You read about virtual assistants here on outsourcing-options and hear it when people talk about outsourcing. As you know you can outsource or get virtual assistants to a wide variety of tasks. Including but not limited to personal tasks like managing your email, talk to your parents and make the reservation at your favored restaurant, or business tasks like doing bookkeeping, promote your business and manage all your online web-presents. What thinks need to be avoided?  read more »

Thinking only celebrities have someone to do the little tasks they feel not having time for? In the 19th century it was the secretary or butler, in the last century it was the personal assistant and now in the 21st century it is the virtual assistant. Thanks to the internet and globalization such service is getting more and more attractive and not only for business owners and the rich, but for people like you and me.  read more »

Everyone is talking about Outsourcing it seems. I saw this discussion on outsourcing on the Today show which is the Aussie equivalent of Good Morning American / Britain. Everyone want their own virtual assistant to do everything for them. For internet marketers of course we have an important purpose for hiring a VA. It make good business sense when your business is growing quickly to get someone to answer emails, deal with customer support issues and other task that you would find time consuming. It would make more sense to outsource these tasks and get on with running your business.  read more »