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Laura Lee Sparks
The Simple Solution
PO Box 996
Freeport FL 32439
A Virtual Assistant (or VA) is a professional
service provider who specializes in providing remote administrative
office support services as an independent contractor who works with
clients in an ongoing, collaborative professional relationship.
Virtual Assistants work from their own offices
and utilize today's technology to deliver their services and communicate
with clients.
A Virtual Assistant's support is foundationally
administrative, secretarial and clerical in nature. However, many
Virtual Assistants offer additional specialties that fall under
creative and technical services.
Virtual Assistants come from a variety of business
backgrounds, but the single-most important qualification to become
a Virtual Assistant is at least five (5) years administrative experience
earned in the real (non-virtual) business world working in upper
level capacities such as administrative assistant, executive assistant,
secretary, legal assistant, paralegal, legal secretary, real estate
assistant, office manager, etc.
From this level of experience, a VA is expected
to possess the skill sets, training and business knowledge which
are the hallmark of a truly qualified Virtual Assistant.
How does our client relationship work?
We begin with a free complimentary
consultation during which time you will have the opportunity
to tell us about your business and the type of assistance you are
looking for. We will explain how our business works and some of
the ways that we might help you with effectively managing some of
your administrative tasks.
Our conversation will also allow us to get to
know each other and decide if we would be a good fit. Once we decide
to engage in a client relationship, you will be provided with a
Client Information Package which will include our Retainer Contract,
Confidentiality Agreement, Code of Ethics and other pertinent documentation.
When work begins, we utilize various forms of
communications, predominantly email, but also, telephone, virtual
conference rooms, instant messaging, faxing, U.S. Mail, and couriers.
Weekly telephone conferences help build our professional relationship,
and help us to better serve your needs. As with any relationship,
it is very important to partner the right VA with the right clients;
when this happens, astounding results are inevitable.
Developing a strong ongoing client relationship
is of utmost importance to us, and we only work with a handful of
select clients. Our time is billed hourly, and there are several
retainer packages to choose from. The more hours that you
commit to us, the greater the savings will be for you.
How does this save you money?
We are highly skilled professionals with years
of experience in the fields we serve. We have the latest equipment
and software that we utilize to get your tasks completed efficiently
and professionally. Because we are not your employee you save in
the following ways:
Pay only for the time and material spent on
your projects
No payroll, taxes, vacation or benefits
No physical workspace or additional equipment
needed
No down-time payments (coffee breaks, personal
phone calls, etc.)
No staffing headaches
The actual cost of an employee after factoring
in benefits, overtime, vacations, sick leave and any other unproductive
time is actually 2-3 times their salary.
You only pay us for the actual time spent working
on your projects, which translates to 100 percent productivity.
We track our time using billing software that tracks to the 1/10th
of an hour (six minutes). Because of our years of experience and
the technology we have available, we can accomplish much more in
less time, than the average in house staff assistant. This allows
us to deliver even more of a savings to our clients.
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