I came across a comment whilst looking for useful videos on You-Tube over the weekend

“Virtual Assistant – another scam for making money online” – is this just ignorance talking or are Virtual Assistants really seen in that way to the general ‘Jo Public’?

I feel that I needed to defend what I and many other Virtual Assistants work so hard at.

I haven’t written a post for a while as I’ve been so busy supporting clients, but this really put fire in my belly and I couldn’t resist.

Those said clients, some are sole business owners, others smaller corporations and others from large international companies.

These clients rely on experienced, skilled support to carry out important tasks such as report formatting, proofreading, maintaining their online presence, scheduling meetings with potential new customers or clients, all of which is to maintain credibility, and to ensure they deliver the services they provide at the quality their customers deserve and expect.

So what is it that we do? we don’t just sit at our desks answering the telephones or replying to emails, we support our clients by being professional, maintaining high standards of work, delivering what we promised to deliver, and over and above all running a business.

Quite often we work out of hours to ensure that all important meeting is booked, or format that report that needs to be in someone’s inbox by 08:30 on a Monday morning, we’re always on hand to support our clients whenever they need us. Are scammers always around when you need them? 

So please, if you think that being a Virtual Assistant is a term to scam people out of money, I dare you to step in our shoes for a day and see if you can handle the heat.