Just What Is a Virtual Assistant Anyway?
The question most often asked of me is “just what is a virtual assistant anyway? The long answer is we are online entrepreneurs. Online entrepreneurs are people who took those first steps down new roads armed with nothing more than their own vision. We are people who are enchanted with our own imagination and curiosity.
We posses an unbridled anticipation for learning and exploration. We are our own authority figures. Plunging into the unknown as we do almost daily requires a cast iron stomach and an intuitive ability to deal with the fog of uncertainty. We are often blissfully in ignorance of the most likely consequences of our actions (failure) since this is not an automatic thought process for us. We work with people who see business as hugely creative and exciting.
Your Virtual Assistant works with other online entrepreneurs who took those first steps down roads armed with nothing more than their own vision. They are excited and passionate about what they do and they bring tremendous creativity to the table in working with our virtual assistance and web development clients.
The short answer is, we become your partner in success by evaluating your business from all aspects, managing your “time seepage” tasks, those daily tasks that sap your time, energy and creativity. Then we step up to the plate and examine your business model and collaborate with you to build and grow your business while positioning you as an expert in your niche. For a free 30 minute consultation please email me directly at info @ virtualassistantindustry.com.
This is a list to get you started on determining just how you can best utilize the services of a virtual assistant or virtual assistance firm. This is by no means a complete list, but will give you a snapshot into just how we partner up with you to help you build and grow your business.
Administrative Assistance
- Appointment Scheduling
- Business Letters and Correspondence
- Create Business Forms / Business Cards/ Charts / Reports / Tables
- Data Processing
- Database Management
- Email Management
- Internet Topic and Market Research
- Power Point Presentations
- Proofreading / Copy Editing
- Report Preparation
- Spreadsheet Design and Updates
- Telephone Answering / Voice Mail Retrieval / Return Calls
- Transcription
- Word Processing
Customer Relationship Management
- Contact Management
- Customer Support / Customer Satisfaction
- Email and Telephone Follow-up
- Reminder Service (Meetings, Birthdays, Anniversaries)
Sales and Marketing Support
- Article Writing and Article Submission
- Corporate Identify (Logos / Business Cards / Collateral Print Items
- Customer Support
- Desktop Publishing
- Newsletters / Ezines
- Power Point Presentations
- Press Release Writing and Distribution
- Product Creation and Product Launches
- Product Fulfillment
- Teleseminars and Webinars
- Workshops
Website and Blog Maintenance
- Advertising
- Affiliate Programs – Creation and Maintenance
- Autoresponders
- Camtasia Recordings
- Domain Registration
- Domain Submission to Major Search Engines
- Forms creations
- Google Adsense integration
- Membergate Membership Site Management
- Moodle Design, Installation, Setup and Management
- Newsletters
- Ning- Create Your Own Social Network
- PayPal Integration
- Podcasting
- Podclasses
- Shopping Cart Setup and Maintenance
- Website and Blog Creation
- WordPress Platform Website-Blogs incuding WP Wishlist Membership Site integration
- YouTube Account Maintenance and Uploads
This is a very small sampling of the online systems that we work in on a daily basis for ourselves, and on behalf of our clients. If you don’t see a system here that is of vital interest to you and your business, please email me directly at info @ virtualassistantindustry.com. Chances are we already work in it, and if not, we can quickly learn it.
Affiliate Networks
Client Management Systems
Shopping Carts and Email Marketing Services
Social Networking Sites
- FastPitch
- MyBlogLog
- MySpace
- Twitter (We also create beautiful custom backgrounds for your Twitter background which helps brand your presence on the internet. Take a look at my beautiful background by clicking on the Twitter link).
Misc. Services
- Article Submissions
- BlogTalkRadio
- Instant Teleseminar
- Google – Gmail and Google Calendar
- Joint venture partnerships
- PodClass
- Press Releases
- Search Engine Optimization
- Squidoo
- Teleseminars
- Webinars
Small Business Services that we recommend:
GoDaddy Domain Registration and Website Hosting
Resources That We Strongly Recommend!
Do what you love and outsource the rest!
Have questions about the Virtual Assistance Industry? Email them to me at info @ virtualassistantindustry.com
3 Responses to “Just What Is a Virtual Assistant Anyway?”
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Great article Denise!
For those itnerested, I have hired Denise in the past and the service I received was exceptional and a great value.
Bobby Darnell
Construction Market Consultants, Inc.
Just cant stop my self to comment on your blog. That’s great list of VA’s work…
Amanda
Virtual Assistant
I just went through your blog and read your post. This is an awesome post.
Thanks.