Virtual Assistants are professional and independent people who are highly trained to support the business needs in administrative, clerical, technical, marketing, creative, website development/maintenance services and day-to-day operations. VA’s are Independent Contractors and they are not hired as regular employees. They usually have professional experience and deliver better results.

In short, a VA can do just about anything a regular employee can do. You just won’t see his or her face every day and the way in which you send tasks to them will vary slightly. You (i.e. business owner, entrepreneur, etc.) pay only for the number of VA services used – only when needed – no down time. An employer who works with a VA has the distinct advantage of not having to deal with taxes, unemployment insurance, sick leave, vacation pay, or benefits. And they also enjoy the assistance of a professional without the headaches of hiring and managing employees.

Virtual Assistants are paid on an hourly basis ranging anywhere between $7-$15 per hour. Thus they are far more cost effective than a regular employee and the employer does not have to pay state unemployment taxes, Social Security, health insurance, vacation time, sick time, 401(k), profit sharing, Christmas bonus, and other benefits that he needs to offer a regular employee. It’s like offering employers and business owners an attractive new alternative to hiring employees.

VA’s use the most advanced means of communication and can provide support to clients utilizing their own experience and areas of expertise. A professional VA uses his own home as infrastructure in most of the cases. They also use newest, most efficient and time saving office products to improve the quality of the work regardless of geographic boundaries. And this is an advantage to the clients as they don’t have to provide extra office space, equipment or supplies. Because these activities can be handled effectively via telephone, fax, email, and the Internet, physical location of the VA is irrelevant. A skilled VA can benefit your business whether he or she lives across the street or across the globe.

Virtual Assistants would work with complete dedication and would do nothing to screw up your business because in essence it’s like screwing up his own. What person in his or her right mind would do that? So, you and your VA need to think of each other as business partners and work together for success. Your business needs your time and you may need to delegate some of your routine business tasks to free-up your resources and focus on key areas to grow your business.

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