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Virtual Assistant Overview
Discover what being a Virtual Assistant is for Pat Matson. Learn the cost-saving benefits of using a Virtual Assistant instead of temporary help. See how communication and work flow happen.
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I've been working with Pat for quite a few years now, but signing up with a VA remains one of the best business decisions I've made. Pat excels at travel planning and meeting scheduling, precisely the tasks that used to waste hours playing phone tag and wrestling with balky customer service systems. I expected that -- scheduling skills are a baseline requirement for an assistant -- but I didn't expect her to be as helpful as she has been with the very technical research topics in my field. She's become very good at ferreting out information, from company expansion plans to the names of technical experts, and applying a post-Google filter that puts the most critical bits at my fingertips. All that, and she's fast, too. Pat consistently beats my assigned deadlines, often working well ahead of my own progress on a project.
~ Katherine Derbyshire, www.thinfilmmfg.com |
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What is a Virtual Assistant?
A Virtual Assistant is an independent contractor - a talented Executive Assistant with substantial corporate experience and a strong skills set who seeks to partner via communication media from her home office with clients in a strategic, trusting partnership in which she handles the administrative needs of her Virtual Clients.
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Benefits of using a Virtual Assistant
- As-needed billing only
- No cost for office space
- No cost for office equipment
- Low overhead costs
- Reduces expensive “temp” agencies
- Someone who thinks like you do
- Convenient – always there
- No supervision or payroll costs
- Concentrated, uninterrupted work output
- No taxes or insurance costs
- No re-training involved
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How will we communicate?
- Email
- Phone
- Fax
- Overnight delivery
- Diskette transfer
- Instant Messaging
- Cassette tape
- Internet
- File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
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