subject: History And Advantages Of Vpas [print this page] You would definitely be surprised to know that the concept of virtual assistance didn't only exist in the 21st century. As early as the 1970s, the idea already existed, though it could not be as comprehensively defined until now.
It was in 1992 when Stacy Brice decided to work as a home-based but full-time contractor to a client located in another geographical location, providing services such as travel planning, personal assistance, and even administrative support. Later on, in 1996, she partnered with Thomas Leonard, a life coach. It was during one of the phone conversations between Leonard and Brice that the former used the term "virtual assistant." This eventually paved the way for Brice to come up with a much clearer model about her job and provide some distinction between secretarial services and virtual assistance. Finally, in 1997, along with the launch of a certain establishment, a new profession was born.
Advantages of VPAs
Indeed, in this dog-eat-dog world, there's no way that you can be complacent and spend the majority of your time doing routine work when you know that you can move on, develop new products and services, and market aggressively. You can do these tasks while allowing someone to back you up with more specialized services. But is this all?
So far, I have been enjoying the benefits that I'm going to enumerate here. These are also the reasons I am sharing with you who ventured out into new horizons.
1. You only need to pay whenever you need help.
It's going to be a win-win situation whenever you hire your own virtual personal assistant. He or she is not obligated to be there for you at all times (or on call), and you are not compelled to pay him or her on those days or hours that he or she hasn't worked for you. This means that you only have to spend for the work completed.
2. You don't have to deal with any personal and office issues.
When I was still operating my own physical office, I didn't only have to deal with customer problems but even employee conflicts, and inasmuch as I want to play the nicest boss there is on the planet, you can't help but feel irritated settling minor differences among your staff. With virtual assistants, since they work independently and you don't get to see them, there are lesser possibilities of conflicts.
