Since businesses learned that they could outsource work such as accounting,
transcription, billing and more to contractors that would come to their office and pick up
work and deliver a finished product the virtual assistant business has been thriving.
Before the internet allowed virtual assistants to work from home, the weekly or daily
pick-up and delivery of work allowed virtual assistants to talk with their clients and catch
up with the ladies in the office. Now, virtual assistants offer services such as project
management, sales, graphic design and more, but they do it while rarely ever meeting
their clients face to face.
One network, VA Village, has recently launched a networking site where virtual
assistants of any specialty can connect with one another.
Jerri Palumbo, owner of Virtually Achieved and founder of VA Village stated, “It is important for professionals that work from home to have a place where they can connect and network with
others in their field. Not only does it offer an opportunity to share ideas, talk about ways to find
work or manage clients and how to handle certain specialties such as writing, graphic
design, etc., it also offers an opportunity to talk about life outside of work. Sometimes it
is tough being so virtual and my hope is that VA Village will allow virtual assistants of
every specialty to join our free community and feel connected.”
With thousands of virtual assistants working from home and more joining the profession
every month, many of them find themselves feeling cut off from people who understand
their way of life.
“Being a virtual assistant without connections outside of your clients can be difficult for various reasons. The biggest complaint many VAs have is that their husband or friends don’t know what it is like to work from home or why you talk their ear off the minute you speak to them in person or on the phone. Everyone needs interaction with someone who understands what you do for a living and why you do it. VA Village is perhaps the best resource I have found where I can connect with other virtual assistants
and talk about work or life and they get what I am saying,” stated Marissa Convoy a
member of VA Village.
VA Village is a free social networking site built with Virtual Assistants in mind. The founder of VA Village, Jerri Palumbo, is a virtual assistant who operates Virtually Achieved, a virtual assistant service which offers various services to business men and women all over the United States.
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