virtual assistant business, you can expect solid and reliable performance on a continuing basis.

A virtual assistant, or VA, is an administrative professional who outsources his or her administrative talents and experience to small business, individuals and corporations for a long or short-term period.  Most virtual assistants have several years of experience in the corporate world, and bring to their business the training and experience accumulated during those years. 

Many administrators who leave the corporate world to start their own virtual assistant business do so because they are motivated to achieve and want to influence how their talents are used and developed.  Virtual assistants are known for continually developing their administrative skills, business knowledge, and keeping up with leading edge technology to provide you, the client, with  professional and reliable virtual service.