Last week, we touched on why a virtual assistant makes sense financially for your business. This week we’re going to address some of the common concerns a brick and mortar business owner may have concerning the use of a virtual assistant compared to an in-house employee.
Entries from October 2007
October 22, 2007
The Virtual Alternative, the new way of doing business Part 1
Virtual assistants are beginning to gain a bit of recognition in the media. Even Good Morning America has recognized them. But in my little corner of the woods the words ‘virtual assistant’ still draw blank stares from the individuals I talk to. And when I explain what a virtual assistant is, I can almost see [...]
October 15, 2007
Happiness. What’s it worth?
According to a BusinessWeek article by Carmine Gallo, only 10% of American employees look forward to going to work. With those same employees working longer hours, a whopping 47.1 a week on average, that makes me think that there are a lot of unhappy employees out there. In the above mentioned article it points to [...]
October 9, 2007
Ethics in Business
We’ve all heard about Enron and how a lack of ethical business practices brought them crashing down. But if you’ve been in the business world for any length of time, I’m sure you’ve seen small businesses that employed unethical practices as well. I was involved in the mortgage/escrow business and the words ‘predatory lending’ are [...]
