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Many Administrative Professionals are finding themselves in a worrisome state over the future of their J-O-B. Companies large and small, unsure of their future, are laying off staff and cutting back hours. Those who have found themselves unemployed face fierce competition for the few positions that are available.
However, there is wealth of opportunity available to those who open their eyes to it. Those opportunities lie in the world of Virtual Assistance. What is a Virtual Assistant you may ask?
"A Virtual Assistant is a micro-business owner who provides business support services while working in long-term collaborative relationships with ONLY carefully selected ideal clients. Using the telephone, a fax machine, email, and various web-based tools, VAs support their clients without ever having to step inside their clients' offices or, in most cases, meeting their clients face-to-face."
"Is this really possible?" you may ask.
Absolutely!
Imagine this: For the last 4 years, you've worked for a Managing Director named Bob Smith. Bob is the Global Head of Commercial Real Estate and he is responsible for the firm's commercial real estate transactions around the world. He travels 250 days out of the year, keeps a crazy work schedule and is completely addicted to his Blackberry.
You, his trusty, diligent Executive Assistant, are supposed to work a 9 to 5 schedule, but more often than not, you put in a 50+ hour week trying to keep up with Bob. Despite the fact that Bob rarely spends more than a half-day in his office because he's traveling throughout Asia, Europe and South America, you route his messages, organize his schedule, coordinate his travel arrangements, manage his expenses and filing, update his contacts, write his memos, buy gifts for his family, friends and clients and more. Do you actually need to see Bob to get your work done? Not at all. In fact, if you're anything like me, you find it easier to work when he isn't there! (Bosses tend to get in the way when they're in the office!).
Now, if you were running your own Virtual Assistance business, from the comfort of your own home, you'd be doing the exact same tasks for your clients. You'd be:
- Researching, coordinating and managing travel.
- Retrieving messages and returning calls on your clients' behalf.
- Managing their schedule.
- Updating and organizing their contact database.
- Maintaining a virtual filing system.
- Creating documents, spreadsheets, presentations and reports.
- Researching and purchasing gifts, etc.
- And all the other tasks you do as an Executive Assistant.
Do you realize that you already have most of the skills you need to successfully run your own business? It's true. I got my start as a Virtual Assistant by doing the same tasks I'd been trained to do as an Executive Assistant in the corporate world. Tasks that are likely very similar to what your job entails. Just like I was, you are sitting on a golden opportunity... and you don't even know it! How cool is that?!
In 2007, there were 27.2 million businesses in the United States, according to Office of Advocacy estimates. Each and every one of those businesses needs some type of administrative support. Most business owners try to do everything themselves, but they learn very quickly that they can't run a successful, profitable business working alone. There are too many hats to wear! Just think about all of the departments that make up the infrastructure of your present firm:
- Accounting
- Human Resources
- Benefits
- Office Services
- Production
- Audio/Visual Services
- IT (Information Technology)
- Travel
- The list goes on!
This is where you come in. There is unlimited potential for you to work as much or as little as you want, and generate whatever income you want, by running your own Virtual Assistant business. Plus, as a Virtual Assistant there are so many new opportunities available to you, such as working with authors who often have regular jobs and a busy family life. Or working with a financial planner, a real estate agent, a marketing consultant ... any small business or professional service provider you can think of.
There are new entrepreneurs in a wide variety of fields whose businesses are growing so fast that they need more and more administrative or personal assistance. Are you starting to see how you, with all of your corporate administrative skills, talents and know-how, can be an invaluable asset to these entrepreneurs?
More importantly, these are just a few of the many benefits you would enjoy working for yourself as a Virtual Assistant:
- Setting Your Own Schedule
- Working From Your Home Office
- Unlimited Earning Potential
- Feeling Empowered, Confident and Self-Sufficient
- Be in Control of Your Future
So, are you ready to liberate yourself from the 9-to-5 corporate grind and start your own Virtual Assistant business?
Are you eager to be your own boss, set your own work hours, make that easy 20-second commute to your home office and get paid more money than you ever imagined possible, doing only the work you love to do?
Then visit http://www.eatova.com/ for your personal copy of my FREE Special Report, The Liberated Executive Assistant: How to Break Free From the Corporate Grind and Become Your Own Boss and let me show you how!
Sydni Craig-Hart liberates Administrative Professionals from the corporate world by showing them how to become savvy, successful Virtual Assistants. Her company, EAtoVA.com gives Administrative Professionals the support, tools and information they need to successfully transition into a profitable career in Virtual Assistance. Visit http://www.eatova.com/ For Sydni's FREE special report, a FREE subscription to her bi-weekly newsletter, "EA to VA Insights," and FREE "Get Ideal Clients Now!" Quick Start Pack. You'll find out everything you need to know about the Virtual Assistance industry, what steps you need to take to get started and run your own successful Virtual Assistance business.
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