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You've got it spot on! People are often a little concerned when they see the hourly rate of a VA but the thing you need to remember is that you won't be paying for people to take washroom breaks, long lunches, late starting days, vacation time, sick time, fringe benefits, office gossip time, personal phone calls, internet surfing, etc.

We offer our customers the opportunity to prepay their hours and they start with as little as one hour. This makes it so easy to see just how much work can be done in that VA hour.

Great post! Thanks

I totally agree. I believe hiring the services of a virtual assistant will help free up mundane day-to-day task. A virtual assistant saves you a bundle because you’re paying them on an “as needed” basis. Another way to save money is to use phone conference calling and video conferencing from http://www.24conference.com. You can connect to your virtual assistant at anytime – it’s almost as if they are in the same room with you.