Virtual Assistants Can Help Internet Marketers Grow Their Business

A virtual assistant can help you if you’re an internet marketer who wants to grow your business bottomline. Virtual assistants can handle some of your specialized daily tasks and your administrative support tasks. And they do it from their office, not yours. By outsourcing tasks (even ones you’re capable of doing yourself) to a virtual assistant, you’re able to spend your time strategically growing your business and working on bottom-line functions.

A virtual assistant works virtually, thanks to technology like email, telephone, fax machines, postal mail and courier services. You won’t have to provide an office space or office equipment for your virtual assistant. VAs, as they’re sometimes called, already have that. Plus you won’t have to pay a virtual assistant benefits or a salary. A VA is not your employee but rather an independent contractor. Virtual assistants can work for you on an hourly basis, project basis or on a monthly retainer basis.

So just what can a virtual assistant do for someone in the internet marketing profession?

For starters, a virtual assistant can help you with mundane tasks like article content distribution. Or she can maintain your databases (yes, a virtual assistant can work remotely with your computer from hers). A VA skilled in HTML and Website production can make updates and changes to your website on a regular basis freeing you to create more concepts and ideas.

Virtual assistants can handle creating and mailing your electronic or print newsletters and answering your routine customer service email. A VA can help you create and design your electronic books and reports. Your VA can even sort your email and send the more personal or technical questions to you to handle while handling the rest independently. If you like, your VA can help you with your bookkeeping.

That’s just a small dose of what a virtual assistant can do to assist you with your internet marketing business. Different virtual assistants have various skill levels. Many VAs are highly skilled not only in administrative support tasks like database entry and email blast distribution but also in specialized tasks like press release creation. Plus your virtual assistant can distribute the press release for you. Your VA may know more than you about computer hardware and software as well as accounting procedures and Internet research. Then again, you might prefer to hire a virtual assistant with less skills and a great attitude so you can train her or him in the particular ways you like to do things.

When you “hire” a virtual assistant, you will interview him or her over the telephone. Your goal is to learn if that VA has the skills and attributes that you’ve decided you want in a virtual assistant. Plus you’ll want to discuss how the two of you can best work together remotely, such as you prefer the telephone, email or both, as well as how often you want to touch base with your VA. You want to know all of this because if you choose right then your virtual assistant can be with you a long time.

Once you find a virtual assistant that meets your criteria, you will want to develop a long-term working relationship so that you can call on this VA for years to come. That doesn’t mean you have to work with the first VA that comes along for life. Sometimes relationships don’t work out as planned in any business work relationship. But once you find a virtual assistant that you work well with, you’ll want to give serious consideration to putting him or her on retainer. That way your virtual assistant will be there for you year-round to help you grow your business.

Yet know that a good virtual assistant doesn’t necessarily come excessively cheap. Every VA sets his or her own rates, some lower or higher than others.
When you do invest in a virtual assistant to whom you can outsource many of your mundane and skilled tasks, you’ll be making a positive move for your internet marketing business. You are just one person. You can not grow your business to the financial level that’s possible by doing it all yourself.
Invest in a virtual assistant who has top notch skills, a good working attitude and a willingness to do things your way when training is necessary.
Then you’ll have a partner for life who will help you grow your internet marketing business.

And the best part is a virtual assistant will never move away and leave you.
Since he or she works virtually with you, your virtual assistant is always a phone call, instant message or email away. And yes, virtual assistants do respect your confidentialy (though you should always put this type of clause in your contract with anyone you outsource work to). Your internet marketing secrets are safe with your VA. Your virtual assistant will be an important and loyal business “partner” for the life of your business.

Jan. 18 homebased job

Growing online real estate company is looking for a skilled Administrative Assistant with previous online experience to help with member management, market research, and data entry and update. You will be working with me and with clients to ensure that the website is maintained and updated on a daily basis.

This is a job that requires and rewards resourcefulness, good judgment and initiative. Your good work will be highly appreciated and compensated.

Requirements for the job: Strong verbal and written communication skills, strong organizational skills, ability to take on multiple projects, excellent people skills, ability to learn quickly, reliable work equipment.

You will be working full-time Sat-Wed during US business hours.

If you are interested in applying, please send your resume and cover letter with your computer skills, your history of working with clients, your history conducting research.

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Want to be a Virtual Assistant? Like working from home? Want the ability to earn big income in a rapidly growing California based start-up company?

We are a Los Angeles based staffing company that provides Virtual Assistants and I.T. support services. We are looking for highly motivated, top-notch, Virtual Assistants to join our fast growing company. We pay better than anybody, so we hire only the very best.

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I am looking for a highly professional and detail oriented person to be my assistant. I am seeking someone interested in a long term relationship. Please do not apply if you just want to freelance.Hours are flexible but you should be accessible at least 3-4 hours EST daily. Send your resume as an attachment only if you can prepare press releases, customize and post to blogs, have excellent writing skills and versed with the internet. Will also be required to make calls so vonage or similar service would be a plus as you will need to set appointments. Successful applicant must be familar with making updates to web site as well as microsoft and mac.

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Jan. 2

To apply: click the highlighted words.

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Virtual assistant is needed to promote a website, establish links, place advertisements, place articles, conduct online research, develop leads, and undertake other internet based clerical and administrative assistant tasks.

Position requires familiarity with the Internet and reliable high speed access, EXCELLENT English skills, basic HTML skills, and familiarity with Microsoft office. (You do not need to be able to design web sites, BUT you do need to be able to code links make simple text edits in HTML code etc.)

Qualifications:
- have fast internet connection
- good at online recruiting, posting ads
- doing online research, writing articles
- familiar with social networking sites such as myspace, facebook,
- responsible and responsive
- creative
- good writing/editing skills
- some html & web experience is a plus

Pay is based on performance/per task. Your work will be well rewarded. Commission will be paid on results and links you place. Following satisfactory completion of a 30 day probationary period, proven performers will receive a pay increase. Payment every two weeks via Paypal or Xoom.

Interested? Email: visions4life@yahoo.com. Hurry! Send us your resume to visions4life@yahoo.com.

Urgently needed. Experienced outbound telemarketers who would generate residential/commercial sales for a 24/7 pest control company based in USA.
e-mail resume to accuratuspestsvcs@comcast.net or call 484-593-0244.

Dec. 17

Web Content Writer

We are looking for a copywriter who can create fresh web-site content for a company that offers custom software development, web 2.0 programming, and business analysis. The website needs to contain typical content, such as, company info, about us, services, etc. The following are some URLs for companies that do the same type of work.

 Parenting Freelance Writer

We are an Asian parenting magazine, and we are looking for freelancers all over Asia . Currently we cannot afford to pay more than 500 P for a 500 word article, but we expect our rates to increase over the next six months. In addition, we will publish your name in the article, which can be used in your portfolio. We will pay by paypal, as we are currently based in Malaysia .

Web Designers and Programmers

Our company has experienced tremendous growth this past couple of months. We have several projects that will need immediate attention. These projects are open to anyone or company willing to take on the accounts. We are a US based company and have a few full time staff in Manila.

Virtual Assistant

Here is another opportunity to those who are looking for virtual assistant job..

VA

Duties: preparing reports, documents, spreadsheets, correspondence, letters, and memos.

smartbro sucks!

this past weeks i am so busy and i can’t update my blog in daily basis. I have 2 full time job and 1 part time, most of the time i am dependent on my internet connection but it so frustrating that I just got disconnected in the middle of working. I am working until 3am daily and i really hate it everytime i got disconnected. for this week i got disconnected twice. everytime it happened my client will less $20 from my salary.  instead of having a day off this sunday, i can’t make it.. i have to make up..  oh my.. i don’t even have time to have fun this sunday. i was planning of watching dvd this weekend but it seems that i will move my plan to next sunday.

anyway, i called smartbro about my internet connection and they just provided me  all the report number and i just so mad at the tech support and yell at them.  whew!  i am wondering of getting new internet provider that can back me up if my smartbro connections is experiencing technical problem but for now i still don’t know yet what provider i will be considering.

everytime this things happened my clients are so worried because i just disconnected without giving them notice. I receive lot of emails from them and wondering where am I. I hate it everytime i explained to them that it is about my internet connection.  one of my client told me that they don’t care about it..  so i have to do something about it. hahay!

I hope smarbro will do something about it because if not.. i might lose my job.

Are you a writer?

Small U.S. Based company is looking for 50 writers

to write between 2 and 5 articles per day.

High Speed Internet in your home.

College Degree in a discipline related
to writing preferred, but we are looking at
candidates with degrees in any subject as well.

Article and Content Writer with Management Experience

I’m seeking a team member to work full-time virtually from home (in the Philippines), who will be responsible for writing articles and other content, submitting articles to article directories, and managing our article & content writing team.

We are a small internet marketing business located in the US, focused on the subject of natural health remedies and cures for various health problems such as acid reflux, UTI, high blood pressure, arthritis, etc.

This position would be perfect for someone who has a proven track record with writing, proofreading, posting articles to article directories, and helping other writers on our team.

Content Writer

Our growing organization is looking for a part-time content writer. The successful application must have:

1) Excellent grammar and spelling skills.
2) Be able to perform research across multiple sites using the Internet.
3) Be professional, on time, and submit quality work.
4) Ability to meet deadlines and work independently.
5) Submit references for all research.

This work will involve article writing and research. Pay will be based on the length of the article.

If you believe you meet all of the requirements above, please send us your resume as well as several samples of your work. Incomplete applications will not be considered.

know your skills…

To become a Virtual Assistant it is very important that you know your skills well. You have to check yourself on the things that you are really good at. When I first started I know that I am good in administrative work but I never found a related job easily so I started as a writer. Well, I spend most of my time doing research about the articles. I need to submit 5 articles per day with 500 words. I learn a lot from writing but I know that it is not really for me. I was so happy when I got an SEO type of work. The job seems so complicated to some but for me it seems so simple. My boss did everything to make it more simple. I really thank him for being so nice and supportive.

To some they are good in telemarketing and some are good as a writer, it is just a matter of finding the real job for you. In my next post I will post different available jobs. watch out for it.

Goodluck.

Tips..

When i was starting looking for Virtual assistant jobs, I spend most of my time in my pc. I made research and sleep really late just to get the real online job. I was even a victim of different online job scams. Like paying them first to get the package but then I only receive an ebooks that is not really useful.

If you are planning to take this job seriously you should devote more time. Out of 100 jobs I applied, only 1% is real job. Some of it don’t even bother to reply. As a newbie in this industry it is very important that you have extra patience and determination to reach your goal.

Now I am not earning that much.. but I am earning almost the same or over amount as the call center agent earning. I am just lucky that I stay at home, i can watch my baby grow and sleep with him after my work.

I never set limits but i set goals. although i am already earning, i am still continue looking for a better opportunity. I never stop looking for it and hoping that someday I can help other stay at home moms to have a work like mine.

I keep you all updated for new projects..