What is Virtual Assistance?
Virtual Assistance is
an emerging administrative profession well suited for
today's changing business climate. As more and more people
become entrepreneurs, open their own home-based businesses,
or take their existing businesses virtual, there is a need
for a new generation of administrative support. VAs partner
with a handful of terrific clients in long-term,
collaborative relationships. This gives them the
opportunity to really get to know their clients' businesses
and provide high-level administrative support remotely,
using the latest technology.
So much more than a cyber secretary!
VAs are fellow
business owners, often with a background in administration,
business management or marketing. They are not task
oriented but rather focused on the relationships they form
with their clients and their long-term goals and
objectives. By being masterfully skilled in many areas, she
can provide the much needed administrative support from a
distance. This means that the business owner doesn’t have
to have physical space for her to work in, equipment for
her to use, or deal with payroll, taxes, benefits, or have
someone to administer them.
A VA is a partner dedicated to your success.
In
order for this type of relationship to work at a distance,
there needs to be the creation of a real partnership, where
the VA learns the individual’s business, so she can
effectively step in and represent the individual in the way
the individual wants to be seen. The relationship is
dynamic, and the resulting partnership can be powerful.
