Black Virtual Assistants (BVA)

Posted by Mica Harvey / Virtual Assistant Companies

Black Virtual Assistants is a US-based virtual assistant company specializing in providing virtual assistants to small and medium-sized businesses.

The company is headquartered in Texas, and their assistants work remotely all over the U.S.

About Black Virtual Assistants (BVA)

The company started operations in 2004 and is headed up by founder, Regina Baker. Regina is an award-winning internet business consultant and an executive virtual assistant herself. So, she has a good deal of industry experience on both sides of hiring VAs and working as one.

Regina started Black Virtual Assistants (BVA) to create a community of people who have a passion to cultivate a space where all people of color have the opportunity to be seen and hired.

Understanding the challenges people face around getting hired, through Black Virtual Assistants Regina acts as a voice for people of color in the virtual assistant industry.

Black Virtual Assistants supply dedicated assistants starting at a minimum commitment of 20 hours a month.

How Black Virtual Assistants (BVA) Works

If you’re interested in working with Black Virtual Assistants, their team handles everything in regard to finding the perfect assistant for you.

All you have to do to get started is to fill out a request for proposal (RFP) form on their site. Their RFP asks you a few things, such as; the services you’re interested in, what you require from an assistant, your budget, number of hours per month, and some other details they need to find the right assistant for you.

It’s worth noting that despite asking for your budget, Black Virtual Assistants state that they will not supply assistants for less than $30/hr.

Black Virtual Assistants Services

Black Virtual Assistants’ VAs are capable of handling any day-to-day business tasks that can be completed remotely.

When you sign up, you’ll be asked what services you require. A member of their team will then personally find and screen a Virtual Assistant for you.

To give a general idea, Black Virtual Assistants group some of their services under the following categories:

  • Accounting and bookkeeping
  • Speaker support
  • Data entry
  • Editing and proofreading
  • Graphic design
  • Project management
  • Research and development
  • Website design

As a rule of thumb, and this applies to hiring Virtual Assistant’s in general, you should provide as much detail about the tasks you want to outsource as possible. This enables BVA to better find an assistant with the skills to match your requirements.

Regina also offers 1-on-1 coaching for both virtual assistants and business owners looking to grow their businesses through outsourcing.

You can book a 3-hour coaching call with Regina. Or, a series of calls with her strategy team and herself if you want her help forming a strategy for your business.

Black Virtual Assistants Plans and Pricing

Black Virtual Assistants do not have any set pricing plans for their assistants. They state their minimum hourly rate starts at $30, and you have to sign up for a minimum of 20 hours per month.

This means the minimum monthly spend for working with Black Virtual Assistants is $600 per month. For a full-time assistant working 160 hours a month that works out at $4,800.

The hourly rate is skills and experience-dependent, however. You need to fill out an RFP and a member of their team will get back to you with a custom quote.

If you’re interested in booking a coaching call with Regina, she offers two packages priced at $197 and $597.

Black Virtual Assistants Alternatives

If you’re looking for US-based assistants, then we recommend checking out Time ETC and Zirtual. Both have comparable hourly rates to Black Virtual Assistants and offer a similar range of services.

If you’re working to a tighter budget, you can check out our reviews of some of the highest-rated overseas VA companies.

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Limitless Designs

Posted by Mica Harvey / Graphic and Web Design Services

Limitless Designs is a graphic design company offering affordable monthly plans for all kinds of small graphic design tasks. They offer unlimited revisions to ensure your final designs are looking exactly how you want.

Their team of graphic designers works remotely across Malaysia, and they have customer support teams located in the Philippines and the US.

About Limitless Designs

limitless designs reviewThe company was founded in 2016. By hiring graphic designers in Malaysia, Limitless Designs are able to take advantage of the lower cost of living compared to the US and offer very competitive rates.

Their target customers are individuals or businesses of any size that don’t have their own in-house designers.

When you sign up for a plan you are assigned a dedicated designer. This gives you the opportunity to work with the same designer on an ongoing basis, effectively like having a team member, but at a fraction of the cost of hiring a full-time employee.

When I asked them what their areas of specialization were, they said, “Social media graphics, banner ads, and blog graphics. Our service is great for marketing teams that need to consistently create marketing materials and graphics for their social media and content marketing campaigns.”

How it Works

Limitless Designs follows a 4-step process in working with clients.

1. A Quick Design Brief

Send their team an email detailing the designs you want to be produced. It’s a good idea to include examples and be as detailed as possible if you want their vision to align with yours.

2. The Brief is Dispatched to your Dedicated Designer

They assign a dedicated graphic designer to handle your request. The same designer will stay with you, so they become more familiar with you and your brand the more requests they handle.

3. Design Delivery

When your designs are finished they will be dropped off in a Dropbox folder for you to check. You also get the source files so you have complete ownership over the designs and can make any edits yourself.

4. Revisions (if needed)

Should you require any revisions, Limitless Designs offer unlimited revisions on both of their plans. Just reply with your feedback and your designer will make the changes as per your specs.

Services

Limitless Designs says they typically take on graphic design tasks that can be completed in an hour, or easily summarized in an email what the task is.

Some of their most commonly requested graphic design work includes:

  • Social media images
  • Blog post images
  • Banner Ads
  • Cropping or resizing images

Plans and Pricing

Limitless Designs currently has two pricing plans or a one-off fee for single designs as follows:

  • Starter Plan – $179 per month for 4 graphic design requests. ($45/per design)
  • Unlimited Plan – $299 per month for unlimited graphic design requests.
  • Single Designs – $49 per design with one revision.

limitless designs pricing

Both of their plans include unlimited revisions, a dedicated designer, unlimited brands, 24/7 customer service, no fixed contracts, and a 14-day money back guarantee.

Limitless Designs Alternatives

Design Pickle operates with a very similar business model if you can get value from monthly plans, although their pricing is a little more expensive.

If you only want a one-off design or don’t anticipate having regular requests then Fiverr and Upwork are affordable options. The drawback with those being you need to do the legwork to choose a designer.

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Work Better Now

Posted by Mica Harvey / Dedicated Virtual Assistants, Virtual Admin Assistants, Virtual Assistant Companies, Virtual Employees

Work Better Now is a US-based virtual assistant company specializing in providing full-time virtual assistants to entrepreneurs and small business owners across the US and Canada.

The company is headquartered in the US, and they recruit assistants located in Central and South America.

About Work Better Now

The company was started around 3 years ago by co-founders Andrew Cohen and Robert Levin.

Andrew has a lot of experience working as a consultant with small businesses, start-ups, and entrepreneurs. Robert is also the CEO and Editor-in-Chief of RSL Media, a company that helps businesses nurture and convert other businesses.

Together, they decided to start Work Better Now to help busy business owners outsource low-priority tasks at a cost-effective price.

Work Better Now only offers full-time, dedicated virtual assistants. You can choose to split your assistant’s time with other businesses, but there are no part-time or hourly contracts.

Work Better Now told me they have an intricate process behind finding and onboarding the right VAs for each client. They work with a variety of businesses, ranging from solopreneurs to marketing agencies, law firms, and real estate businesses.

Whatever industry you’re in and whatever skills you require from a Virtual Assistant, Work Better Now will find the ideal candidate for you.

How Work Better Now Works

If you’re interested in working with Work Better Now, it starts by making contact and booking a 15-minute consultation call.

During this call, a member of their team will identify what your requirements are in a Virtual Assistant, how your business operates, etc.

Work Better Now will then find the best-suited Virtual Assistant to meet your needs. From there, you can interview the Virtual Assistant yourself and decide if you want to move forward and start working together.

Work Better Now Services

Work Better Now’s assistants will take just about any day-to-day business tasks off your hands that can be completed remotely.

To give you a better idea, they group their core services into the following categories on their site:

  • Calendar Management – General Personal Assistant tasks, such as confirming appointments, scheduling calls, providing reminders, etc.
  • Travel – Researching flight details, booking travel arrangements, coordinating meetings, etc.
  • Business Development – Carrying out research on LinkedIn, making contact with other business owners, building prospect lists, etc.
  • Management – Generating reports, invoicing, running personal errands, customer support, etc.
  • Operations – Converting files, conducting research, file management, writing up procedures, etc.

Work Better Now Plans and Pricing

Work Better Now has a simple pricing structure. They supply full-time virtual assistants for $1,750 per month. There are no hourly rates and no part-time plans.

Based on a 4-week month, this works out at just under $11/hr. This is a competitive rate, but it’s in the ballpark of what you would expect to pay for an assistant based in South America.

Their assistants are able to work to normal business hours for Continental US. They work 8 hours a day over a 9 hour period (1 hour for lunch), 5 days a week.

There are no contracts or hidden fees.

Work Better Now Alternatives

A couple of alternative companies supplying virtual assistants based in South America are Virtual Latinos and Uassist.me.

Both companies offer a similar range of services and prices. Virtual Latinos are a little on the less expensive side, with full-time assistants working out at $8/hr. While Uassist.me’s full-time assistants are around $12/hr.

The main difference is that both of these companies are a lot more flexible with their hourly plans. If you don’t have enough work to keep an assistant busy full-time, you can hire assistants from these companies on a part-time basis.

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Extend Your Team

Posted by Mica Harvey / Bookkeeping Services, Content Writing Services, Customer Service, Dedicated Virtual Assistants, Freelance Virtual Assistants, Graphic and Web Design Services, Philippines Virtual Assistants, Video Editing Services, Virtual Assistant Companies, Virtual Employees

Extend Your Team is a virtual assistant company specializing in providing experienced virtual assistants to small and medium-sized companies all over the world.

The company is headquartered in the US, and all of their assistants are based in the Philippines.

Book your discovery call here!

About Extend Your Team

Extend Your Team ReviewThe company started operations in April of 2020. By the end of the year, they had grown to more than 50 team members and expect to double in size in 2021.

When I spoke with one of their representatives, Extend Your Team attributed their growth to their business model – focusing on taking care of their team members better than other VA companies.

Extend Your Team said that by providing the best possible working environment and competitive pay and other benefits, their assistants deliver a higher quality of work for their clients.

Extend Your Team also focuses on employing VAs with considerable experience. They told me anyone joining their team has 10+ years’ experience. This is reflected in their pricing, which is based on the number of years’ experience a VA has.

This results in matching clients with assistants that are ready to start working with minimal training outside of the normal onboarding and learning about an individual client’s processes etc.

How Extend Your Team Works

If you want to work with Extend Your Team, it starts by making contact with a member of their team.

They will then take you through the following steps:

  1. Booking a discovery call

One of their team members will call you to discuss your business needs. This helps them find the best-suited virtual assistant.

  1. Finding a virtual assistant

If they can’t find an assistant within their pool of talent, Extend Your Team will go out into the market and find candidates. They will handle all of the recruitment and training costs.

  1. Choosing an assistant

You will be presented with several candidates to choose from. This is your opportunity to interview the candidates and make sure they’re a good fit for your business.

  1. Hiring and onboarding

When you’re happy with one or more of the assistants, the rep you’re working with from Extend Your Team will ensure the onboarding process goes smoothly. They also regularly check-in and stay in touch to ensure everything is going well.

Extend Your Team Services

Extend Your Team says they specialize in providing high-performing virtual assistants that will make a real difference to your business.

From e-commerce and SAAS to accounting and manufacturing. Whatever industry you’re in and whatever skill sets you require from an assistant, Extend Your Team will find the perfect candidate for you.

Something that separates Extend Your Team from other VA companies is that if they don’t have the perfect assistant already in their team, they will find them for you.

Extend Your Team Plans and Pricing

Extend Your Team’s rates start at $13/hr. They have two pricing plans and base their rates on the number of years’ experience their assistants have.

Their plans at the time of publishing were:

  1. Mid Level – (7-10 year’s experience) – $13-$15/hr full-time and $15-$18/hr part-time.
  2. Senior Level – (10+ year’s experience) – $16-$20/hr full-time and $19-$23/hr part-time.Extend Your Team Pricing

Book your discovery call here!

Extend Your Team Alternatives

There is no shortage of virtual assistant companies supplying VAs based in the Philippines. OkayRelax and WoodBows are two highly rated companies worth checking out, and both offer more competitive rates.

OkayRelax operates a price per task model with prices in the $8-$12 range. While WoodBows’ hourly rates start at around $9/hr.

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Visugu

Posted by Mica Harvey / Video Editing Services

Visugu is an Australian-based video editing company. They offer an unlimited video editing service for a flat monthly fee, as well as taking on one-off jobs.

The company is headquartered in Sydney, Australia. However, all of their video editors are located in the Philippines, enabling Visugu to offer very competitive rates.

About Visugu

The company started operations in 2018 and is a subsidiary of Pixelsquare Pty Ltd, an Australian marketing agency.

Visugu offers ‘unlimited’ video editing for a fixed price. What this means is, you can submit as many video editing jobs as you want each month. Visugu’s editors will then work through your requests one at a time.

So, while there is an obvious cap, this is typically what unlimited always means with subscription services. If you can keep a constant flow of requests backed up, you’re going to get good value for money from your subscription.

Visugu’s editors take on any type of video editing jobs. Just keep in mind that the bigger the job, the longer it will take.

When working with Visugu, you will be assigned an account manager based in Australia and your editing will be picked up by one of their editors in the Philippines.

How Visugu Works

There is a simple 3-step process that will take you from submitting a request, to receiving a finished video back from Visugu.

  1. Sign up for a monthly plan (unless you have a one-off job). You can then upload your video footage to your own storage space, and send Visugu a link with instructions of what you want to be done.
  2. Your footage will be picked up by one of Visugu’s editors. They will give a quote on how long it will take and start getting on with the editing.
  3. You will receive your edited video footage back. You can either accept it if it’s perfect or request as many revisions as needed to get it perfect.

Visugu Services

Visugu is a complete video editing service. This means, you can send your raw video footage over with details of how you want the finished product to look, and they’ll do that for you.

Common video editing tasks include:

  • Color grading
  • Special effects
  • Subtitles
  • Adding translations
  • Slide shows
  • Adding music
  • Editing out/in pieces of footage

Visugu Plans and Pricing

Visugu has a price for one-off jobs, and two monthly subscription plans as follows:

Single Jobs – $199

Casual – $299/mo

The Director – $489/mo

The main differences between Visugu’s Casual and Director plans are the number of edits, turnaround time, and some additional editing features.

It’s worth taking a look at the specifics of these plans. Depending on the work you want to be done to your videos, you may need to go with the Director plan.

Both plans come with a 14-day 100% money-back guarantee. If you’re not happy with the service for any reason, you can request your money back within the first 14 days.

Visugu Alternatives

If you have just one or very few videos per month you need editing, there are more affordable options. You might be able to find a freelance video editor on Upwork or Fiverr to do them for you.

If you can keep a video editor busy all month, for alternative monthly video editing subscription services you should check out Vidchops and Video Husky. Both of these companies have some great feedback and offer a similar range of services.

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x.ai

Posted by Mica Harvey / Artificial Intelligence Assistants, Resources/Tools, Task-Based Virtual Assistants, UK/Europe Virtual Assistants, US Virtual Assistants

x.ai is a tool that helps you and your team share ideal availability and schedule meetings.

About x.ai

x.ai reviewFounded in 2014, x.ai is a productivity tool powered by artificial intelligence that lets you schedule meetings effortlessly. We believe it should be easier and less time-consuming to schedule meetings, and x.ai is built to help everyone achieve that.

 

How It Works

When you connect all of your calendars with x.ai, the powerful scheduling engine can instantly review your availability and preferences to find ideal meeting times. You can share a link to these time options or tell x.ai’s Scheduling AI to send them directly to your guests.

With x.ai, you can automate the most tedious parts of schedule — things like finding compatible times to meet with large groups, sending follow-ups and reminders, as well as managing cancellations and reschedule requests.

Best of all: When you initiate a meeting with another x.ai user, the scheduling engine can review everyone’s availability and preferences to schedule the meeting instantly without any additional coordination.

X.ai Plans and Pricing

X.ai offers a Free, Forever plan, as well as Individual and Team tiers that provide premium features. Learn more: https://x.ai/pricing/

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HelpSquad

Posted by Mica Harvey / 24/7 Chat Support, Customer Service, Virtual Assistant Companies

HelpSquad offers shared VAs, dedicated VAs, and part-time receptionist services. On top of that, they provide 24/7 live chat support service with fully-trained live chat agents to businesses of all sizes and will actively work to increase your website conversions and generate leads.

HelpSquad is a cost-effective solution to hiring additional staff, and your customers will love having their live chats, Facebook messages, and SMS text messages answered around the clock. 

About HelpSquad

HelpSquad is a global BPO that allows companies to outsource critical customer service and business processes to highly-trained, experienced agents. The company is headed up by founder Michael Kansky and started operations in 2015. HelpSquad customer service fanatics can take on any role – customer service, call center, and back office operations. They guarantee that outsourcing customer support with HelpSquad will reduce operational costs, increase efficiency, and expand productivity. At the same time, outsourcing will free-up personnel to focus on value-added tasks. HelpSquad offers services for start-ups, small businesses, and enterprises.

How HelpSquad Works

Their headquarters are located in Hatboro, PA, but their team of VAs spread worldwide including Europe, Central America, and South Africa.

Virtual Assistants can report directly to your company for training, daily check-ins, and coaching. HelpSquad can also provide onsite supervision, QA, training, and management for engagements of five or more VAs. Either way, HelpSquad VAs will have an open, communicative relationship with you. Their Virtual Assistants and staff become a part of your team.

HelpSquad is able to offer this cost-effective service because their agents have the ability to serve several clients simultaneously. Though they are available 24/7, you only pay for the number of unique chats or customer engagements they handle.

All of their agents have been put through a rigorous training program and are experienced in using a wide range of chat software and programs. Your “squad” will take the time to understand the fundamentals of your business and serve your customers as if they are an extension of your brand. 

Onboarding: 3-Step process

  1. Identify the needs and wants of the client (you!) 
  2. Communicate the needs and wants of the client to their team so they can identify the best-suited virtual assistant candidates to fill the positions. This includes finding a candidate with relevant experience to the client industry. 
  3. Train the VA on HelpSquad’s omnichannel software platform or any bring-your-own software required. Orient the VA on the needs of the client and their expected role in the client’s business

HelpSquad Services

HelpSquad’s live Virtual Assistants will not only train to answer your customers’ most frequently asked questions, but  will also understand your business’ systems and processes. They’ll be able to reference customer’s order history, make appointments, provide technical support and troubleshooting.

Make a list of business tasks that you no longer want to do yourself and HelpSquad VAs can take over. Full- and part-time Virtual Assistants are available. HelpSquad will ensure you have the perfect candidate to fill any role. Your team can manage agent training or just leave it to HelpSquad supervisors. 

HelpSquad also offers 24/7 managed chat services. Professionally trained live chat agents stand ready to answer your customers’ questions, social media, Google Business Messages and Facebook Messenger inquiries 24/7/365.

They have a pool of multilingual, vetted and screened agents ready to join your team. Customer service skills are required for all VAs. HelpSquad Virtual Assistants are screened for grammar, spelling, and typing capabilities. Phone assistants will have the clarity of speech you expect. Only the highest performance agents qualify.

HelpSquad Dedicated Virtual Assistant Services

  1. Sales and Technical Support
  2. Customer Service
  3. Scheduling/Calendar Management
  4. Travel Assistance
  5. Research
  6. Quality Assurance
  7. Transcription/Translation Services
  8. Social Media Interaction
  9. Email/Text Messaging Management
  10. Other Personal Assistant Functions

HelpSquad Virtual Receptionist Services

  1. Answer incoming calls
  2. Greet callers
  3. Take messages
  4. Transfer calls
  5. Provide basic customer service
  6. Schedule appointments
  7. Provide basic information about products and services
  8. Collect payments
  9. Create automated welcome messages
  10. Direct callers to the appropriate department or individual
  11. Follow up with customers
  12. Generate reports
  13. Monitor call volumes
  14. Set call forwarding
  15. Create call logs
  16. Offer after-hours support
  17. Send out reminders
  18. Handle overflow calls
  19. Record customer feedback
  20. Upload contact information into a database

HelpSquad Plans and Pricing

HelpSquad’s 24/7 managed chats at the time of publishing are found below.

Custom pricing plans available for larger accounts. Part-time and Full-time Dedicated Virtual Assistant pricing as well as Virtual Receptionist pricing is available following initial discovery conversation. (Starts at only $695 per month)

24/7 managed chat plans:

  • Jump Start – $185 per month, 50 unique chats/engagements
  • Business Plan– $350 per month, 100 unique chats/engagements
  • Advanced – $600 per month, 200 unique chats/engagements

 

HelpSquad offers a 14-day free trial with ALL plans, so you can give HelpSquad a try and get a feel for their service before committing to a long-term plan.

HelpSquad Alternatives

The closest alternatives I’ve found to HelpSquad would be virtual receptionist services like Ruby Receptionists (for phone support; not live chat), but you could also hire a freelance customer support agent.

The drawback to that is natural limits to their availability, where HelpSquad’s team approach makes sure you always have coverage.

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Tasks Assistant

Posted by Mica Harvey / India Virtual Assistants, Virtual Assistant Companies

UPDATE November 2020: They are currently offering 3 Days free trial (12 hours of services) without paying or sign up.

Tasks Assistant is a virtual assistant company based in Mumbai, India.

The company has been operating since 2014, and all of their virtual assistants are trained and managed in their Mumbai offices.

About Tasks Assistant

Task Assistant ReviewThe company was founded by partners, Javed and Sam, with the intention of helping small business owners and entrepreneurs streamline their workflow by providing skilled virtual assistants at a competitive rate.

They provide 24/7 support, so timezones and business hours are not an issue, which is worth pointing out as their VA’s are based in their offices in Mumbai.

So, if you feel like you’re spending too much time on those day-to-day tasks that could be handled by someone else and not enough time growing your business, Tasks Assistant are waiting for your call.

How Tasks Assistant Works

All of their standard plans (excluding their pay-as-you-go plan) includes a dedicated assistant. There is a simple onboarding process from meeting your new assistant to assigning them work as follows:

  1. After you sign up for a plan a member of their operations team will contact you to discuss your requirements in detail.
  2. They will assign the best-suited virtual assistant to handle your tasks and email you their details to look through.
  3. If you’re happy with the assistant, you can start communicating directly with them via email, phone, skype, whatever channel you prefer, and start working together.

3 Days free trial (12 hours of services) without paying or sign up.

Tasks Assistant Services

Tasks Assistant say their assistants can handle just about any task that can be completed remotely.

To give you an idea, they group a lot of their tasks into the following categories:

  • Personal/Administrative Tasks
  • Data Entry
  • Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
  • Social Media Management
  • Bookkeeping and Accounting
  • Real Estate Tasks
  • Graphic Design
  • Web Development
  • Email and Chat Support
  • PPC and AdWords Management

Tasks Assistant Plans and Pricing

Tasks Assistant have 5 plans to choose from. Basically, it comes down to two hourly rates. Their pay-as-you-go plan is $9.99 per hour, and all their other plans are decrease in price with the more hours you purchase.

The minimum spend for their pay-as-you-go plan, which they call their Small package is $99.9 for 10 hours. This plan is among the lowest cost virtual assistant services I’ve found, and their larger plans are an excellent value as well.

A complete list of their plans at the time of publishing is as follows:

  • Small – Pay as you go – $9.99 per hour.
  • Standard – 10 hour free trial – 40 hours of assistance – $6.99 per hour.
  • Premium – 10 hour free trial – 80 hours of assistance – $5.99 per hour.
  • Most Popular – 20 hours free trial – 160 hours of assistance – $4.99 per hour.

Task Assistant Pricing

The $6.99 hourly rate is very competitive. If you’re going to shop around for other quotes, you’ll find other virtual assistant companies in India offering similar rates, but it’s about as low as it gets.

UPDATE November 2020: They are currently offering 3 Days free trial (12 hours of services) without paying or sign up.

Tasks Assistant Alternatives

If Tasks Assistant’s rates are in the ballpark you’re looking for I recommend checking out other virtual assistant companies based in India.

VA Talks and My Tasker have a good deal of positive feedback to help you with your decision, and I know VA Talks offer a free trial as well.

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Task Papa

Posted by Mica Harvey / Bookkeeping Services, Content Writing Services, Customer Service, Dedicated Virtual Assistants, Graphic and Web Design Services, India Virtual Assistants, Project-Based Virtual Assistants, Recruiting Services, Resources/Tools, Resume Building Services, SMS Virtual Assistants, Task-Based Virtual Assistants, Technical Assistants, UK/Europe Virtual Assistants, US Virtual Assistants, Video Editing Services, Virtual Admin Assistants, Virtual Assistant Companies, Virtual Assistant Resources, Virtual Backend Assistants, Virtual Customer Service Assistants, Virtual Employees, Virtual Receptionist Services

Task Papa is a virtual assistant company based in Mumbai, India. The company was founded in 2012, but have been flying under my radar until recently.

Their company philosophy is to provide virtual assistants, or ‘task officers’ as they call them, to busy business owners. They provide a cost-effective solution and free up time for the business owners as their task officers handle some of their workload.

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About Task Papa

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Task Papa operates out of the economic heart of India, Mumbai. All of their workers are based in their offices and managed in-house. I spoke with Amit Joshi, Sales Manager for Task Papa, he commented, “We strongly believe in giving awesome results to our clients and this is only possible when you have in-house workers.”

Their team is currently 40+ strong and growing, with several on-site project managers, and an additional layer of operations management to oversee all the virtual assistants.

The company founder, Devang Selani, has over 10 years of experience in the customer service industry. He was inspired to start Task Papa after visiting and experiencing working with clients in the US.

Amit described their target customers as, “anyone and everyone who wants to save time. This could be anyone from businessmen to self-employed workers to freelancers.” As for their areas of specialization, personal assistants and admin officers seem to be where they place most of their focus.

Task Papa Founder Interview

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Task Papa’s Services

Getting started with Task Papa couldn’t be easier. You can sign up via their website for a free quote, or enquire about any special requirements you have. Plus, they offer a free trial period, with no credit card information or commitment asked of you.

If you know what you want, they have set hourly packages of 160, 80, 40 hours. With the hourly rate reducing per the more hours you sign up for. They also offer a pay as you go option, with a minimum of 5 hours per week.

Naturally, the task officers at Task Papa can handle a wide range of administrative tasks, such as:

  • Admin
  • Personal Assistant duties
  • HR and recruitment
  • SEO and online marketing
  • Website maintenance and Hosting
  • Writing
  • Customer care
  • and more

Task Papa’s Plans and Pricing

Task Papa currently has five different payment plans. They have three different hourly plans and a pay-as-you-go plan.

Their hourly rates start at $11.95 per hour for a 40-hour package, with the rate dropping to $9.95 per hour with their maximum 160-hour package.

Their pay as you go plan is $12.95 per hour.

Full Pricing Table (accurate at the time of publishing):

  • 40 hrs per month – $478 ($11.95/hr)
  • 80 hrs per month – $876 ($10.95/hr)
  • 160 hrs per month – $1592 ($9.95/hr)
  • Pay As You Go – $12.95/hr

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Why Task Papa?

When I asked Amit what sets Task Papa apart from their competitors, he gave me a few points to consider.

Free Trial Period – Not all virtual assistant companies offer a free trial. Task Papa does, and it’s a great way to get a feel for their services.

Experienced Team – Task Papa has a strict filtering process to ensure they are matching their clients needs with the most appropriate virtual assistant.

Guarantee – They offer a guarantee that 100% of the work will be completed to the client’s satisfaction.

Dedicated Task Officers – At Task Papa they do not use shared task officers. When you hire an officer, they are the only person you are working with.

Discounted rates for NGOs – Task Papa are proud to support NGOs and offer some discounted packages. Contact them directly for details.

Task Papa Alternatives

Looking at virtual assistant companies based in India, My Tasker might be worth a look. Other well-rated firms to consider are Uassist.ME in El Salvador or Task Bullet in the Philippines.

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The Perfect Tools a Person Can Use After Hiring a Virtual Assistant

Posted by Mica Harvey / News

The Perfect Tools a Person Can Use After Hiring a Virtual Assistant

You have finally decided to reduce your workload and successfully hired a Virtual Assistant. Now the next question comes to your mind- What tools and tasks should you assign your Virtual Assistant? What exactly can you Virtual Assistant do for you? How will your Virtual Assistant work?

Virtual Assistants can help in understanding your user queries, create content and share relevant information. They have no work time restrictions, which means they will be able to you all the time.

In simple words, Virtual Assistants can assist you with almost every admin task that can’t be automated. Here are some tasks that your Virtual Assistant assistant can do for you-

  • Functions that can contribute to your business growth- managing social channels, manage recruitments, creating relevant content.
  • Time-consuming admin tasks, including email management, travel arrangements, blogging, reminder services, etc.
  • Tasks concerning research- market research, deep online research, etc.

Hire the best virtual assistance agency that can effectively handle your tasks. 

Importance of Virtual Assistance Service

Personal assistants always need to work closely with their employer, both geographically and literally. With the rise of shared workspaces and technology such as Skype and the Cloud, in-house work is becoming impractical and outdated.

Since online business operations and interactions are becoming relevant, a virtual assistant team is now a valuable resource for companies of all sizes and shapes.

A virtual assistant team works similarly to their onsite predecessors. However, instead of being constrained in the office, Virtual Assistants can work for your business from anywhere in the world.

Virtual Assistant Makes Your Worklife Easier

Businesses always need to have a strong online presence, which is challenging in this competitive industry. 

Hiring a professional virtual assistance service will make your life easier by offering the best services. As they will help to take your workload and handle your time-consuming tasks.

Drive Your Business Growth

As a business owner, it becomes tedious for you to manage all the tasks by yourself. Hire a talented virtual assistant team and describe your requirements. 

All you need to do is develop an understanding of your business ethics and current policies before the process begins. They’ll find opportunities and develop strategies to grow your business. 

Helps to Save Money

When you hire an employee, you offer them a salary and also take care of few more things:

  • Taxes
  • Compensation
  • Sickness Leaves
  • Other benefits

While virtual assistants are independent workers. You’ll not be liable to handle their expenses. You only need to hire them for a specific job and pay them as required.

Offers Higher Productivity

Since you hire a virtual assistance agency for a specific job, you don’t need to worry about productivity. VAs don’t work under the traditional 8-hours workday. The work under strict timelines. 

They dedicate all their time to complete the tasks on time or even before the deadline.

Reduces Your Work Stress

As a business owner, you might need to take care of several important tasks. With the hectic schedule, you might miss out on certain tasks.

You can use the help of a virtual assistant. Your e-commerce virtual assistant can assist you with crucial tasks, including-

  • Conduct market research
  • Email Management
  • Important event scheduling
  • Implementing Search Engine Optimization
  • Developing Content 
  • Online Marketing
  •  Data Entry
  •  Answering calls 
  •  Web Development

Professional virtual assistants are incredibly skilled in various sectors and help an efficient organization of your store. 

Now that you’ve hired a virtual assistance agency, you need to monitor their performance. But how? We’ve enlisted the perfect tool to monitor performance you can use after hiring a Virtual Assistant. 

Time and Activity Tracker

The payment you offer a Virtual Assistant depends on the time taken to complete the task. Therefore, with time and activity trackers, you can monitor the time taken to complete every task. 

Communication Tools For Real-time Direct Interactions

  • Skype
  • Microsoft Teams 
  • Flock
  • Slack
  • Chanty

With these communication tools, you can directly connect with your virtual assistant team and share your requirements and feedback.

Video Conferencing For Discussions And Meetings

  • Zoom
  • Join.me
  • Google Meet
  • GoToMeeting
  • Zoho Meeting

Want you to introduce your Virtual Assistant to the team? Want your Virtual Assistant to present a report? Want your Virtual Assistant to coordinate with your internal team? You can use these video conferencing tools for such purposes. 

Tools To Schedule Meeting and Appointments

  • Google Calendar
  • SimplyBook.me
  • Calendly
  • Setmore

Don’t miss out on another crucial meeting with your virtual assistance agency. Schedule your meeting using these excellent meeting scheduling tools.  

Project Management Tools

  • Monday.com
  • Basecamp
  • Asana
  • Trello

With project management tools, you and your internal team don’t need to stay connected with the virtual assistance team to understand any project’s progress. You can simply access the project management tool to understand the current progress. 

Social Media Management Tools

  • Buffer
  • Oktopost
  • Later
  • Hootsuite
  • Sprout Social

Want to know what social media strategy your Virtual Assistant has developed? With social media management tools, you can track your current social media campaign and understand upcoming social media strategy. 

Use these tools to enjoy maximum benefits from your virtual assistant team. 

About Author

Billy Brown – is a published content creator and digital marketer. Being a skilled and passionate person he has applied the best efforts to stay with the marketing trends. Virtual Assistant management is one of his  biggest strength. As an SEO expert, I believe in providing the best digital marketing solutions with my glorious experience in multiple sectors. EcomVA is one such platform where you can see I have put my efforts, skills, and time in the growth of business.

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