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What is a Virtual Assistant?

Virtual Assistants have climbed to within the top five home-based businesses in 2005.  So what is a Virtual Assistant?  Here's a quick description from Wikipedia:

A virtual assistant (or VA), is an independent contractor providing virtual assistance in the form of administrative, technical, and sometimes creative services to clients, usually to other independent entrepreneurs and solo and small business practices, such as that of a lawyer or realtor. Virtual assistants work from their own office (hence "virtual"), often at home, thus making it a fairly popular (and growing) profession. It is estimated that there are about 5–8,000 virtual assistants worldwide.

Good reasons to contract with a Virtual Assistant:

• More economical than hiring your own employee or a temp.  You're not paying for benefits or taxes.
• You do not need to provide space, equipment, or software (which is also economical).
• You pay only for time on task.  (How cool is that?)
• You're hiring someone with experience--no training necessary.
• You can concentrate on pursuing your creative ideas and running your business.