No matter where in the world you live, or how much money you earn, the internet has made it possible for you to gain the benefit of professional support services to help you run and expand your business. You can partner with Virtual Assistants to complete projects or work for you on an ongoing basis, as and when needed.

Time is money.  So, if you outsource work (particularly non-income-earning work) you have more time to spend personally on activities that generate income for your own business.
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Bringing the International Business World Closer to You

PA-as-you-go is proud to include this service in its portfolio.

Our colleague’s business has been established in the North West for 17 years now and can offer high quality translations in all the world’s languages, not only from and into English but also between most world languages. (more…)

Many of you are already familiar with Digital Dictation and Transcription, a practice that is widely used throughout the legal profession in particular.

We have a colleague who provides a digital transcription service and who has recently transcribed Police interviews, Focus Group discussions, one to one interviews and inventories. The software used is ExpressScribe from NCH Software which accepts most files. You can get hold of your Digital Dictation software from here too, if you don’t already use it. Visit www.nch.com.au

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Becoming a virtual assistant can be a very rewarding and lucrative career.  However, finding clients who are interested in partnering with a virtual assistant can be frustrating.

Depending on how you promote yourself, you may be sending out the wrong message as to the skills and abilities that you offer.  Instead of listing many areas of expertise or services, it might be better to focus instead on just six or seven hot spots. These would be the areas where not only do you have the most experience and expertise, but they are also the kind of tasks you enjoy the most. (more…)

Entrepreneurs and business owners have a lot to think about in the early stages of their business development. The time spent on day to day tasks - that are essential but so often tedious - could be much better spent on promoting their own business or service. In other words, bringing in the money. Partnering with a virtual assistant can free up their time, allowing them to delegate administrative tasks to someone else which in turn will result in less stress and higher profits.

Some business owners feel that their assistants should be physically present in their office. Increasingly however, many are now beginning to realise that a virtual assistant can handle the majority of their administrative needs without that physical presence. (more…)