A virtual assistant and answering service are really different types of service however they can be complementary. When you’re trying to decide which type of service to employ, you really need to consider what type of company you are and how you plan to interact with your customers.

For example, a virtual assistant really refers to a real person, whether he / she is in the same city, state or even country or not. The term virtual really means that the person is not physically located in the same place as you. So, a virtual assistant truly is “virtual”, but can he / she do many of the things that a person in the same physical location can do, except, of course, make coffee and greet clients at the door.

My company uses a number of virtual assistants. We don’t have any physical office, so a virtual assistant makes a lot of sense. These assistants make and receive calls, schedule appointments, “file” documents, do research and many more tasks.

The filing portion of the business is quite unique. All of our documents are truly digital… proposals, invoices, spreadsheets, powerpoint, bills, etc. Our assistants file these on Google Docs. This process is such a timesaver because everyone in the company can share the documents and they’re all easy to find. And, the beauty of Google Docs is that it is free.

Virtual assistants are also great resources for research work. Because the Internet is so ubiquitous, it is the often the first place that people go to find information. This is perfect work for a virtual assistant because they can reach the Internet from practically anywhere.

An answering service is basically just that. The service will answer and route your calls to you wherever. The service will also take a message if they are so instructed. But, from a productivity perspective an answering service is pretty limited. Yes, you can have them “find” you hours by calling a specific phone number, but your options are obviously very limited.

Generally the cost of an answering services ranges anywhere from about $50 per month all the way up to $200 per month or more. A lot of the cost will depend on the number of messages the service is requested to answer. A virtual assistant, on the other hand, is generally in the range of $800 – $1,500, depending on the number of hours, dedicated or share resource and other factors.

Now, there are also automated answering services, such as RingCentral PBX. It is truly a great services for $49.99 per month for unlimited minutes, routing, call forwarding, conferencing, etc. You can set up all types of rules, depending on what phone number you will be at between certain days or hours and even define holidays for example. In this example, is much better than hiring a dedicated answering service, except, of course, for the live operator component.

In my company, we use both virtual assistants and RingCentral PBX to get the BIG company feel on a small business budget. The RingCentral PBX can answer automatically when needed and go to a live operator when we need it to. It in an incredibly functional “answering service.” The combination of virtual and answering service truly makes our company an efficient organization.

You can find out more about the efficiencies of RingCentral at my blog. I also will be writing several more series on virtual assistants, virtual office, free software for virtual offices and the best paid virtual office solutions.

Help is Here

In addition to the above, I would like to advise that I provide office assistance, on a virtual platform, here, at the Virtual Secretariat. I am happy to help in all areas of your business, and look forward to discussing options with you.

As I tell all my clients, I am about solving your problem.

Sometimes, you can be so engrossed in your business, that you do not see easily outside the box.  Talk to me, and let me help you today!

In addition, to enhance your overall success, I encourage you to look at the Six Minute System per day, as well as the Self Improvement Bookstore. We are the sum of our reading and the people we meet.

To your success.

Martin Cohn

With near 100% internet coverage in the UK and the proliferation of increasingly powerful computers in the home, perhaps it’s not surprising that people in secretarial and admin jobs have come to realise that much of their work could easily be done from home. A small number of these have taken the idea further and actually started working for themselves doing exactly that.

Witness the birth of both the VA (Virtual Assistant) and the term Virtual Office Services. It is still predominately the domain of women, with a large proportion of mums preferring this approach to working in an office. By equipping themselves at home with a fast internet connection, telephone, PC and printer they can easily provide a basic secretarial service: telephone work, diary management, typing and more. And, they have flexibility in how and when they work.

But who are these people who ask you to trust them with your business admin?

The Virtual Assistant

VAs are a special breed. It’s difficult enough just setting up on your own without also putting yourself in the firing line with demanding clients. So it’s not surprising that many give up. But those that stick with it are usually professional, resilient, resourceful and capable people who know their job inside out.

However, being a VA brings with it an array of challenges:

• The Boss is now a “client” … who can be just as demanding
• Their IT equipment is now their responsibility to manage and maintain
• They have to cope working alone and with flexibility comes the need for self-discipline

Most VAs are good communicators and have experience of handling demanding clients, but the conflicting priorities can be a headache and managing client expectations has to be a core skill.

The technology is another matter though. The VA needs IT support to keep the operation going. This is often provided on an ad hoc basis by a partner or a friend, which can leave them vulnerable It’s worth checking out their situation first, so you don’t find yourself stranded. If you need your VA to use your technology – ranging from Microsoft Exchange and Groove to iCAL and other online calendar or file sharing tools – then they’ll need to be IT-savvy enough to cope or have access to more professional support.

Working alone has its own set of issues. VAs will usually take steps to break their isolation and have moral support close at hand, but being the only person in the business can again leave them vulnerable to workload peaks and illness … not forgetting, everyone needs a holiday some time too.

My advice to someone looking at using a VA is to ask them about these issues and satisfy yourself that the trade-off in risks Vs benefits is acceptable to your business.

Virtual Office Services

This tends to describe the wider array of services provided by a business that’s more than just a individual VA, perhaps a business that’s grown with a few VAs or an organisation that has secretarial and admin staff providing chargeable VA services to clients. Typically, they will have better office facilities – this can be a physical office or a virtual office setup – and you can expect their IT systems to be superior to that of a VA. This enables them to deliver more sophisticated services just as if they were “within your organisation” but with all of the flexibility and cost benefits of a VA.

The types of IT you might expect to find them using includes:

• A website through which they take instructions, track work and manage clients
• A web office for document management, calendar sharing and time recording
• Collaboration tools such as instant messaging and tele/video/web conferencing
• VOIP telephony system for call handling and virtual internal extensions for VAs

Not many people like being forced to use someone else’s IT systems if they can help it. Most website applications will force a new way of working on clients that’s alien and burdensome, so look for someone who can also accommodate some of your more important working practices.

If you create large documents or use digital voice dictation, emailing large files will be impossible and you’ll need to use a file transfer service, a WebOffice or another collaboration tool. This is common so understanding the options for file transfer is important from the start.

The range of services that the Virtual Office Services provider can offer will be far greater than a VA largely because of their technology. You should also find that their IT knowledge and even their IT support people can be extremely useful in helping you to learn how to get the best from your own IT systems and may even help you to solve IT problems too.

Apart from making refreshment and welcoming guests, virtual office services can cover pretty well most of your office admin and secretarial activity. These can include:

• Virtual PA
• Virtual Receptionist
• Mail Handling & Scanning
• Digital Typing Services
• Transcription Services
• Database Management
• Marketing Admin Support
• Sourcing and Purchasing
• Book Keeping Services
• General Office Admin.

In fact, providing they have the right technology, the range of services is only limited by the skills of individual VAs. Surprisingly, virtual office services can extend into the most unexpected areas, such as tele-marketing, language translation and even property management as you will see from the following client examples.

Property Development

This property services business manages new build shopping centres and housing developments. The owner is frequently traveling and running site meetings, so he uses his VA mainly for typing services. He has a Digital Pocket Memo for dictating letters, minutes and reports, and also uses it to record live meetings. The voice files are downloaded to his laptop and then sent via email to his VA who emails the finished Microsoft Word documents the next working day.

Medico-Legal Professionals

A clinical psychiatrist specialising in childcare cases has a heavy case load which means she is constantly interviewing clients and preparing reports for solicitors and local authorities. She uses her own digital recorder to dictate multiple reports simultaneously and her VA uses templates to compile individual reports. Her VA also handles client calls and uses her preferred methods of working to track enquiries via a spreadsheet and book appointments online via iCAL.

Management Consultancy

This niche consultancy is an established virtual organisation, with everyone being home based to keep overheads low. It was therefore natural for the MD and other Director to look for a virtual PA to handle their calls and prepare reports. Reports are often large files with complex graphics and they rely on their VA to compile these and resolve technical issues in Word, Excel and Adobe. Initially, they used their VA’s WebOffice for file transfer before realising that it was ideal solution for their virtual organisation – now their VA uses the company’s own WebOffice.

Property Management

A successful property developer whose busy life was limiting the number of deals he could manage turned to a VA for help. The VA deals with a lot of personal and routine office admin, as well as handling telephone calls, which releases time enough to double his deal rate. He soon realised that his VA was capable of more. She now manages a small property portfolio of 10 flats for less than the cost of a property management company, which involves managing lettings, deposits, rents, VAT reporting and making decisions on day-to-day management issues with tenants and tradesmen.

Help is Here

In addition to the above, I would like to advise that I provide office assistance, on a virtual platform, here, at the Virtual Secretariat. I am happy to help in all areas of your business, and look forward to discussing options with you.

As I tell all my clients, I am about solving your problem.

Sometimes, you can be so engrossed in your business, that you do not see easily outside the box.  Talk to me, and let me help you today!

In addition, to enhance your overall success, I encourage you to look at the Six Minute System per day, as well as the Self Improvement Bookstore. We are the sum of our reading and the people we meet.

To your success.

Martin Cohn

Work smarter, not harder

What is one of the best ways to work smarter without working harder? The answer is outsourcing. Whether you need occasional or ongoing assistance, outsourcing can save you money and time. Graphic designers, copywriters, bookkeepers, website programmers, office assistants, and other types of professionals are all readily available.

And, there’s a new way of hiring people – the World Wide Web connects independent professionals and small businesses that don’t need or want full-time help. Try typing “Virtual Assistant” into a search engine. You will find a vast array of online resources. According to the International Virtual Assistants Association,

• “A Virtual Assistant (VA) is an independent entrepreneur providing administrative, creative, and/or technical services. Utilizing advanced technological modes of communication and data delivery, a professional VA assists clients in his/her area of expertise from his/her own office on a contractual basis.”

This means you can find a virtual assistant for almost any type of work. Are you a plumber who needs accounting? Or a professional speaker who needs help arranging your appointments? Perhaps you would like some help writing proposals, designing a new website, or sending out press releases. You can find someone online for all of these services.

For many “around the office” types of jobs, virtual assistants get paid $20 to $50 an hour. More specialized services such as programming, legal assistance, graphic design, or coaching can cost $75 to $125 an hour. This may sound expensive at first. However, if you are not in need of a person in your office 40 hours every week, it becomes a very cost-effective solution.

While I realize, costs fluctuate widely, let’s look at some sample numbers to compare the typical costs of maintaining an employee versus outsourcing:

Sample costs of a full-time employee
Employee Salary: $36,000/ $17.31/hr.
·Two-week paid vacation: $1,385 to cover your employee’s role (more if a temp is hired)

·Health Insurance (employer portion for 12 mos.@$150): $1,800
·FICA Taxes (7.65%): $2,754
·Worker’s Comp. (.61%): $220
·Unemployment (State & Fed): $309
·Misc. costs (Vision, Dental, Disability & 401K Matching, Profit Sharing & Stock Options): >$3,000
·Office Space, Equipment, and Software (100 sq. Ft. @ applicable rate): $2500 ($25/sq. ft. is conservative)
·Annual Bonus (1 mo. salary): $3000
·Sick Time (10 days/year): $1385
·Other intangible costs (furniture, testing, training & fees, sick children, etc.): $1200

Total Typical Costs: $53,553/ $25.75/hr. total effective hourly rate at 100% productivity

At a 75% productivity level, this employee’s cost for actual work becomes $34.33/hour and at a 50% productivity level, it’s $51.50/hour. A full-time staff person is very unlikely to be 100% productive because of idle time, errands, tasks, personal matters, and a learning curve for certain functions. This is combined with an employer’s inability to generate work due to distractions, staff meetings, company functions, lack of time to delegate or supervise, and sales fluctuations.

So, depending on the productivity level of a full-time employee, you may be paying up to 3 times his or her actual salary! You do the math! What’s the wise choice? Does an in-house employee save money? In most small businesses, this method simply is not the most cost effective.

Entrepreneur, get your life back!

Outsourcing will save you money, time, and energy. Virtual assistants and other out-of-office professionals own their own equipment with the latest software, they pay their own taxes and benefits, they are experts in their field, they don’t require morale building or training, and they aren’t going to bring their personal problems into your work space. Virtual assistants and outsourced professionals offer even more advantages: they are loyal to their client companies and will support your goals – they will help you generate ideas and allow you more time to make your business more profitable.

So, if you have employees that you are happy with, then of course that’s perfect for your business. Don’t fix what ain’t broke. However, if you find you are paying too much overhead or spending too much time managing, try a virtual assistant. If you need a new type of service, but don’t have the in-house expertise, outsourcing is a great option. There’s a world of online help available at your fingertips.

In addition to the above, I would like to advise that I provide office assistance, on a virtual platform, here, at the Virtual Secretariat. I am happy to help in all areas of your business, and look forward to discussing options with you. In addition, to enhance your overall success, I encourage you to look at the Six Minute System per day, as well as the Self Improvement Bookstore. We are the sum of our reading and the people we meet.

To your success.

Martin Cohn

With the Information Age in full swing, the need for assistants is growing rapidly. Thanks to cheap phone rates and the Internet, it’s easy to set yourself up as a virtual office assistant without ever having to leave your home. Your main asset is initiative and a willingness to always push forward. Those same skills are what your clients seek in a good assistant as well. They want someone who is going to push through any barrier to get things done and not take a few obstacles as a sign of defeat.

The Internet has numerous directories where you can list yourself as a virtual assistant and there are also sites like Craigslist where you can post ads for your services. One of the best tools you may ever have for your business is a telephone. Start calling people you know and network to find those who need your services and are ready to pay for them.

Create profiles on LinkedIn.com and VisualCV.com to network with others and to display your qualifications and intent to get hired. Sites like these are free and provide an essential way to get yourself in the search engines in case anyone tries to “Google you” and perform a mini background check before hiring you. While you’re at it create a Face book “Fan Page” around your professional services. Unlike profiles, these pages are indexed by the search engines and serve to provide you with more “virtual real estate” where you can advertise and promote yourself.

Along with initiative, a great assistant is organized and is an effective communicator. Constantly seek to sharpen your skills in these areas. The more you improve, the more you can earn as you rise above others in skill.
Above all remember that a client is defined as someone under your care and protection. Your customers are more than a source of money. They are people you’re committed to take care of. Keeping that mindset, when working for your clients, will help you keep a context which leads to excellent service and long-term and happy clients and their referrals.

In addition to the above, I would like to advise that I provide office assistance, on a virtual platform, here, at the Virtual Secretariat. I am happy to help in all areas of your business, and look forward to discussing options with you. In addition, to enhance your overall success, I encourage you to look at the Six Minute System per day, as well as the Self Improvement Bookstore. We are the sum of our reading and the people we meet.

To your success.

Martin Cohn

The virtual assistant is a self-employed or service of an organization, off-site professional who assists businesses of every size and industries. Virtual Assistants are highly skilled, experienced professionals who are working outside the traditional corporate roles. All virtual assistants would utilize the internet and other emerging technology to customize their own work environments. Concept of virtual assistants is popular to serve various industries in short span of time.

A Virtual assistant is a highly skilled, independent capitalist who provides business services in a remote or virtual environment. Virtual assistants have many ways of communication including fax, telephone (usually multiple lines), email, and postal service.

Virtual Assistants are professionals who:

Virtual assistants can provide a various services then the traditional administrative assistants, often incorporating Bookkeeping services, desktop publishing, web page design, internet research, personalized mailing services. Because of this broad array of services, the virtual assistant is particularly valuable to small business owners, or those desiring personal assistants to help with less traditional tasks.

Benefits of Using a Virtual Office Assistant:

A virtual assistant is a self-governing capitalist providing managerial, technical and/or creative service. An expert virtual assistant provide assistance to clients in his area of expertise from his own office. An effective virtual assistant can organize a calendar, clear out an email inbox, handle maintenance and communicate with prospective clients.

In addition to the above, I would like to advise that I provide office assistance, on a virtual platform, here, at the Virtual Secretariat. I am happy to help in all areas of your business, and look forward to discussing options with you. In addition, to enhance your overall success, I encourage you to look at the Six Minute System per day, as well as the Self Improvement Bookstore. We are the sum of our reading and the people we meet.

To your success.

Martin Cohn

Have you noticed that there is a flourishing market for virtual office assistants? This happens because the businesses today want individuals who have proficiency, and not just people who know how to work. Virtual office assistants can make up a lot of significance once you consider them in these issues:

• Competitive Rates – Almost every employer or company will think about the expenses when hiring for a competent employees. Choosing a virtual office assistant at an inexpensive rate is absolutely an excellent decision for any business. Outsourced Virtual assistants’ fee can be so reasonable that you need not be bothered about it.
• The Virtual assistants’ quality of work -The class of work that virtual office assistants have to offer is very extraordinary and at the same level with any other skilled professionals. You will not doubt this since they are individually screened and assessed if they can match up with the client’s requirements regarding the work that have to be done for him. Furthermore, they are individuals who excel in their own fields of work.
• There is no need for employee tax management – Virtual office assistants are independent skilled workers. This connote that there is no need for you to supervise and set up a tax scheme when you hire them. This will add more time for you to do other work. In addition, they work on a contractual scheme, this mean to say, you only employ them for a certain period until all the work loads assigned to them is completed.

At present many entrepreneurs, website owners, and professionals are fully contented and overwhelmed with their preference of virtual office assistants because of the grounds that was just stated. This is the existing focal point of some virtual business services to make a link between clients who require them and the skilled professionals.

In addition to the above, I would like to advise that I provide office assistance, on a virtual platform, here, at the Virtual Secretariat. I am happy to help in all areas of your business, and look forward to discussing options with you. In addition, to enhance your overall success, I encourage you to look at the Six Minute System per day, as well as the Self Improvement Bookstore. We are the sum of our reading and the people we meet.

To your success.

Martin Cohn

Welcome to the information age. In past decades, if you could assemble parts, sew a pattern repeatedly or cut meat on cue, you could find work just about anywhere. Today, Industrial Age jobs are decreasing in demand as more people become so-called knowledge workers. They produce information and that increases the need for people who can help others keep on top of it and turn chaos into order.

Introducing the virtual office assistant.

I’ve met people who swear by their assistants even though they have never met face to face. That’s because their assistant may work hundreds or even thousands of miles away. How can someone be such an asset without being near? It’s because the number one concern for the client of a virtual assistant is keeping on top of the data. This includes email, postal mail (which may be sent out by the weekly box load), bill paying (electronic bill pay is a true marvel), and even simple web page creation, writing sales letters and even an apology letter to one’s spouse for being late to dinner.

If you have an interest in being a virtual office assistant, there’s no limit to what you might be able to do for your client. For some tasks like paying bills, you’re going to need to build trust. Check with a lawyer to find out if there’s some form of bonding or insurance that you should have to give your client peace of mind. If you’re going to have access to email account passwords and financial information, one word is going to be more important than any other to your client: trust. Without it, you’ll never get started. Loose is and you may never work in this field again.

As we move deeper into the Information Age, the need for good assistants will only increase. It won’t just be business people who will need your services either. Work at home parents are buried in data too. Your ability to make your client’s life more pleasurable can go a long way and there are really no limits to the types of clients you can serve.

In addition to the above, I would like to advise that I provide office assistance, on a virtual platform, here, at the Virtual Secretariat. I am happy to help in all areas of your business, and look forward to discussing options with you. In addition, to enhance your overall success, I encourage you to look at the Six Minute System per day, as well as the Self Improvement Bookstore. We are the sum of our reading and the people we meet.

To your success.

Martin Cohn

In the sense of having a perfect virtual assistant, you need to look out for certain things that would make her one of the best reps for your company, no matter if you are using a virtual office as a solution to your business needs. In the end of the day, there are plenty of virtual office solutions out there and each and every one of them have a stable of assistants for you to choose from. Now it is not about aesthetics, as this is a virtual office and your clients will never have to meet them. What you need to know about and need to instill in your assistant are the basic fundamentals that would make them the perfect virtual assistant for you.

One of them is having a clear and succinct voice, one that is pleasant and has the ability to connect instantly with the end user on the phone. Make sure that the voice is not too low or too high pitched, and scientific studies abound have proven that the female voice is one of the most well received voices in the world of business. Of course, this is down to your own personal preference and if you think a male assistant can do the job just as well, then it is really up to you. The next thing you need to look out for is that they must have a good command of the language in whatever language you are operating your business in. Make sure that the virtual office company that you are going to sign up with have filtering systems and make sure that their assistants at least have the minimum accreditation when it comes to language.

A command of language that is above passable is one that can build confidence and trust in your clients and consumers and create the image of professionalism. One of the worst things that you will come across is when there is a communication barrier, you will then see your sales suffer. Also, the important thing, even though they have perfect command of the language, is that they have to have a good command of what your company does and how to answer questions based on the services that you are promoting,

This is down to education and the ability for you and the assistant to connect and make them understand the important facets of your company. Make sure that the assistant is not so diluted in their approach, which means that they are not handling too many clients at one go. Make sure also that they have a list in point form of the important aspects of your company. These are some of the things that you need to know about to have the perfect virtual office assistant for your virtual office business needs. Once you are able to have them, you will then are able to see that things can work for you.

In addition to the above, I would like to advise that I provide office assistance, on a virtual platform, here, at the Virtual Secretariat. I am happy to help in all areas of your business, and look forward to discussing options with you. In addition, to enhance your overall success, I encourage you to look at the Six Minute System per day, as well as the Self Improvement Bookstore. We are the sum of our reading and the people we meet.

To your success.

Martin Cohn

Online businesses are the wave of the future as e-commerce is increasingly growing daily. Thus, if you are like many who have read about making millions on a small business it is no surprise that you are looking for ways to increase the revenue of your small online business.

Hiring an employee is a great way to start but many small online businesses worry that hiring a secretary is too large of an investment. However, there is one type of secretary you can afford to hire and after you read the five great advantages of how a virtual office assistant can help your online business you will wonder why you have not discovered a virtual assistant sooner!

Come with an office:

One major reason why small businesses that operate online shy away from hiring a traditional secretary is because they have no space to house another worker.

However, when you hire a virtual secretary this is not a concern since they work out of their own home or office space.

No start up costs:

Along these lines, you also do not have to provide any office supplies for your virtual secretary. While a traditional secretary may expect a computer, fax, printer etc, a virtual assistant is responsible for providing their own tools so you do not have to spend any extra money outside of a paycheck.

No benefit package:

While we are on the topic of saving money, keep in mind that a virtual secretary usually is hired on a freelance basis which means that you do not have to provide any full time or part time benefits.

This means you do not have to worry about vacation time, sick time, or health insurance.

Flexible hours:

While the idea of a virtual assistant probably seems great by now, it gets even better.

Since a virtual assistant is usually hired on a project by project basis you only have to pay your assistant when you need them and can afford them. Thus, you never have to worry about a full time salary!

Already familiar with online environment:

Finally, the lasting benefit that a virtual office assistant can have for you is the fact that they will require little online training.

Since they work out of the virtual environment they are most likely familiar with most of the tasks you expect them to complete!

In addition to the above, I would like to advise that I provide office assistance, on a virtual platform, here, at the Virtual Secretariat. I am happy to help in all areas of your business, and look forward to discussing options with you. In addition, to enhance your overall success, I encourage you to look at the Six Minute System per day, as well as the Self Improvement Bookstore. We are the sum of our reading and the people we meet.

To your success.

Martin Cohn

One of the more common aspects of the virtual office is that you will get a virtual office service that is called the virtual office assistant, and these are the for hire people that are attached to your account and help you to manage all the ins and outs of your everyday business dealings. Having one is quite important because you will not be around for most of the time, and what is going to happen is that more and more people are going to want this service as part of the package. With a virtual assistant, most of your elements would be taken care of, and what you need to do is to be able to know what exactly a VA is, what functions they can do for you and how to find the best ones. For one thing, the VA is most beneficial to both the company that is doing the virtual office solution, as well as the company using it.

Unlike part-time workers, Virtual Assistants are freelance, work from home specialists who build up prolonged relationships with our customers in a committed effort to assist you in successfully managing and growing your commercial enterprise. Due to the fact that we are collaborators in business rather than hirers/workers, we always have an unconditioned interest in the growth of your business. Our triumph is based on your triumph!

A part-time worker does not have any vested interest in your success. These workers necessitate a period of time of adjustment and developing in office processes and organisational policy for each appointment, and a probation period that you have to pay for! Considering office space, equipment, meals & coffee bean infracts, inactive time, addition the agency’s tip, and a part-time worker results in having you to spend about three times the monetary value of having a VA. With a VA, there is no adjustment period of time, and you will only pay for the exact production fourth dimension of your particular task. We preserve you precious time and money.

With a virtual office assistant, you will not be paying for salary and profits, Social Security Measure or payroll department revenue enhancements. There won’t be any supervision or coaching needed, and no postulate to buy office compartments, basic office supplies, or providing office space. The total amount you have to pay for an employee can be as high as three times the amount of a virtual office assistant – You should be doing the calculations so that you will be able to see how much money you would be saving when it comes to the whole VA issue.

These are some of the reasons why the VA is now a critical factor in any virtual office solution, and you need to be aware of this when you are considering which company and which services to pay for. In the end of the day, the demand for more value added services will definitely be going up, as more and more people are using the flexibility of the virtual office for their own benefit, and stretching it as far as they can to ensure that their business not only stays, but grows as well.

In addition to the above, I would like to advise that I provide office assistance, on a virtual platform, here, at the Virtual Secretariat. I am happy to help in all areas of your business, and look forward to discussing options with you. In addition, to enhance your overall success, I encourage you to look at the Six Minute System per day, as well as the Self Improvement Bookstore. We are the sum of our reading and the people we meet.

To your success.

Martin Cohn