What can a Assistant Of A virtual assistant is simply an assistant who works remotely. Technological advancements in the last decade has brought reliable internet to more homes and businesses realized they didn't have to bring an employee into the office to get work done, and this led to the first virtual assistants. Virtual Assistants are mostly in demand by entrepreneurs and online businesses that need help but don't want to spend the money on office space for staff. However, many small and mid-size businesses use virtual support, especially for specific tasks, such as social media management, transcription, diary management, proofreading, customer
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services management, process creation and admin as well as some more specialised work. Theoretically, a virtual assistant can do anything that another support staff might do. There are limitations, but technology is increasingly offering ways to work around those limitations. For example, they may not be able to physically bring you coffee in the morning, but they can place a coffee or lunch order through a food delivery service. Virtual support duties are not limited to clerical work. They may assist with marketing, web design, bookkeeping
