Priority VA

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

Priority VA is a Remote Executive Assistant company based in Georgia. Since 2013, the company has provided US-based Executive Assistants to businesses and entrepreneurs all over the world.

About Priority VA

Priority VA was founded by Trivinia Barber, a CEO, author, podcaster and speaker who is committed to creating leaders who “don’t do it alone.” Trivinia founded Priority VA after growing tired of seeing hardworking growth-minded entrepreneurs get overwhelmed and burnt out while scaling their business to the next level.

If that sounds like you, you’re not alone. In fact, you’re in good company. Priority VA has served notable clients in the online space such as Ray Edwards, Todd Herman, Simple Green Smoothies, Caroo and Social Media Examiner.

When you work with Priority VA, its team of Kolbe-certified Talent Acquisition Specialists work with you to find an Executive Assistant best suited to your needs. The company seeks to foster integrity-driven relationships between executives and their EAs based on your company’s values, vision and culture. This service is preferable for leaders seeking long-term contracts rather than one-off project work.

Priority VA Services

Priority VA matches executives with teammates who are ready to serve as an Executive Assistant, Project Manager, Integrator or Chief of Staff.  

Priority VA provides leaders and Executive Assistants onboarding prep steps to help ensure a successful long-term relationship. Once you’re matched with your EA, it is up to you to continue to engage and communicate your needs and expectations.

Here is a list of tasks Priority VA assistants commonly carry out for their executives:

  • Calendar Management
  • Travel Management
  • Inbox Management
  • Schedule Management
  • Document Creation and Formatting
  • Market Research
  • CRM Management
  • Project Management
  • Event Management
  • Writing and Editing
  • Customer Service
  • Affiliate Management

Priority VA Plans and Pricing

Priority VA offers three tiers of support with first-class talent only based in North America through Priority STAFF (fractional support), Priority MATCH (direct hire placement) and Priority HIRE (direct hire placement and EA mentorship) services. The company’s direct placement services are customized to your needs as an established, growth-minded entrepreneur.

Priority VA Alternatives

Priority VA seeks to redraw the boundaries of what an EA can do. It invests in ongoing training from world-class experts to make sure its team is up to speed on the latest tactics, tools and strategies. If you’re just getting started, or aren’t able to invest in hiring a right-hand Executive Assistant for a least 10 hours a week at this phase of your business, this might be a little more than you need at the moment.

Three of the highest rated US-based virtual assistant companies are ClearDesk,  Time Etc and Boldly. These companies also put a lot of emphasis on matching up clients with assistants to form long-term, strong working relationships.

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Have you worked with Priority VA? If so, please leave a review below to help others with their decision.

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LiveAnswer

Posted by Mica Harvey / Virtual Receptionist Services

LiveAnswer is a call center support platform. They offer a cloud-based solution for companies in need of extra call center support to launch or expand their call center campaigns.

The company has been in business since 2014, and was acquired by Stericycle in October of 2016. Their headquarters are located in Miami, Florida, where a team of 12 oversees a network of more than 25,000 call center agents.

About LiveAnswer

Adam Boalt is the founder and current CEO of LiveAnswer. He formed the company back in 2014, and in 2016 was acquired by Stericycle, Inc., a Fortune 1,000 company.

LiveAnswer works with businesses of all sizes, from large leading brands, to nationwide health care systems and local contractors.

With more than 25,000 call center agents and operating 24/7, 365 days a year, LiveAnswer has the call center staff available as and when you need them.

It’s worth noting that LiveAnswer use a call behavior tool. This allows businesses to have a chance to handle their inbound calls first and only forward the call to Live Answer’s team if you aren’t able to answer the phone yourselves.

This helps lower the cost while still providing 24/7 phone answering coverage.

How LiveAnswer Works

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4J_YdKlNdfE

Services

The services LiveAnswer offers includes:

  • Messages – Real-time instant access to ongoing and completed messages.
  • Call-flow – You can fully automate your call answering procedures.
  • Contacts – Manage all of your contacts from a central location.
  • Numbers – You have unlimited toll-free numbers available.
  • Agent scripts – You have full control over the scripts the call center agents will read from.
  • Reports – Custom reports to help you keep track of all your call data.
  • Mobile app – LiveAnswer has a mobile app so you can stay in touch anywhere, anytime.

Plans and Pricing

Live Answer has four pricing plans as follows:

  • Basic – $99/month – This plan includes 70 live agent minutes, 100 IVR/forwarding minutes, 2 toll-free or local numbers, and 3 voicemails/extensions.
  • Plus – $149/month – This plan includes 125 live agent minutes, 200 IVR/forwarding minutes, 2 toll-free or local numbers, and 3 voicemails/extensions.
  • Pro – $399/month – This plan includes 400 live agent minutes, 800 IVR/forwarding minutes, 10 toll-free or local numbers, and 10 voicemails/extensions.
  • Premium – $999/month – This plan includes 1,050 live agent minutes, 3,000 IVR/forwarding minutes, 20 toll-free or local numbers, and 100 voicemails/extensions.

IVR stands for Interactive Voice Response, which I’m guessing is something like the automated phone menus you can talk to get routed where you need your call to go.

This works out at approx $1.41 per minute on their basic plan, dropping to $0.95 per minute for their Premium plan.

Ideally you want to sign up to the plan that comes closest to the number of minutes you will be using each month. However, should you run over, additional minutes are available starting at $1.45 per/min.

LiveAnswer also offers a 7-day free trial period leading into any of their plans, so you can try their services before committing.

LiveAnswer Alternatives

Gabbyville and Ruby Receptionists are two of the higher rated virtual answering services that are also worth checking out.

These companies are more suited to businesses in need of virtual receptionist support rather than large call center operations however. If that’s more in-line with what you’re looking for I recommend checking them out.

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Ripplepop

Posted by Mica Harvey / Technical Assistants

RipplePop is a WordPress support company based in Chicago, IL. The company was started by two best friends, Michael and Jordan in January 2016.

They offer monthly plans to ensure your WordPress site is kept up-to-date, you have backups in case of an emergency, and turnaround jobs in 4-8 hours.

About RipplePop

What separates RipplePop from other WordPress support companies is their ability to connect you with the right developer no matter your project’s requirements. That is because over their nearly 10 years in business they have amassed a talented crew of nearly 40 developers with skills to help any type of client.

What started as a simple monthly recurring WordPress maintenance and support based service has evolved over the years from the direct input of their customers. “When your customers ask you, ‘What else can you do for me?’’ that is both a compliment and an opportunity to be prepared for.” Jordan, the Co-Founder of RipplePop said.


Now RipplePop works with agencies of all shapes and sizes and their plans can scale up and down more easily as your needs change so that you don’t ever need to look elsewhere if and when you need more help. Jordan recalls this being a vital pivot for the business as RipplePop changed from a low-cost monthly service plan to a plug-and-play developer resource for agencies. It became a differentiator and a key to RipplePop’s success.

RipplePop Services

With almost endless fixes and customization tweaks that can be made to sites on the WordPress platform it’s impossible to list all the services covered.

It’s fair to say that RipplePop have you covered for just about any WordPress related task you will encounter. RipplePop developers are required to have at least 6 years of professional industry experience before they can apply to RipplePop so that clients can rest assured knowing they are working with highly talented developers.

With RipplePop’s plans you get to work with your developer on your schedule. You get to choose what window during they day they will be active so they are always online and responsive when you need them.

With weekly billing it makes it easy to adjust your plan up or down as your needs change. You can even pause your plan at any time with no long term commitments.

Plans and Pricing

RipplePop has three different pricing plans (at time of publishing):

  • 2-Hours Daily – $195/wk – Developer online and active daily for 2 hours (10 hours total per week)
  • 4-Hours Daily – $395/wk – Developer online and active daily for 4 hours (20 hours total per week)
  • 8-Hours Daily – $795/wk – Developer online and active daily for 8 hours (40 hours total per week)

RipplePop also offers bulk-hour bundles for people or agencies who need help but may not have a predictable daily schedule of tasks.

These bulk hour bundles let you buy 125 or 250 hours in bulk and spend them over the course of 18 months. The bulk hour bundles start at $2,592 for 125 hours to spend as you go.

RipplePop Alternatives

Zen WP and Access WP offer a similar range of services and start around the same price point as RipplePop if you want to check them out.

For one off fixes without the monthly subscription, you might consider WP Fix It or Zen WP‘s à la carte option.

Your Turn

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Gun.io

Posted by Mica Harvey / Freelance Virtual Assistants, Technical Assistants

Gun.io is a platform connecting freelance software developers with business owners and entrepreneurs in need of professional software development services. (Think “hired gun.”)

The company is privately held and was founded in 2011, and their headquarters is located in Nashville, Tennessee. They say that over 80% of their community are based in the US, primarily across cities such as San Francisco, Boston, and New York.

About Gun.io

The company was founded by Rich Jones and current CEO Teja Yenamandra. Hiring a freelancer always comes with an element of risk, but Gun.io are keen to emphasize, “We believe that remote work isn’t an excuse to be flaky. Gun.io attracts skilled professionals who thrive on autonomy and use that freedom to best provide value to clients worldwide.”

They work with US-based team leaders and developers, so if you’re hiring from the US you shouldn’t struggle with language barriers or time zone differences.

There is a premium to pay for US-based freelancers (see below) in comparison to overseas workers, but there is some extra security knowing you’re working with someone closer to home.

Services

Some of the services Gun.io lists as within the skillsets of their freelancers include:

  • Web applications
  • SAAS products
  • iOS apps
  • Android apps
  • MVP development
  • Project management
  • Desktop programs
  • UX strategy
  • Scripting

How it Works

There is a simple 3-step process when signing up with Gun.io and submitting your task:

  • Discovery – You explain what you want done and your budget for your project with one of their team leaders.
  • Planning – Gun.io create a plan of attack and handpick the team members from their pool of more than 25,000 freelancers best suited to complete your task.
  • Execution – With your say, work starts and your dedicated team leader keeps in contact with you as to the progress.

They list their areas of specialization as, iOS, Andriod, LAMP, .NET, Java, C#, Swift, Scala, Ruby on Rails, Ruby, C++, PHP, Python, Django, Javascript, Objective-C, Node.JS, and project management.

At press time, the company has facilitated close to 1000 projects and paid out over $16 million to developers.

Plans and Pricing

Gun.io are not for those looking for a small one-off quick job. The minimum job size they take on is $15,000 over a two month period.

For ongoing tasks their rates range from $150 to $250 per hour depending on the level of experience required for your project.

To get started, Gun.io requires a retainer fee of $2,000 which is credited against your final invoice. You can get a custom quote for your task by contacting a member of their team and discussing your project.

Gun.io Alternatives

The closest competitor to Gun.io that comes to mind is TopTal, a similar service that curates “top talent” in technical fields. Alternatively, you might check out the smaller Crew.co or a much larger freelance marketplace like Upwork.

In the case of Upwork, you will need to sort through applications yourself however and therefore there is a larger risk involved, but you’re likely to find someone at a lower cost.

Your Turn

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Upwork

Posted by Mica Harvey / Dedicated Virtual Assistants, Freelance Virtual Assistants, Project-Based Virtual Assistants, US Virtual Assistants

Upwork (formerly oDesk) is a community that brings together contract workers and employers. The company has been in business since 2003, and now serves hundreds of thousands of clients all around the world.

They boast more than 12 million freelancers ready to bid on your job.

About Upwork

odesk reviewIn late 2013, Elance and oDesk actually merged into one company, but continued to operate separate freelance marketplaces. Then, in 2015, they rebranded oDesk to Upwork.

I’m not sure why they made the change since 0Desk was a well-established brand with a solid reputation in the industry, but their official press documents said it was to help businesses connect with great talent faster than ever before, collaborate in larger teams, and fuel growing companies.

Why they couldn’t have done that under the old name, I have no idea.

Services

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While Upwork / oDesk was primarily known as a place to find programmers, it is also a great place to find a virtual assistant, and administrative support is one of their fastest growing categories.

I found over 5000 matches for a recent Upwork search for “virtual assistant”.

Plans and Pricing

Upwork has no sign-up fees to access their network of freelance virtual assistant service providers. In fact, you can create an account, post your requirements, and have workers bidding for the job within a few minutes.

The company makes money by taking a fee from the contract price of the work. That means if you agree to pay an Upwork virtual assistant $500 for 100 hours worth of work (not an uncommon price!), they are really collecting slightly less than that.

Upwork Review

The Upwork system offers the benefits you’d expect from this type of marketplace, including feedback mechanisms and dispute resolution.

One thing that sets Upwork apart is their monitoring software. (Note: Elance has since implemented similar “Workview” software.) Some say it’s a little Big Brother-ish, but others swear by it because it makes sure the work that is paid for is the work that gets done.

The software, which workers turn on when they begin a job, tracks keystroke volume, takes screenshots at certain time intervals, and even has an optional webcam feature. If you’re wary about hiring a remote virtual assistant, it can definitely help overcome some of the fear of not being able to manage their working hours effectively.

A Global Minimum Wage?

In 2014, Upwork introduced a $3/hour minimum wage. Yes, it’s still absurdly low by Western standards, but it does prevent even lower bids from new overseas workers in developing economies.

When searching for virtual assistants on Upwork, pay close attention to their account history. How long have they been working? What does their feedback say about their work?

Another thing to look for is to match the virtual assistant’s specific skill set to the tasks you need done. Everyone has certain specialties, so seek out those who have good ratings in the areas you need the most help with. Alternatively, you can post your own job requirements and have workers bid on them.

Upwork Alternatives

There are several other freelance platforms you might consider testing out, including specialized services for graphic design, content writing, and technical support.

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Location Worldwide, w/ concentration in USA and Philippines Worldwide Worldwide Philippines
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Size of Talent Pool Thousands 12 million 830,000 250,000
Hourly Rate $5-75+ $3-100+ $3-100+ $3-20+
Platform Fee 15% 5-20% 20% + processing fee $69 a month
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(optional)
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My favorite other broad-focused freelance site is Fiverr, primarily because you can just select the freelancer you want to work with directly, without sifting through dozens of applications. But it’s definitely better for smaller jobs where there’s less money on the line.

Related: Upwork vs. Fiverr: Which Marketplace is Best to Find an Awesome Freelancer?

For ongoing employment, you might consider OnlineJobs.ph, the largest job board in the Philippines with a huge database of qualified workers.

Related: My in-depth comparison between Upwork and OnlineJobs.

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Answering Legal

Posted by Mica Harvey / Virtual Receptionist Services

Answering Legal is a virtual receptionist service provider specializing in handling calls for law firms, attorneys, and solo law practitioners across the US.

The company is based in Nesconset, New York. They have been in business since 2013, and already serve over 5,000 law firms nationwide.

About Answering Legal

The company is a family owned and operated business headed up by a husband and wife team of Robert and Brooke Shatles.

All of their operatives are based in their Long Island offices, and they provide a 24/7 live telephone answering service to more than 5,000 law firms across the US.

If you’re a solo law practitioner there are going to be times when you’re not available to answer calls. Or, as a larger organization you may want out-of-hours support or help with periods of large call volumes.

Using a virtual receptionist service like Answering Legal is a cost-effective way to deal with these issues. Their operatives specialize in law and are trained in-house, this means that you can rest assured the person on the end of the phone representing your business understand the industry jargon. This is important in any industry, but perhaps none more than law.

 

When you sign up you are assigned a group of operators to handle your calls, this allows their operators to become familiar with you and your business and integrate with you and your business better over time.

Services

Answering Legal provide a wide range of receptionist services, including and not limited to:

  • 24-hour call answering
  • Taking messages
  • Legal intake
  • Call forwarding services
  • Customer support
  • Text messaging and email communications

Reps are bilingual in English and Spanish, and specifically trained to handle legal clients and leads.

You can forward your own scripts and legal intakes for their operative to work from or simply leave it up to them to handle your calls in a professional manner.

How Answering Legal Works

Plans and Pricing

Answering Legal offer a free 10-day trial if you want to test their services before committing to a plan.
They currently have four different monthly pricing plans:

  • Small Firm – 100 minutes for $198 per month
  • Medium Firm – 200 minutes for $330 per month
  • Large Firm – 300 minutes for $465 per month
  • Enterprise Firm – Custom quotes only, call for details

All the plans come with live receptionist coverage 24/7, 365 days a year. Someone will be there to answer your incoming calls, take down customer information, forward urgent calls, set appointments, and deliver messages.

Every Answering Legal plan comes with a 10-day free trial.

Not sure where your practice falls on their scale? The Small Firm plan is ideal for attorneys with 20 or less active cases per month, Medium Firm is aimed at those 20-50 case range, Large Firm is 50-75, and Enterprise Firm is suited to handle any number above 75.

Answering Legal Alternatives

Other virtual receptionist companies worth checking out include GabbyVille or DaVinci Virtual Receptionists, though neither specialize in serving attorney clients.

Your Turn

Have you worked with Answering Legal? If so, please leave a review below to help others with their decision.

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Great Assistant

Posted by Mica Harvey / US Virtual Assistants

Great Assistant finds, trains, and matches you up with a US-based virtual assistant to help handle some of your day-to-day business tasks.

The program was founded in December 2015, their head office is located in Alberta, Canada, while their assistants work remotely from North America and Canada.

About Great Assistant

The Great Assistant program is run by Tim Francis, founder of the Profit Factory. The Profit Factory have a range of services for full-time entrepreneurs who are seeking to work smarter in their businesses using tools like 80/20, Scrum, Systems, and Kobe.

In 2015, Tim started Great Assistant to help match up entrepreneurs with dedicated US-based virtual assistants. He identified three ‘‘major pitfalls’’ entrepreneurs often fall into when hiring and working with virtual assistants:

  1. hiring the wrong assistants
  2. poor or non-existent on-board training
  3. poor or non-existent delegation

Great Assistant aims to address those issues head on.

For example, the company has a vigilant vetting process for both clients and assistants to ensure they are making the best match based on an informed decision.

They know finding a great hire isn’t as simple as typing your requirements into a web form. To find the best matched assistant they ask clients to complete 4 hours or so of work, as well as taking part in 4 hours of meetings.

Services

There is a one-off Match fee (currently $3500) payable when you first sign up for an assistant. This fee covers all the costs incurred in finding and vetting your assistant, namely:

  • Advertising
  • Screening
  • Work-testing
  • Kolbe-matching
  • Interviewing
  • Basic training

Once they have found you an assistant and you start your working relationship there is a monthly fee which covers:

  • Ongoing training
  • Access to ongoing tutorials and new tools
  • Private mastermind access

You can chat with Tim twice a week too as part of the membership fee.

The interview process is your chance to highlight all the skills, tools, apps, and areas you need your assistant to be proficient in.

Plans and Pricing

There is a one-time match fee of $3,500. This covers all the fees included in finding and preparing a virtual assistant as covered above.

The hourly rate of their assistants is $15-20/hour, but this is to be confirmed on an individual basis. After you make the hire, you’ll pay your assistant directly.

There is also an ongoing $95/month membership fee to cover the ongoing costs of training your assistant. This fee also allows you access to all the training materials, the support team at Profit Factory, and gives you some one-on-one time with Tim.

You can cancel the membership fee at any time if you feel although you’re not getting enough value from the training and services it unlocks.

Their assistants come with a 90-day guarantee. If you’re unhappy after 90 days and don’t think the working relationship is working out, Great Assistant will find you a new assistant.

Great Assistant Alternatives

For a dedicated US-based assistant without the multi-thousand dollar upfront recruiting fee, you might consider Time Etc or Boldly. The hourly rates are slightly higher than Great Assistant’s, but they also promise a similarly rigorous recruiting process.

Your Turn

Have you hired an assistant from Great Assistant? If so, please leave a short review below to help others with their decision.

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Weratoon

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

Weratoon is a virtual assistant company based in Chennai, India. The company was formed in November 2016 by a group of individuals working as freelancers across various industries. The company currently work primarily with clients in the US, however they provide virtual assistant services all over the globe.

Their company philosophy is interesting, the word “Ratoon” means a new shoot or sprout springing from the base of a crop plant. This is how they see their team at Weratoon, as a “collective sprout of talents.”

About Weratoon

I spoke with Karthikeyan Velan, Weratoon’s a co-founder and the Head of Operations. He has a Masters in Business Administration and has worked for large companies in the US and Australia, as well as working as a freelancer.

The company is based in Chennai, India, and all of their employees work from their corporate offices located in Tiruvallur near Chennai. Karthik explained their areas of specialization as presentations, spreadsheet management, Internet research, web design, and social media management.

Services

Signing up with Weratoon is straightforward, you can either request a quote for a custom task or buy some hours to use with their virtual assistants throughout the month.

As you would expect from a virtual assistant company, their assistants can handle a wide range of tasks. They group their services into three core areas:

  • Personal Service – Researching home services, product research, appointment management, calendar management, and other personal assistant-type services.
  • Business Service – Data entry, document management, presentations, online research, and other business related services.
  • Digital Marketing – Website design, blog maintenance, social media management, article writing, and other digital services.

When you sign up to work with their assistants you are assigned two assistants. This ensures you have continued support around the clock.

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Plans and Pricing

Weratoon currently have two different payment plans: a Pay Per Task (PPT) or customized plan, and a Your Own Assistant (YOA) plan.

Their PPT plan is $7 per/hr. If you have one-off or custom tasks, provide as much detail as possible and a member of their team will get back to you with a quote before going ahead with the task.

Their YOA plan is also $7 per/hr for the first 100 hours, with this rate reducing to $6 per/hr for any additional hours in a month. You buy hours in a variety of different packages up front and carry any unused hours over to the following month. The rollover hours concept is somewhat unique.

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Weratoon Alternatives

If you’re looking for other virtual assistant companies in India I recommend checking out My Tasker or Ask Sunday. Both are long-established companies with some favorable feedback and similar business models.

And if you’re open to virtual assistants in the Philippines, Task Bullet operates on a similar “bucket” of hours system.

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Have you worked with Weratoon? If so, please leave a short review below to help others with their decision.

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UrBackOffices

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

UrBackOffices is a virtual assistant company based in Bangladesh, and the company was founded in 2014.

They don’t offer the usual wide range of virtual assistant services you’d expect from a virtual assistant company, instead specializing in providing virtual assistants to business in the real estate industry.

About UrBackOffices

urbackoffices reviewThe company is headed-up and run by Mohibul Bhuiyan, along with a small but growing team of experienced virtual assistants in Bangladesh. Their target customers are real estate professionals, attorneys, credit companies, insurance companies, and companies in need of data entry support.

They offer support updating ad postings and property details for real estate companies, loan modification and bankruptcy, and large data entry projects. As a relatively new company and in such a specialized area, most of their client’s come from referrals and repeat business at the moment.

I think it’s good to see a company offering experienced VAs in a particular niche. It makes the process of evaluating if the skillsets match up with your tasks a little easier.

urbackoffices team

Services

UrBackOffices group their services into the following areas:

  • Real estate law office management
  • Real estate ad posting
  • Customer Support
  • Administrative support
  • Personal assistants, and
  • Data entry

As you can see from the above their virtual assistants are skilled and experienced primarily in the real estate industry. UrBackOffices isn’t the kind of VA company that provides general virtual assistants for everyday tasks for a growing business.

This gives real estate companies that added peace of mind that they are in the hands of experienced assistants that will be familiar with the industry jargon and practices. It’s still always good practice to ask a lot of questions and be as thorough as possible when communicating your needs however. This will ensure you have the best possible understanding and working relationship with your virtual assistant.

Plans and Pricing

UrBackOffices has three different price plans.

They are Starter, Standard, and Professional. All of the plans offer all of the services as mentioned above, the difference being the amount of hours in each plan. The pricing structure is very straightforward, you pay a flat rate of $6 per hour to start, with price breaks depending on how many hours a month you commit to.

urbackoffices pricing

There is a free trial available so you can sample their services for two hours with no obligation. All you have to do is fill out your details on their website and someone will get back to you within 24 hours with further details.

UrBackOffices Alternatives

There are no shortage of virtual assistant companies operating out of South Asia, with My Tasker being among the top-rated. However, targeting their services at real estate professionals sets UrbackOffices apart from most of the other companies. Two others I know that serve a lot of real estate clients are Uassist.ME and My Outdesk.

Your Turn

Have you worked with UrBackOffices? If so please leave a short review below to help others with their decision. Thanks.

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Simple Creative Marketing

Posted by Mica Harvey / Content Writing Services

Simple Creative Marketing is a content writing service aimed at website and business owners looking for a fixed-price monthly subscription plan for outsourced content.

The company has been in business since mid-2016. They are based in Australia and have writers located remotely across Australia, South Africa, and the UK.

About Simple Creative Marketing

The company was founded by content marketing specialist Anfernee Chansamooth. Their target customers are, in his own words, “B2B service providers, online entrepreneurs and professional services.” The ideal SCM client is typically generating $100k+ revenue, and is “too busy to create their own content consistently but too small to hire in-house writing team.”

New and constant content is important for any business; it helps with your SEO presence, as well as giving your audience new and relevant content to read. Simple Creative Marketing specializes in producing high-quality blog posts, articles, and client case studies that are fully optimized for search engines, social sharing, and reading, so you don’t have to do it yourself.

Services

Simple Creative Marketing’s services extend further than just the content fulfillment that a lot of content companies offer.

If you wish, their team can do the research for you, format the content, and even upload the content to your site so all you need to do is hit “Publish”.

When you sign up you are assigned a dedicated project manager as a point of contact. The project manager will communicate with you to get the best possible understanding of your business and content needs, and feed this information back to their writers.

They can also provide monthly Google Analytics reports tracking the performance of the content they have produced. This is an interesting feature not often offered by content writing services and adds a bit of confidence that they are doing good research and optimizing their articles well.

Plans and Pricing

Simple Creative Marketing currently have one pricing plan of $499/month. Included in the plan are the following:

  • Up to four 1200 word articles researched, written, and uploaded into WordPress.
  • Formatting and proofreading the content.
  • Optimizing the content for on-page SEO.
  • 2 tweetable quotes added into each article.
  • 1 custom blog image for each article.

There are no contracts or minimum subscription time, and you can cancel at any time.

Simple Creative Marketing Alternatives

SCM is priced at the premium end of the market relative to competitors like Copywriter Today, which also offers a monthly content writing subscription plan.

If you want to order single articles and not commit to a monthly subscription then HireWriters or Scripted might be worth a look.

What separates Simple Creative Marketing from other companies I’ve worked with is that they offer a complete package. From researching keywords and content, writing the articles, to providing reports on how well the content is performing.

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