Comments on: I Hired a Virtual Assistant

By: Arihant Kothari

Arihant Kothari — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 14:12:12 +0000

Hello Chris,

As Shaine has rightly pointed out there is some training involved so that the VA meets your expectation and this comes with time. For this the initial start should be slow and gradually increase.

—-Regards
—-Arihant Kothari
—-OutSorcerer.com

By: Shaine Mata

Shaine Mata — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:29:28 +0000

Good luck, Chris. Remember, there is some training involved. You cannot expect your VA to know what you need right off the bat from one email or phone call. Fortunately, VAs offer pay as you go rates so that you can get into that groove of outsourcing.

By: chris

chris — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 08:58:14 +0000

I enjoyed reading the Four Hour Work Week and have thought about using a VA for my business. I have been a little hesitant though because I feel like I don’t have enough work to outsource. I will be checking out your other posts about using a VA.

By: Arihant Kothari

Arihant Kothari — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 05:21:38 +0000

Hello,

I say from experience that one doesnt need to try out 1-2 options to see if outsourcing is for them.

Specific traits that one needs to look for within himself to see if outsourcing is for them are- supervision capability, leadership, understanding others (listening/writing), aggressiveness and time to train your outsourcing service provider/virtual assistant- many a times, the project owners or the clients are so busy that they do not coach their service providers/virtual assistants well and the end result is a failure- client saying that outsourcing is not for them.

—-Regards
—-Arihant Kothari
—-OutSorcerer.com

By: Shaine Mata › Is Personal Outsourcing An Option During a Slow Economy?

Shaine Mata › Is Personal Outsourcing An Option During a Slow Economy? — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 02:07:08 +0000

[...] job, if the economy decides to slow down a bit. If you follow this blog, you may remember that I hired a Virtual Assistant on a monthly basis back in January of 2008. It has now been a few months since then. I want to [...]

By: Shaine Mata

Shaine Mata — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 18:57:19 +0000

Thanks for the updates. I will be looking at all the different options available. I think many people will agree that outsourcing has many advantages. What is important is that people try one or two of the options to find out if outsourcing is for them.

By: Arihant Kothari

Arihant Kothari — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 07:48:50 +0000

Hello James,

Have you tried OutSorcerer.com?

Dont just go by costs, our virtual assistants go beyond and help with strategic issues such as forecasting, decision making and analyzing in various business scenarios.

Visit www.outsorcerer.com and fill up your present task requests to know more.

—-Regards
—-Arihant Kothari
—-OutSorcerer.com

By: James

James — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 03:47:46 +0000

BPOVIA.com is much better virtual assistant provider compare to Getfriday.

We compared the Cost, Signup Process, Payment Process, Cancellation of Service, Refund Policy of 2 companies.

Please read the full article here:
http://www.bpovia.com/blog/china-outsourcing/bpovia-vs-getfriday.html

By: Arihant Kothari

Arihant Kothari — Thu, 01 May 2008 17:40:20 +0000

Hi Shaine,

Virtual Assistants can not only be a part of regular/routine work but also frame business strategies and help you with its implementation as well.

OutSorcerer.com is one such example that provides low cost high skilled strategic virtual assistants.

For more details log on to www.outsorcerer.com

—-Regards
—-Arihant Kothari
—-OutSorcerer.com

By: Domain name

Domain name — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 05:19:14 +0000

hi shaine. i did read that article and that he was able to skip those 7 steps for a low cost. that he had more time to concentrate on work. i do agree that outsourcing will do you good. you can hire tons of outsourcing company especially in the 3rd world country. where you can get it for less.