How practical is a virtual assistant?
As more agents move their marketing and communications to the Internet, virtual assistants become more and more the obvious solution to staffing problems. For an hourly fee of $15 to $35, less than the cost of temps or employees, agents can take advantage of professional assistance and a variety of skills at the click of a mouse. Virtual assistants are already computer trained, and can assist with your specific needs from traditional office support services to highly specialized areas including Web page design. Call upon your virtual assistant for basic word processing, phone answering, bill paying, appointment scheduling and calendar maintenance. You can train your virtual assistant to go beyond administrative support to client development and marketing support. There is no need to share space or even for the agent and the virtual assistant to live in the same city. Work assignments are communicated through e-mail, phone, fax, “snail mail,” or diskette. The agent can take advantage of
