What comes first the Virtual Assistant or the VA?

By Gavin | October 31, 2007

If you’ve read Tim Ferriss’s book the 4 Hour Work Week. Or ever tried to hire someone from elance or guru.com, you will know it’s not a straightforward task.

Check this video out to find out why.

Topics: 4 Hour Work Week, Personal Outsourcing, Virtual Assistant |

3 Responses to “What comes first the Virtual Assistant or the VA?”


  1. gavin Says:
    November 1st, 2007 at 1:50 am

    YOU are a CYNICAL bastard of an entrepreneur Gavin!

    …but also right.

    In the early days of hunting I went through at least 10 VA before getting one that was not bad. Time spent on Rentacoder = weeks, then time wasted training and money lost getting poor quality work I couldn’t use!

    WARNING: for anyone who discovers www.TrafficAssistants.com they are a scam and a half. Absolute crap work they produce.

    YOU are the No B.S. ticket in my book Gav!

    ~V.

  2. Kathie Thomas, A Claytons Secretary Says:
    December 29th, 2007 at 9:33 am

    Try sourcing a VA from the right places and no-one has to try 10 VAs before finding the right one. There are VA industry associations online - over 20 of them, and most of them provide a resource for clients to place a job request and suitable VAs respond to the request. The VAs registered with these organisations have true corporate background experience and are equipped to provide true PA support - not just website maintenance and research but much more than that. In fact, anything a corporate PA can do, so can a VA - except perhaps bring you your coffee.

  3. Kimberly Dawson Says:
    February 15th, 2008 at 4:43 pm

    I think you get what you pay for & when a professional is in need of a VA you shouldn’t have to wait.
    Trust your associates and friends. Word of mouth works wonders - can’t imagine trusting just anyone with my bookkeeping, company image or client management.
    Another aspect to look at when retaining a VA is how long has the company been in business, are they a leader in the industry and are they multi-skilled and able to handle all my your administrative needs?
    Again, I think you get what you pay for - you pay peanuts - you get monkeys. (Like to give credit to who first said that but don’t know who)

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