Davinci Virtual

First, the fax machine made revolutionary changes in the businessworld, followed closely by email, Instant Messaging, and cell phones/Blackberries. These items are all part of the on-the-go businessperson’s mobile repertoire. We’d like to add another useful tool to that list: virtual assistant.

Even if you don’t have a physical office space to speak of, your virtual assistant can hold down a home office for you. Virtual assistants can also take care of business-specific tasks. For instance, if you are a real estate agent and have a househunting client who changes his mind every other day about what he’s looking for, your virtual assistant could pull possible house listings and comps for you, while you’re in-between showings.

Many virtual assistants can be hired on an as-needed basis, so that if your business has a “busy season,” you could easily keep a VA busy for that timeframe and then transition back to running a solo show when the busy season is over. But we have a feeling that once you try and get used to having a VA to help you, you’ll decide to rethink the DIY approach.

Virtual Assistants Tip: When you hand out your business cards with contact information on them, rather than the number on the cards going directly to your cell phone (and you have to figure out in a split second before answering: is this business or is this personal?), it’ll instead go through your virtual assistant, who can very often handle the call for you.