What's A Virtual Assistant?
By Barbara Lochen
Reprinted with Permission from
The Glenview, Illinois Chamber of Commerce

Consider this scenario: You're a small business owner, entrepreneur, or consultant. You left the corporate world to pursue your dream, doing work you love and do well. But you've encountered a slight problem. When you left the corporation, you also left behind your administrative support system.  Now, you're "stretched thin"  juggling all the work connected to your success. Your priority of increasing your client base and market presence is losing its focus. This is not what you envisioned for yourself, and the details of your business are hindering your growth. You need a person--not a piece of software--to keep you current, handle the details and be your voice when you are not available.

What are your options? A temporary help service?  A college kid that comes in on Saturdays? A Virtual Assistant?

Yes ... a Virtual Assistant! Someone who works with you handling time consuming details.  Someone who helps you work smarter, not harder, by encouraging you to delegate work.  Someone who can interact with your clients using tact, diplomacy and a gentle sense of humor.  Someone who provides you with great administrative support--from a distance.

Technology is what makes it work, by bridging distances of time and space. Location is no longer a factor in working relationships today.

Working with a Virtual Assistant enables you to confidently delegate work and tasks that don't need your personal supervision.  And because a Virtual Assistant is an independent professional, the need for direct employee management and administration of benefits is eliminated.

What would you do if you had just five extra hours per week? Did you know that delegating five hours worth of your workload to a Virtual Assistant can help increase the profitability of a business by real and measurable proportions?

If your goal is to work less and achieve a better work-life balance, a Virtual Assistant could be an important resource. In fact, it just might be the answer you've been looking for.