Numerous articles have been written about why it makes sense to hire a Virtual Assistant as opposed to a full time P.A. I myself have written articles on it and have shown business owners the many ways that hiring my business V-Assist can make your life easier and - yes of course ...save you money.

I have written articles in the past on why businesses should outsource Virtual assistants and how to make the best of such a relationship. I think though that as a Virtual assistant the scope of what I’m asked to do is so vast that it would not be amiss to give some advice on how to go about outsourcing in general. Virtual assistants are themselves asked to find outsourcing partners on many occasions – Bookkeepers, Accountants, Content writers and Events co-ordinators to name a few – so I am aware of what kind of relationship will work best if directly partnering with these people and unless you take a mindful and strategic approach, your outsourcing arrangement could fail.

Video conferencing has become a very cost effective and time saving way for businesses to communicate with their staff, clients and business networks across the globe. However, this means educating staff on the video conferencing etiquette.

It’s not just a rumour. There is a growing trend for companies, particularly SME’s, to have a preference for hiring Virtual office assistants as opposed to actually hiring a P.A. So why is this?

As each day passes we live more and more in a virtual world. Virtual Reality and even Augmented Reality are becoming all the rage in advertising, retail and social media ...and even in the workplace Personal Assistants are being replaced by Virtual Assistants.