Over the years the role of a virtual assistant (VA) has undergone tremendous change. From being an administrative support person to its new role as a right-hand man of any business person, role of a virtual assistant has shifted a lot in recent years. Now a VA is not only useful in handling back office [...]

Thanks to the Internet, the world has converted itself into a small office (I know they also call it small village, but office is what I prefer). Now people can work from anywhere and give the same output that you expected until now from an employee sitting in your office doing what you want him [...]

It seems that Virtual Assistants, or VA’s for short, are getting a lot more exposure through traditional press these days. Many companies and business guru’s are pushing the benefits that are associated with the use of such individuals. But of course such mainstream attention tends to bring with it a lot of spin, advertising and [...]

It can be difficult to know where to begin when looking to hire a VA (Virtual Assistant). Hiring people in person is hard enough, but to do so via electronic means where you don’t get to meet them and get a feel for them is even more difficult. There is a massive variety in VA’s [...]

Outsourcing services is practical, efficient and highly cost-effective. But you should know exactly where to draw the line – and stick to it. The first thing is for you to decide that you are going to outsource. Once you have taken the decision the next step will be to find out where these services that [...]

The firm of chartered accounts is overburdened with work as the period of submitting tax returns approaches. They have to handle management of balance sheets, profit and loss account, generating invoices etc. During this excess work period a cheaper way of getting it done on time would be outsourcing the work. It frees you from [...]