What Is A Personal Virtual Assistant Service?

A virtual assistant service offers skilled remote assistants who can help business owners with a
variety of tasks they otherwise would have to do themselves or pay an employee to do. Those
could be anything from responding to emails and customer service requests to updating a
website or offering technical support.

Most services offer their clients either a dedicated virtual assistant and access to assistants with
other skills as needed or a dedicated virtual assistant who can organize and outsource tasks
outside of their skills for the client.

How Do Virtual Personal Assistant Services Work?

Virtual personal assistant services start by setting up a meeting with a client to assess their
needs. Next, the service assigns either a dedicated assistant who matches those skills or an
account manager who can delegate tasks to the right individuals.

Virtual assistant services make it easy for users to request tasks directly with their VA by email,
phone, or chat. These services offer pricing plans based on the total number of hours that users
can request each month or week.
Virtual assistant services focus on offering educated and trained professionals who can handle
nearly any task capably and professionally. Since many services are located outside of the U.S.,
they strive to provide English-speaking assistants who are available during U.S. business hours
and often work in secure and supervised offices.

How Much Do Virtual Personal Assistants Cost?

Personal assistant services are offered in monthly plans priced by the total amount of requests,
usually translated as hours, available to a client each month. Pricing ranges between about $9
to about $25 per hour, with the smallest package available coming in at around 10 hours per
month.
Higher-priced packages typically reflect additional available hours and sometimes include
additional features, like a backup assistant or an account manager. Assistants with other skills
often are available for an additional hourly rate as needed.

Are Virtual Personal Assistants Worth The Cost?

Small business owners often are caught at that tipping point between having too much to do
every day that distracts them from their business, and not enough money to hire full-time
employees to handle the overflow work.

A virtual assistant can bridge that gap by handling a variety of tasks as needed for a reasonable
hourly rate, freeing up time for owners to focus on the work that helps their businesses grow.
Even many large businesses employ VAs rather than taking on the expense of full-time salaried
assistants.

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