Comments on: Why I Don’t Have a Virtual Assistant http://www.businesswifeandlife.com/2007/11/25/why-i-dont-have-a-virtual-assistant/ Making Life Easy For Work at Home Professionals Wed, 09 Nov 2011 10:41:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: DJ http://www.businesswifeandlife.com/2007/11/25/why-i-dont-have-a-virtual-assistant/#comment-29 DJ Sat, 01 Dec 2007 21:43:05 +0000 http://www.businesswifeandlife.com/2007/11/25/why-i-dont-have-a-virtual-assistant/#comment-29 I used to think of them the same way but now I am seeing all these people who want to be the guru of everything. I guess they are afraid that they'll miss out on some aspect of business if they don't cover everything that a person could possibly want to outsource. I used to think of them the same way but now I am seeing all these people who want to be the guru of everything. I guess they are afraid that they’ll miss out on some aspect of business if they don’t cover everything that a person could possibly want to outsource.

]]> By: Melonie (Workerette.com) http://www.businesswifeandlife.com/2007/11/25/why-i-dont-have-a-virtual-assistant/#comment-28 Melonie (Workerette.com) Sat, 01 Dec 2007 06:38:05 +0000 http://www.businesswifeandlife.com/2007/11/25/why-i-dont-have-a-virtual-assistant/#comment-28 I agree - if I were to hire a VA I'd want her (or him, though all the ones I've met are females, for some reason) to be focused on a specific area of expertise. For instance, someone who can do all the phone networking that the youngins don't let me do - to be the contact person for press releases, marketing, that sort of thing - who I could give answers to and have appointments set up if there's something that really needs me on the line. For some reason I usually picture VAs as an offsite receptionist, so to speak - somebody who can handle the day-to-day stuff for me rather than "everything and then some". I guess I'm just not willing to relinquish that much control, either. *chuckle* I agree – if I were to hire a VA I’d want her (or him, though all the ones I’ve met are females, for some reason) to be focused on a specific area of expertise. For instance, someone who can do all the phone networking that the youngins don’t let me do – to be the contact person for press releases, marketing, that sort of thing – who I could give answers to and have appointments set up if there’s something that really needs me on the line.

For some reason I usually picture VAs as an offsite receptionist, so to speak – somebody who can handle the day-to-day stuff for me rather than “everything and then some”. I guess I’m just not willing to relinquish that much control, either. *chuckle*

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