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How to Work with a Virtual Assistant: Outsource Everything but Your Brilliance
You're ready for a Virtual Assistant (or VA), but where do you start?
The Virtual Assistant Market is growing rapidly as businesses look for a more flexible solution to support.
Anyone with a computer and WiFi can call themselves a Virtual Assistant, so how can you make sure that you get the right one?
How can you trust someone you've never even met to look after your hard-won clients, your IP, and your business reputation?
How do you know which of the many Virtual Assistants out there is right for you?
What should you be looking for in terms of skills, setup, personality, and availability?
What processes and safeguards should you be working with to protect your business?
"How to work with a Virtual Assistant" guides you step by step from deciding what tasks to outsource to finding the right Virtual Assistant and putting in place processes to make working with them successful, rewarding, and fun.
Kathy Soulsby, explains exactly what a Virtual Assistant is and takes you through the different ways in which they can benefit your business, and even when a VA isn't the right solution for you.
Answering the important questions on getting the right fit, how to communicate with your VA and really get the best out of the relationship, common niggles and how to avoid them, and those key concerns on cost; all with more than a dash of humour.
A Virtual Assistant could be the key to getting more done, hitting your goals, and being a lot less stressed. This book will support you in finding and keeping the best VA for you.
If you're ready to outsource everything but your brilliance, don't hire a VA without reading this book first!
Kathy is the doyenne of Virtual Assistants. Agency owner and long-time EA and VA, Kathy has first-hand experience with VA and client relationships from the good and the bad to the best left unsaid.
After a career that included roles in restaurant management, customer relations, sales, and exports as well as multiple PA roles, Kathy set up Personally Virtual back in 2014. She now has a team of over 30 associate VAs providing expert virtual support to global corporations, successful British businesses, and enterprising solopreneurs.
Praise for Kathy's previous book, Virtually Painless: the Unedited Reality for Moving from Personal Assistant to Virtual Assistant, PA to VA Employee to Business Owner
"Reading this book has given me a very good overview of what I am going to face as it is, no promises, just facts! A must-have for budding VAs like me!"
"This is a great read for anyone thiking about setting up on their own. It is down-to-earth, honest, and written with a great sense of humour. I've already put several of the tips into practice!"
“Essential reading for anyone, VA or otherwise, hoping to go it alone in today's business world. Not a dry as dust manual but a warm and witty and practical guide which will have you laughing out loud.”
The Virtual Assistant Market is growing rapidly as businesses look for a more flexible solution to support.
Anyone with a computer and WiFi can call themselves a Virtual Assistant, so how can you make sure that you get the right one?
How can you trust someone you've never even met to look after your hard-won clients, your IP, and your business reputation?
How do you know which of the many Virtual Assistants out there is right for you?
What should you be looking for in terms of skills, setup, personality, and availability?
What processes and safeguards should you be working with to protect your business?
"How to work with a Virtual Assistant" guides you step by step from deciding what tasks to outsource to finding the right Virtual Assistant and putting in place processes to make working with them successful, rewarding, and fun.
Kathy Soulsby, explains exactly what a Virtual Assistant is and takes you through the different ways in which they can benefit your business, and even when a VA isn't the right solution for you.
Answering the important questions on getting the right fit, how to communicate with your VA and really get the best out of the relationship, common niggles and how to avoid them, and those key concerns on cost; all with more than a dash of humour.
A Virtual Assistant could be the key to getting more done, hitting your goals, and being a lot less stressed. This book will support you in finding and keeping the best VA for you.
If you're ready to outsource everything but your brilliance, don't hire a VA without reading this book first!
Kathy is the doyenne of Virtual Assistants. Agency owner and long-time EA and VA, Kathy has first-hand experience with VA and client relationships from the good and the bad to the best left unsaid.
After a career that included roles in restaurant management, customer relations, sales, and exports as well as multiple PA roles, Kathy set up Personally Virtual back in 2014. She now has a team of over 30 associate VAs providing expert virtual support to global corporations, successful British businesses, and enterprising solopreneurs.
Praise for Kathy's previous book, Virtually Painless: the Unedited Reality for Moving from Personal Assistant to Virtual Assistant, PA to VA Employee to Business Owner
"Reading this book has given me a very good overview of what I am going to face as it is, no promises, just facts! A must-have for budding VAs like me!"
"This is a great read for anyone thiking about setting up on their own. It is down-to-earth, honest, and written with a great sense of humour. I've already put several of the tips into practice!"
“Essential reading for anyone, VA or otherwise, hoping to go it alone in today's business world. Not a dry as dust manual but a warm and witty and practical guide which will have you laughing out loud.”
355 pages, Kindle Edition
Published September 20, 2023
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About the author
Kathy Soulsby
2 books4 followersKathy Soulsby has run her Virtual Assistant business, Personally Virtual, since 2014.
Personally Virtual now comprises a team of over thirty VAs, supporting businesses great and small with expert diary ninja and operational support. As the business has grown, her role has focused less on doing the work and more on finding and recruiting amazing VAs and matching them up with the right clients and monitoring their relationship as it grows. One of her proudest moments was receiving an email from a client simply saying “thank you for matching me with XXXX, she’s fucking brilliant”.
She’s had many longer and less sweary testimonials from clients as well as from happy VAs that adore their PV client but this one appealed greatly for its brevity and heartfelt wording!
Prior to setting up Personally Virtual, Kathy was an EA for fifteen years. Before accidentally embracing the world of business support, Kathy’s career after graduation spanned restaurant and pub management, recruitment, customer complaints, and shellfish sales.
A passionate advocate of the PA, EA, and VA industry, Kathy believes that being an EA or VA is a fantastic career choice and that a good assistant can be life-changing for those getting the support.
Kathy is a total productivity nerd and she loves nothing more than a new way to get things done more efficiently, whether that’s a book, a task system, or a methodology.
Outside of running a business and writing, Kathy can often be found in a field with her two collies doing agility or flyball or dunking herself into unnecessarily cold water for a wild swim.
Personally Virtual now comprises a team of over thirty VAs, supporting businesses great and small with expert diary ninja and operational support. As the business has grown, her role has focused less on doing the work and more on finding and recruiting amazing VAs and matching them up with the right clients and monitoring their relationship as it grows. One of her proudest moments was receiving an email from a client simply saying “thank you for matching me with XXXX, she’s fucking brilliant”.
She’s had many longer and less sweary testimonials from clients as well as from happy VAs that adore their PV client but this one appealed greatly for its brevity and heartfelt wording!
Prior to setting up Personally Virtual, Kathy was an EA for fifteen years. Before accidentally embracing the world of business support, Kathy’s career after graduation spanned restaurant and pub management, recruitment, customer complaints, and shellfish sales.
A passionate advocate of the PA, EA, and VA industry, Kathy believes that being an EA or VA is a fantastic career choice and that a good assistant can be life-changing for those getting the support.
Kathy is a total productivity nerd and she loves nothing more than a new way to get things done more efficiently, whether that’s a book, a task system, or a methodology.
Outside of running a business and writing, Kathy can often be found in a field with her two collies doing agility or flyball or dunking herself into unnecessarily cold water for a wild swim.
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