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Ezy VA

Posted by Mica Harvey / Dedicated Virtual Assistants, Philippines Virtual Assistants, Virtual Assistant Companies

UPDATE: EZY VA has pivoted their business model and no longer offer the services listed below. They are no longer accepting new clients. Please consider one of these alternatives.

Headquarted in the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia, Ezy VA is the brainchild of Monty G. Hooke, an entrepreneur & business mentor. Beginning in 2012, Ezy VA offers a unique chance for clients to combine their permanent virtual employees, along with the flexibility of paying for on demand services.

Apart from Australia, Ezy VA runs its operations across Manila and Pampanga in the Philippines. All employees working with Ezy VA are permanent staff, as the company doesn’t work with any freelancers. This renders quality control and lessens the pain of working with freelancers as observed in some of the other VA companies.

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About EZY VA

In a world where technology rules the roost, EZY VA banks on their smart system to handle tasks from all over the world catering to a slew of customers, small and large. EZY VA is essentially a powerful offering working with industry trained professionals who are much more than just freelancers under one roof.

(Bonus points if you can spot the ironic typo in the slogan underneath their logo!)

Ezy VA Intro Video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JuD95nPGPtY&t=15

How it Works

Ezy VA offers a couple of unique options for clients to choose from. You can either choose to “Build their Dream Team” or “Hire dedicated staff” depending on their business needs.

You can also approach Ezy VA business experts for free no-obligation strategy session to help you prioritize your needs and take action on what’s more beneficial to you.

Ezy VA has the plans arranged based on hours. After deciding on the plan, one is directed to the payments page, where one proceeds to setup his account.

This usually gets over in a day or two. Soon, you will receive a welcome mail with a couple of videos that shall help you gauge the process in a better manner. You can then begin assigning tasks to the “Dream Team Leader,” who is also a part of the staff team and helps you choose the right VA to accomplish your tasks.

Clients also receive ongoing support until the task gets completed.

Services

The Ezy VA “Dream Team” services include Web Design & Website Management, Graphic Design & Video, and Technical Support in addition to more traditional virtual assistant admin tasks.

Their “Dedicated Staff” team handles services like Virtual Assistance, Marketing & Social Media, Customer Support, and Bookkeeping & Document Handling along with a slew of other Specialist Services.

Plans and Pricing

As described above, the company has two levels of service: Dream Team on Demand, and Dedicated Staff.

With the Dream Team on Demand, plans start at $10.60 per hour when you buy a 40-hour block of time. If you have regular, ongoing needs, you can improve your hourly rate slightly by committing to 20 or 40 hours a week of outsourced work.

Each Dream Team plan comes with an additional $90 set-up fee.

For Dedicated Staff, rates start at $85 per week for 10 hours of service, plus $270 in one-time set-up and recruitment fees. Unlike other VA companies in the Philippines, Ezy VA is also requiring a minimum 3-month contract from new clients.

For a full-time, 40 hour per week dedicated assistant, you’d be looking at a rate of $1232 every 4 weeks. Definitely on the high side for Filipino VA companies.

Ezy VA Alternatives

The combination of a team-based approach plus the option to go full-dedicated makes Ezy VA a compelling entry in the market. My Tasker in India runs a similar model, as does VA Staffer in the Philippines.

If you’re comfortable going the do-it-yourself route, you can save a lot of money on an hourly and monthly basis by hiring direct through a site like OnlineJobs.ph, though that process is certainly not without pitfalls of its own.

Have you ever worked with Ezy VA? If so, please feel free to share a brief review of your experience to help others embrace the service.

Writer.ly

Posted by Mica Harvey / Content Writing Services

UPDATE: It appears Writer.ly is out of business. Please consider one of these alternatives.

Writer.ly is a marketplace for writers to find the editors, book designers, and marketers they need to get their books in the hands of as many readers as possible. The Seattle-based company was founded in 2012, and is currently in beta.

I would describe the platform as similar to Elance, but just for writing-related professionals. Writers will post the jobs they need done, and qualified freelancers bid on them to win the work.

The writer / employer chooses the best fit based on price, portfolio, reviews, and experience.

Writer.ly Services

I originally thought Writer.ly was a content marketplace like HireWriters, but it’s actually aimed at the content-creators themselves.

After you painstakingly craft The Great American Novel (or a work of non-fiction, or whatever), you can turn to the freelancers at Writer.ly for proofreading, editing, formatting for Kindle and CreateSpace, cover design, and more.

There are even professionals to help get a website set up for your book launch, coordinate your social media and PR efforts, and execute a marketing campaign.

Plans and Pricing

The site is free to join and post your work, and pricing for individual projects is set by the freelancers bidding on the jobs.

Naturally, the rates will vary depending on the job and experience level of the freelancer. From what I could find, the site seems to have attracted a largely North American user base.

Similar to oDesk, Writer.ly takes a 10% cut for facilitating the transaction and providing the platform. When I post jobs on freelance sites, I tend to remove the outlier bids — both high and low and go with the candidate in the middle who impresses me the most.

About Writer.ly

Co-founders Kelsye Nelson and Abigail Carter explain that there is an entire ecosystem that needs to thrive in the publishing world for authors to get their work out there.

It would be almost impossible do write, edit, design, and market a new book all on your own; and that’s where Writer.ly comes in. It’s a virtual support group for authors.

Nelson explained, “Our ‘secret sauce’ is we give writers power and control. Almost 1500 writers have signed up for our beta, demanding for a one-stop resource to find the services they need and still retain control of their books. They want more choice than the bundled services offered by Lulu and Amazon’s CreateSpace. Many are frustrated by new alternative publishers that still control the revenue, the marketing and sometimes even the copyright.”

Writer.ly Alternatives

As an author, you will definitely cast a wider net in terms of finding talent if you go to a larger freelance platform. But along with that wider net may come more irrelevant or unqualified bids, which take time to sort through.

As they put it: It would be easier for Marlin to find Nemo in the aquarium than in the ocean.

Have you worked with Writer.ly? If so, please be sure to leave a quick review of your experience to help others with their decision.

Rent A Smile

Posted by Mica Harvey / Dedicated Virtual Assistants, India Virtual Assistants, Task-Based Virtual Assistants, Virtual Assistant Companies

UPDATE: It appears Rent A Smile is out of business. Please consider one of these alternatives.

Rent A Smile is a virtual personal assistant and small business outsourcing company based in New York and with offshore facilities in India. The company is actually a division of Octagon, a global business process outsourcing firm that was founded in 1999.

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Services

Rent A Smile offers two levels of service: Personal and Business.

Personal Assistance

is incredibly economical, starting at just $39 a month. For that price, you can send up to 15 requests per month. Typical requests may include basic online research, restaurant reservations, appointment setting, travel plans, and other administrative tasks that would take up to 20 or 30 minutes.

For $59 a month, you can make up to 30 of these requests. If you have 30 twenty-minute tasks to unload, you could save over 10 hours a month (a full day of work!) – all for just $59. Now you have to start giving some serious thought to how much your time is worth.

Special Offer: Use Rent a Smile coupon code UIEDP for $9/month off either RAS personal plan for life!

Business Assistance

Business Assistance from Rent A Smile offers affordable dedicated virtual assistant service.

This option is better suited for entrepreneurs looking for help with content writing, social media management, and ongoing business-related tasks. With a dedicated resource, you have a familiar person to communicate with on a daily basis, and you can train them to do whatever remote tasks you need done.

Rent A Smile has Business plans ranging from 9 hours a month for $99 ($11/hr), all the way up to full-time 160 hours for $920 a month ($5.75/hr). All of these plans are very competitive for what is essentially a virtual employee of your company.

Special Offer: Use Rent a Smile coupon code UIEDP for $9/month off a Business Assistance plan for life!

There are no start-up fees or long-term contracts. If you’re ready to give Rent A Smile a try, check out their 3-day free trial.

Rent a Smile Review

The company strives to begin work on all requests within 4 hours, but obviously response times vary depending on how many tasks they have in queue.

Additional requests beyond your allotment are accepted, and charged at a rate of $2 per task. Rent A Smile offers a three-day free trial to help customers get a feel for how they might use the service.

Rent A Smile Alternatives

If you envision having more than 30 virtual assistant tasks a month, you might consider Efficise, a new kid on the block offering 50 tasks a month for just a small amount more.

Another alternative to look into would be My Tasker. They have similar pricing, positive feedback, and have been a bit more responsive than Rent a Smile lately.

Your Turn

If you have worked with Rent A Smile, please share your experience using the rating form below.

It’s VA Time

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

UPDATE: It appears It’s VA Time is out of business. Please consider one of these alternatives.

It’s VA Time (ItsVAtime.com) is a virtual assistant company in Bangalore India. They’re relatively new to the scene (late 2013 / early 2014) with their own platform, but have been serving clients on a variety of freelance networks for several years.

The company primarily targets busy individuals and small business owners worldwide, with a full menu of services including administrative support, data entry, research, SEO, design tasks, and more.

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How it Works

It’s VA Time runs a similar model to 24/7 Virtual Assistant and VMG BPO (other VA companies in India), where you have a dedicated point of contact but access to the whole team of assistants for specialized expertise.

They make an effort to fully understand your needs and anticipated usage to find a package and assistant that will be a good match. In terms of communication, ItsVAtime offers support 24 hours a day, 5 days a week.

It’s VA Time Review

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Plans and Pricing

At the moment, their pricing packages are very cheap, even for overseas VA standards (I told them they need to raise their prices).

For instance, a 5-hour a week plan is available for only $190 per month ($9.50 per hour). A 10-hour per week plan is just $340 per month ($8.50 per hour).

Exclusive: Mention referral code VAA for 10% off your first month of service!

Full-time support, 160-hours per month, is just $720 ($4.50 per hour!?). I’m not sure how long these rates will last and if you’ll be grandfathered in if you sign up now, but they are definitely among the most affordable I’ve seen.

A no-obligation pay-as-you-go plan is offered as well, for just a $10 membership and then $14 per hour as needed.

Note: SEO, web design, and weekend support are extra.

All plans are eligible for a free 7-day, 5-hour free trial (with no credit card required), which I was happy to take advantage of.

At this time, unused hours don’t rollover month-to-month, and payment is only accepted via PayPal or wire transfer.

It’s VA Time Alternatives

Their small team of freelancers is headed up by Steve Young, who explained the competitive advantages of It’s VA Time include:

Their years of experience working with a wide variety of clients
Their affordable rates
And their commitment to quality.

Of course they’re not the only game in town, and competition for clients is stiff among other VA companies in India. Among the best-rated are 24/7 Virtual Assistant, My Tasker, and VMG BPO.

Your Turn

Have you worked with ItsVAtime? If so, please be sure to leave a quick review of your experience below to help others with their decision.

Legends Virtual Assistance

Posted by Mica Harvey / Dedicated Virtual Assistants, US Virtual Assistants

UPDATE: It appears Legends Virtual Assistance is out of business. Please consider one of these alternatives.

Legends Virtual Assistance is virtual assistant service offering virtual assistant services, as well as personal concierge services for their clients. Legends is a new company, forming in October of 2015.

Legends’ headquarters is based in Florida, US. Their team members stretch from coast to coast across the US, and all of their virtual assistants are US based and work from their homes.

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About Legends Virtual Assistance

The company is relatively new, starting operations in October 2015. It was founded and is run by co-founders Katy Boyle, who is also the CEO, and Dustin Rusbarsky who is the company CTO.

Katy explained the company was born out of the confusion and turmoil around Zirtual’s sudden and surprising shutdown (and subsequent resurrection).

Being a new company at the time of writing this review I was interested in their business objectives and what makes Legends different from other virtual assistant companies. Katy Boyle believes the difference is in their concierge service, designed to find the best VAs to match their client’s needs.

Each client is asked a series of simple and insightful questions during an introductory call to determine their needs. Then they are presented with a list of hand-picked virtual assistants to choose from.

A meeting with the virtual assistant can be arranged if required (hard to imagine making a hiring decision without this meeting!), and there is a “cooling off period” in which you can request to be re-matched if it isn’t working out for any reason.

Services

When hiring a virtual assistant to carry out tasks for you, knowing you’re hiring a competent person and knowing a bit about them is a huge plus not always offered by virtual assistant companies. Legends however have pictures of all their virtual assistants and short bio’s on their website. This is a nice personable touch, and helps when it comes to building trust with your assistant.

I spoke with Katy Boyle about how seriously they take their virtual assistant training and she explained:

“We provide individualized support and training to help our VA’s be the best they can be, at no cost to the VA. We provide skills training to help polish and improve existing skills, as well as hold seminars for people to learn new skills like WordPress design, copywriting, social media management, and other relevant skills. We assist with the creation and refinement of their marketing materials (LinkedIn profiles, websites, etc.) on a case-by-case basis as well.”

Their target customers are C-level and senior executives, serial entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, and other busy professionals who need ongoing administrative support.

Areas of specialization include:

bookkeeping
copy writing
web/graphic design
other general virtual assistant tasks

So with their comprehensive VA training and the concierge matchmaking service between their clients and assistants, the result should be a win-win for both parties.

Plans and Pricing

There are two parts to the pricing when hiring through Legends. Firstly you pay a matching fee, this starts at $250 and can go up from there depending on the number of hours you’re looking for, the complexity of your needs, and some other factors.

Next you pay the hourly rate as set by the virtual assistant. All their assistants are independent contractors and set their own hourly rates. Some offer discounts for monthly retainer plans and packages. This is to be negotiated with the assistant directly, however you can expect to pay $30 an hour on average.

Legends Virtual Assistance Alternatives

Boldly offers a similar service, as does Time Etc, though without the upfront matching fee.

Assistant Match actually runs a similar model with an upfront recruiting fee, all US-based staff, and variable hourly pricing on the backend.

Also, if you’re comfortable doing the initial search and candidate screening yourself, you can always hire an independent virtual assistant on sites like Upwork. The obvious difference here is the lack of support or comeback if your chosen assistant doesn’t work out.

Your Turn

Have you worked with Legends Virtual Assistance? Please be sure to leave a brief review of your experience below to help others with their search.

Sidekicks

Posted by Mica Harvey / Philippines Virtual Assistants, Virtual Assistant Companies, Virtual Employees

UPDATE: Sidekicks has pivoted to a “different type of business model.” Please consider one of these alternatives.

Sidekicks enables entrepreneurs and business owners to quickly hire and build their own virtual teams. The company does this by connecting clients with hand-picked assistants that are skilled in handling the tasks required.

I think this is my favorite name for a VA company I’ve come across so far — every superhero needs a sidekick!

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About Sidekicks

The company went live in early 2015.

The company is based in Canada, and depending on time zone requirements they offer virtual assistants from the Philippines or Argentina. (Odd geography? Their community manager, James, explained they employ a bunch of US graduates living in Argentina.)

Sidekicks.co aims to connect clients with virtual assistants at a cost effective price, with their site stating ‘time is money, money is time’. They put a lot of emphasis on saving time and money by hiring one of their virtual assistants, known as ‘sidekicks’, affording business owners the time to work on other areas of their business.

Each sidekick is required to complete a 100+ step video training course. With only 3% of applicants passing their rigorous filtering process. This ensures that only the most qualified and competent applicants make it through to be matched up with their clients.

Their target customers are small teams, entrepreneurs, busy people, Amazon businesses, and any type of small business looking to increase their productivity through outsourcing tasks to a shared VA.

Sidekicks Founder Interview

VAA Exclusive: Get 25% off your first month of Sidekicks service through this link.

In chatting with their founder, I was surprised to hear him mention the clients that tend to get the most value from the service are those already doing $500,000 in revenue a year, because the service seems like a strong value for businesses of all sizes.

Services

The company provides clients with a versatile and vetted selection of virtual assistants. So depending on the client’s type of business, the VA will offer support as directed by the client.

Sidekicks have a comprehensive and rigorous process when vetting their remote workers. They put their applicants through their own academy training course and only match them with clients after they have passed to a high standard.

As a client, you can discuss your needs with Sidekicks and you will be matched with the best-suited assistant.

For example, as an e-commerce owner you can expect to receive support with email filtering, implementing systems, content creation, travel planning, social media marketing, blog management, customer support, WordPress support and much more.

Plans and Pricing

Sidekicks currently have three monthly membership packages. You can choose to either pay $449 for their Part-time VA, $859 for their Full-time VA, or $1699+ for their VA Team package.

With the Part-Time VA you receive 20 weekly hours or virtual assistant time. This will be a shared sidekick available between 9-5 (UTC+8 — approximately a 12 hour flip from US east coast time), along with a CEO training course and email support.

VAA Exclusive: Get 25% off your first month of Sidekicks service through this link.

The Full-Time VA package gives you access to a dedicated sidekick for 40 hours a week, along with the CEO training, email, and phone support. The current $859 price-point is quite competitive among virtual employee options and perhaps reflects the relative strength of the US dollar overseas lately.

The VA Team package provides a team of sidekicks with 80+ weekly hours, along with the same training and full priority support. It’s the go-to option for small businesses with a lot of work to delegate.

Sidekick Alternatives

The virtual assistant marketplace is a crowded one, but in addition to Sidekicks I’d take a look at companies like Uassist.ME, Task Bullet, or Carve as viable alternatives.

When I asked Sidekicks what sets them apart from the competition, they argued their CEO training course and putting their assistants through the 100+ step video training course gives them a competitive advantage.

Your Turn

If you have hired a Sidekick? Please leave a review below to help others with their VA hiring decision.

BoxChecked

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

UPDATE: It appears BoxChecked is out of business. Please consider one of these alternatives.

BoxChecked is “The Entrepreneur’s Virtual Assistant” company. They are based in the US, and all of their virtual assistants also work across the US.

The company is focused on helping entrepreneurs grow their business by relieving them of the day-to-day tasks that drain their time.

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About BoxChecked

The company was formed in spring 2016 by Shane and Jennifer Young, a brother and sister team. Shane and Jennifer have worked together for a number of years. After building a successful company of their own they turned their focus to starting boxChecked to help others grow their own businesses through the use of their virtual assistants.

The company specializes in helping businesses grow by handling the repetitive tasks that keep you too busy to focus on other areas of your business. The virtual assistants at BoxChecked have been vetted and have a wide range of skill sets to handle anything you throw at them.

Services

Box Checked offers a handful of different service packages. Their “Paper Pushing Isn’t For Me” package includes:

accounting chores
social media and web tasks
any form of paperwork
scheduling and booking appointments
answering phone calls and emails
project management
and more

Their “Do Just One Project” package does exactly that. They do one project or task off your list at a time for a fixed hourly rate. This can include getting your workflow organized, carrying out research, or just about anything you need doing.

Their “Dedicated Back Office” package is a service to handle all of your back office needs. It’s a quicker and more cost-efficient option than hiring a member of staff, and they have a team of virtual assistants ready to start immediately.

Their fourth package isn’t really a virtual assistant service at all. Their $500 one-time “Business Assessment” service is more of an outsider’s audit of your business and processes. The assessment is conducted by a successful and seasoned entrepreneur who will make recommendations based on the health and opportunities they discover.

This is aimed at people starting up a new business or needing some direction for their existing business. With experience in starting and growing a successful business, BoxChecked has the expertise to offer some valuable advice.

Plans and Pricing

BoxChecked offer four different pricing plans as outlined in the services section above. These are priced as follows:

Paper pushing isn’t for me – Starts at $299 for 10 hours of virtual assistant time a month. ($30/hr)
Do just one project – This service is priced at $40 an hour.
Dedicated back office – This service is priced per individual custom quotes.
Business assessments – These are priced at $500.

VAA Exclusive: If you mention Virtual Assistant Assistant when buying a package you will receive 10% off the purchase price for up to three months.

BoxChecked Alternatives

When I asked boxChecked what separates them from the other companies in the crowded virtual assistant space, they said, “The big thing that sets us apart is our experience building, running, and selling a company to a publicly traded company. Isn’t that every small business’ dream? We bring that experience and proven track record to your business.”

(It’s a unique and interesting selling proposition, though a big exit might not be your dream or where you want to take your business.)

Among US-based virtual assistant services, Time Etc and Boldly are well-reviewed, similarly priced, and worthy of your consideration.

Your Turn

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

Cloud Assistant Pro

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

UPDATE: It appears Cloud Assistant Pro is out of business. Please consider one of these alternatives, or see below.

Cloud Assistant Pro is an India-based virtual assistant company and they have been operating since June 2015. Their virtual assistants are based in Bangalore, and they have virtual offices in the US and the UK.

The company primarily helps startups and small businesses by handling a wide range of administrative tasks, as well as providing general virtual assistant services to busy professionals.

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About Cloud Assistant Pro

The company was founded by Grace Aman and all aspects of the business are overseen by Grace. Cloud Assistant Pro currently have a team of 14 staff working from their Bangalore offices. Being based in India they are able to offer competitive rates.

When you sign up with Cloud Assistant Pro you have the option to pay-as-you-go with the amount of hours you need, or commit to a set amount of hours to be used within a specific time period.

Some plans will match you up with a specific dedicated virtual assistant, while other tasks will be distributed and handled by staff with the best-matched skills to carry out the tasks.

Services

Cloud Assistant Pro group their services into 8 categories:

General Virtual Assistant
Web Designer
Web Developer
Audio and Video Specialist
Graphic Artist
Content Writer
SEO/SEM
Project Management

If your potential tasks don’t fall neatly into one of those buckets, you might reach out with what you have in mind and see if it’s something Cloud Assistant Pro can accommodate.

As always, with virtual assistant providers you get the most from their services by communicating your needs in as much detail as possible and seeing how well their staff match up with your requirements.

Plans and Pricing

Cloud Assistant Pro offer a pay-as-you-go option or subscription pricing plans. Their pay-as-you-go plans are as follows:

1 hour – $15 ($15 per/hr)
40 hours – $400 ($10 per/hr)
80 hours – $800 ($10 per/hr)

You can submit your requests via the website, email, Skype, or Microsoft Kaizala. There is a 24 hour turnaround, and you have 45 days to use your hours.

The subscription plans they offer are:

40 hours – $400 ($10 per/hr)
80 hours – $800 ($10 per/hr)
120 hours – $1,200 ($10 per/hr)

You can submit your requests via the website, email, Skype, or Microsoft Kaizala. With these plans, you are assigned a dedicated account manager and unused hours rollover month to month.

(I think the rollover hours are why you’re not seeing the typical price break at the larger monthly plans. Normally the more hours you commit to, the better rate you’ll get, but not in this case.)

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Cloud Assistant Pro Alternatives

If you’re looking for India-based virtual assistant companies then My Tasker and VA Talks are two that might be worth a look. Both are slightly less expensive at top end of the hourly spectrum (100+ hours per month).

Their prices and services are very similar so I would check them out and see which company impresses you the most.

Your Turn

Have you worked with Cloud Assistant Pro? If so, please take a moment to leave a quick review to help others with their decision.

Bookkeeping.com

Posted by Mica Harvey / Bookkeeping Services

UPDATE: It appears Bookkeeping.com has become unresponsive. Please consider one of these alternatives.

Bookkeeping.com is, as the name gives away, an online bookkeeping service. They provide customized bookkeeping solutions for businesses of all sizes, along with some other services to help take financial and bookkeeping tasks off your hands.

The company has been in business since 2011. Their headquarters is based in California, and all their staff work out of their offices.

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About Bookkeeping.com

The company is headed up by Brandon Littleton, and they have a team of bookkeepers and other skilled financial staff based in their offices in California.

Bookkeeping.com provides bookkeepers to manage your books, and software to help monitor your financials and integrate with their processes. Beyond that, they offer a wide range of services for businesses of all sizes, which is something you need to iron out with a call when you first sign up with them.

It’s also important to note that they have “bank grade security architecture” to give you peace of mind that your financials are well protected against nefarious activities, and there is a backup in case you lose your data saved locally.

How Bookkeeping.com Works

Ready to start handing off all your day-to-day bookkeeping tasks?

When you sign up to work with Bookkeeping.com, they sync QuickBooks software with your bank accounts.

You’ll maintain access so you can see everything they’re doing and get up-to-date financial reports.

Their onboarding process and ongoing working relationship is developed as follows when you sign up with them:

Acquiring documents – They sync with your bank accounts to get your statements automatically and put them into QuickBooks for you.
Bookkeeping – Your dedicated bookkeeper will categorize all of your expenses, pay invoices, reconcile accounts, and handle all the other bookkeeping duties.
Dashboard Access – You can access your customizable dashboard in QuickBooks portal to look at any of your financials whenever you want.

You don’t have a dedicated bookkeeper, instead you have access to a team of bookkeepers picking up different areas of your accounts.

If you have any questions, you can send your bookkeeper a message via the QuickBooks portal and they will get back to you within a business day.

Services

Bookkeeping.com’s services extend beyond just bookkeeping. Here is a list of the core services they offer:

Bookkeeping – They provide customized bookkeeping services for business of all sizes, from individuals to Fortune 500 companies.
Payroll – They provide certified payroll specialists to manage your payroll for you.
Tax Services – They provide qualified tax specialists to help you with your state and federal taxes.
Time Clock – They provide software to help track your employees’ time and attendance.
Human Resources – They provide human resource solutions to help increase productivity within your business.
Insurance Services – Bookkeeper.com have negotiated deal with partners to offer a range of insurances, including commercial auto, professional and general liability, and workers compensation.

Plans and Pricing

Bookkeeping.com do not have any set pricing or plans. They provide customized bookkeeping solutions tailored to the needs of their customers, as such you need to contact them with details of your business to receive a quote.

Bookkeeping.com Alternatives

ZipBooks and Bench are two alternative online bookkeeping companies worth checking out to compare prices and services.

Both offer a free trial, so you can test their services before committing to a payment plan, and ZipBooks is the more affordable of the two.

Your Turn

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

A to Z Tasks

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

UPDATE: It appears A to Z Tasks is out of business. Please consider one of these alternatives.

A to Z Tasks is US-based virtual assistant company with an offshore office located in Bangladesh. Their 300-person facility is in Dhaka, a city with great high-tech infrastructure and that is home to many call centers and technology companies.

A to Z Tasks has been providing outsourcing services since 2008, and serves clients around the world. Among their recognizable customers are Toyota, Subway, Verizon, and Century 21. If these large brands trust A to Z with their data and workload, there’s no question they can provide serious value for smaller companies, entrepreneurs, and busy individuals.

Virtual assistants from A to Z Tasks can perform any number of helpful functions, including general administrative tasks like responding to emails to website maintenance and customer service. You can even train your assistant to accomplish routine business processes and free up more of your time.

The most attractive A to Z Tasks plan is their full-time dedicated “virtual employee” plan, which is $995 for 160 hours a month (approx. $6.20 an hour). If you need less time, smaller plans are available ranging from 30 hours a month to 80 hours a month at rates between $8 and $10 an hour. These rates make A to Z Tasks very competitive among other virtual assistant companies.

A to Z Tasks offers a 20-hour free trial so you can test out their service without any money upfront or a long-term commitment. In addition, they promise an impressive 24-hour start-up time, from sign-up to assistance. And if you don’t like their service, you’re protected by their 14-day money back guarantee.

For similar alternatives, you might consider the well-priced business plans from Efficise or My Tasker.

The A to Z Tasks website includes a number of testimonials from satisfied clients. Have you used their service? We’d love for you to share your experience with A to Z Tasks below.

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