Comments on: Why the Time is NOW to Hire a Virtual Assistant

By: tanya

tanya — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 17:39:57 +0000

love this

By: TONY SCOTT

TONY SCOTT — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 22:39:18 +0000

What an eye catchy article its explains well how virtual assistant works and its purpose..

Thanks a lot..

By: Employment Law Attorney

Employment Law Attorney — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 23:10:42 +0000

It’s a great idea for busy people

By: Tech Entrepreneur

Tech Entrepreneur — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 03:43:22 +0000

A virtual assistant seems like an interesting concept. I hadn’t really considered it as I like a face to face meeting but I can definitely see the advantages. Good article!
-Josh

By: Carla Stewart

Carla Stewart — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 21:02:10 +0000

Great article, Heather. As a VA in the first year of practice, I see so many business owners and entrepreneurs who desperately need help. Working with a VA with years of administrative experience is both helpful and fulfilling to clients all over the world.

By: creative consulting group

creative consulting group — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 17:13:22 +0000

The updated link to the FDCPA is:
http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/pubs/consumer/credit/cre27.pdf

By: SEO Assistant

SEO Assistant — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 05:46:58 +0000

Heather thank you so much.Your article really give more interesting.How about small company do I need a Virtual Assistant?

By: Beverly Sturtevant

Beverly Sturtevant — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:33:13 +0000

Very interesting article, Heather, on a topic I had not previously considered. I’ve been a “real” assistant for my whole career. Your article initiated a BFO that I can provide exceptional services to other entrepreneurs and now have the opportunity to pick and choose my clients. Sounds like a win-win!

By: Thomas E. Anderson, II

Thomas E. Anderson, II — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 19:05:35 +0000

Heather, this is a very helpful article - especially for me. A coaching client recommended that I add a Virtual Assistant component to my business. Your article really put that into context. I think I will test it out in the near future.

By: Shipwire Order Fulfillment

Shipwire Order Fulfillment — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 02:53:48 +0000

Great article.

I see this as a long-term trend of outsourcing pieces of business that need to be highly scalable (and variable) so that the business owner can focus on those parts of the business such as sales, marketing and strategy.

Virtual Assistants are clearly one modality.

If you are in online retail or e-commerce another type of “virtual assistant” is outsourced order fulfillment.

The right outsourced fulfillment should have:
- variable costs (pay for what you use)
- scale on demand/recede on demand
- No fixed costs
- No training or employee headaches
- No contracts or long-term commitments
- terminate on demand.
- Get up and running in 24 hours
- Automate with your business

Its an actual warehouse and pick pack / order fulfillment facility that operates much like a virtual warehouse.

Nate
Shipwire order fulfillment in the U.S., Canada and the U.K.
http://www.shipwire.com/trial for a free trial