This week I discovered a couple embarrassing bugs on two of my websites. In the first case, the sidebar was mysteriously not showing up on certain pages. Ugh, how long has it been like that!? In the second case, the pagination was […]

One of the questions I get most frequently is how to securely share your credit card details with your virtual assistant, so they can make purchases and arrange travel on your behalf. Like any transaction — online or off — […]

Companies large and small are always striving for increased efficiency. In the past 20-30 years, we’ve seen unprecedented investment from Fortune 500 companies in business process outsourcing, creating leaner and more focused enterprises. And on the other end of the […]

Virtual Assistant Trial As you know, I’ve been a happy Fancy Hands customer for several months now, but I wanted to put a few more virtual assistant services to the test to see how they stacked up. Lately two start-ups […]

Last night I had the chance to attend the first annual Elance Work Differently Summit, held at their corporate headquarters in Mountain View, California. As an Elance user and outsourcing nerd, I was excited for the opportunity to visit “the […]

This is a guest post from Chris Kilbourn. Chris is an innovative entrepreneur who is the founder of TaskBullet, a virtual assistant company in the Philippines, and TOFU Marketing, a full service Internet marketing firm. When it comes to marketing […]

The most efficient commute is no commute at all, but unfortunately that is not the reality for most people.  In fact, a 2012 Ipsos study found that while telecommuting is on the rise, more than 90% of global employees have […]

VirtualAssistantAssistant.com has compiled some information on personal outsourcing in 2012 and created a free white paper. The paper covers: Hot trends and topics in the virtual assistant industry. Six months of proprietary never-before-released survey data on what customers are looking […]

There’s no doubt that to “do” social media right, it takes a lot of time and energy.  Because of this, social media management is one service nearly every virtual assistant company offers. The question is, is social media something you should […]

This Year, Give the Gift of Time Are you struggling to find the perfect gift for that hard-to-shop-for person on your list? What do you get for people who already have everything they want? Well there’s one thing everyone wants […]