The Difference Between a Skilled Virtual Assistant and a Cheap One

I get a lot of questions from people regardingCulture Differences
what I charge my clients either being too cheapAgain no one understands a US business as well
(which honestly I think it is) or being tooas someone within the US. Not only that but if
expensive. I have noticed a trend lately from a lotsomeone is personally calling up my clients I want
of internet businesses and marketers trying toto know that my clients can understand them
"go cheap" and outsource overseas or hire anclearly and feel comfortable dealing with them on
inexperienced US worker to do aprofessional job.the same level that they feel comfortable with
There are several reasons why the old adageme. If you are working with cheap undereducated
you get what you pay for is so true especiallyworkers or with someone who is classy,
online.professional, and has real business experience?
ExperienceA lot of people think that they can't afford a
Sure you can find a VA out there that will workprofessional virtual assistant but you really can if
for $6-$10 dollars an hour but I can guaranteeyou know what to outsource and how to assign
you are going to being paying twice that amounttasks to your assistant. When you hire someone
in the time it costs you to train, massage, trainwith experience you with not pay for training, you
some more, and explain simple tasks such as howwill not pay for mistakes, and you will feel
to setup an email account in Outlook, what propercomfortable knowing this individual is as vested in
email and phone etiquette is, how to useyour business as you are.
advanced features in PowerPoint and excel forThink of it this way if you went to the hospital
that matter.because you needed brain surgery, would you
Internet Marketing Knowledgewant the most experience brain surgeon
Please raise your hand if you are 100 percentoperating on you or a family member, or would
positive your foreign hired VA understandsyou want the cheapest guy in the room?
everything internet marketing related such asEveryone knows you would hire the top notch
what social networking sites are and why theyprovider and you need to think of your business
are important, how clickbank works, how toas a lifeline for you. Hiring and consulting with the
setup an autoresponder, or even how to setup abest is the only way to grow your business to
product in 1shoppingcart. Again these are tasksthe level you desire.
that you must pay for.