How can you make use of virtual personal assistant? Think about the following services they can offer:
- Make bookings (e.g. – flights, restaurants, accommodation, repairs, kid’s birthday)
- Proofreading
- Ordering supplies for your office or home.
- Research (e.g. – market research, job search, holiday options)
- Diary and/or email management
- Word processing (e.g. – tidying up documents).
- Web site administration (e.g. – checking content, comments, etc)
- Pay bills
- Data entry (e.g.- building a marketing database, or entering account information)
- Mailings (e.g.- e-marketing, of postal marketing)
How much does a virtual personal assistant cost? One of the most popular virtual assistant services (and ranked 2nd on Time magazines best websites) is offered by ‘Ask Sunday’. They 0ffer a number of pricing plans starting from around US$14 per hour. Even cheaper options are provided by outsourcing companies in India and elsewhere.
Perhaps the more important questions to ask are:
- How much use do I (we) have for a virtual personal assistant?
- How much is your time (or the time of your staff) worth?
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