Productivity is important in any business. The prospect of increasing productivity is why people hire virtual assistants; they can delegate certain tasks to these professionals such that they can focus on the more important aspects of their business. VAs, on the other hand, strive to be productive in order to deliver quality service to their …
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Whether you are a virtual assistant or someone doing business online, chances are that you may be keeping an important offline file in your desktop. This can be anything from spreadsheets or a design work-in-progress, and you wouldn\’t want to lose it one way or another. Now, what if, for some reason, you have accidentally …
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To make their client\’s life a lot easier so they can focus on more important things is the raison d\’être of every virtual assistant. VAs sure are useful in this regard, and they have helped many an entrepreneur grow their business and save on the costs of hiring extra personnel. VAs sure are useful and …
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Us virtual assistants spend most of our time online. Indeed, our lives pretty much depend on the Internet, and many of us use emails as our primary and most secure means to communicate with our clients, colleagues, and prospects. Despite the many security measures put up by email service providers, emails, unfortunately, are not 100% …
One of the most phenomenal jobs in this planet is working as a virtual assistant. The profession can be fun, as you get to work on various projects during the course of your career. What\’s more is that it allows for plenty of personal and professional freedoms—some perks of the job allows you to work …
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One of the many, many jobs virtual assistants are given is to write something. It may be a newsletter, a blog, or maybe just some sort of statement to be posted on the client\’s home page. Writing is no easy task, for certain, and there are times when one can\’t help but find themselves somehow …
In the virtual assistant world, being a jack-of-all-trades comes with plenty of advantages. Versatile VAs tend to have a better chance of getting hired than more specialized ones, for instance. Meanwhile, their versatility also allows them to work on a variety of projects and grow professionally in many different fields, while providing them with flexibility …
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Versatility is the hallmark of being a virtual assistant. At least, that\’s what many professionals in the field believe in. However, it is known that there are virtual assistants who specialize in certain skills, and we have tackled just how advantageous and disadvantageous being a specialized VA is in our past two blogs. Whether or …
In our previous article, we have challenged ourselves with the question, “Is it a lot more profitable to go with one or a few skills rather than be a versatile virtual assistant?” This question is particularly difficult to answer, as both specialization and versatility has both merits and disadvantages unique to each. Rather than down …
In the online world, virtual assistants are known to be versatile creatures. This is why many other professionals seek them out and invest on their services; their versatility simply makes them a very useful asset to any business. However, there are also VAs who make money by specializing on certain highly sought after skills rather …
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