I have seen many queries from business professionals, small business owners that what is a virtual assistant, Who hire a Virtual assistant, How they work for business owner, How much they charge for a work, What type of work they can do, How they complete my job without even meeting, How can I find a virtual assistant which is a best suited for my job, How a virtual assistant is better than an assistant in my office, How they complete the . These all are genuine questions normally business owners have when they heard or wanted to hire a Virtual Assistant and need answers for these questions as well.
What is a Virtual Assistant?
A Virtual Assistant is a skilled person that does variety of jobs that includes but not limited to Administrative Jobs, Computer Online/Offline work, Web based work and the person who work virtually for you. By use of modern communication tools a virtual assistant work in his own office for you and send the completed task back to client via, E-Mail, Fax, IM, Phone etc. You don’t need to meet your virtual assistant to get your task completed when you and assistant can communicate about job via mail and phone.
Who hire a Virtual Assistant?
Any business professional can hire a virtual assistant some of them are Real Estate Agents, Small Business Owners, busy entrepreneur that can hire a virtual assistant and get benefits of the services a virtual assistant provide. The best way to use a Virtual Assistant is that they can be used on an “as-needed” basis;
How can they complete my work without even meeting?
These days the modern communications technology allows work to be completed from any part of the world. Normally, Client sends the details of work need to be done via e-mail or phone to a Virtual Assistant and in a same way your virtual assistant will upload the completed work back to web or e-mail to you. This is completely the responsibility of the virtual assistant to complete the work on time and to make sure client gets it.
How a virtual assistant is more beneficial than an assistant in my office?
Some of the common factors hiring a virtual assistant is that, Virtual Assistant has its own set of equipments, software’s, training in which a client need not to invest. Virtual Assistant’s are very beneficial to clients in terms of finance. A client need not to pay for his employee benefits, insurance, taxes, sick pay, vacation pay and in fact not even while sitting idle. A virtual assistant is the one who will charge you only for the time spent on a particular project.
One of the benefits engaging a virtual assistant is that having another person in your office you need to arrange one more desk, computer and other office equipments with the cost maintenance as well. In case of virtual assistant they have their own work place, hardware, equipments and maintenance etc. When a business owner compares all these things between hiring an in-house employee and virtual assistant, VA will be the one comes out far cheaper option.
How much they charge for a work?
In India the labor cost is really very cheap in comparison with other countries. The general price range a virtual assistant in India ranges from $4 to $7 per hour depending on the work needs to be done. Many Virtual Assistants works on a fixed fee per project as well, in this case generally client has an idea how many hours needed to complete a particular project and this is really a good option to pay fixed fee for a project instead of hourly paying.
How can I find a virtual assistant which is a best suited for my job?
A client needs to find a virtual assistant who is skilled enough to meet the requirement of the work needs to be done. The most important factor while finding a virtual assistant is not a skill and not even the charge of project, the only thing required is do you match the virtual assistant as per your requirements and do they match with your requirement? Finding a VA you think comfortable with is the most important thing, because a virtual assistant will be the one who will work for you and work as a partner and will help you getting your task completed on time which will help your business becoming more successful.
Amit Ganotra is a Virtual professional providing services like Web Development, Directory Submission, Data Processing, Data Management, Internet research, and much more Services.
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