What is a Virtual Assistant?
Virtual Assistants or VA's, are self-employed professionals who work from their own office utilising modern technology to provide a wide range of services. Virtual Assistants can specialise in various business support services, including general administrative and secretarial support, audio transcription, web design, writing, marketing, bookkeeping, event planning, telemarketing, and more.
In fact, so much can be done virtually via telephone, email, instant messaging, remote PC access, FTP, fax, postal and courier services, that virtual assistants often never meet their clients face-to-face. A client is just as likely to find their ideal Virtual Assistant in another city, state, or even another country.
The Virtual Assistance industry is a rapidly expanding one. Business owners are increasingly aware of the savings - in time and money - that can be made by outsourcing many of their routine operations, allowing them to concentrate on their core business.
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