An outsourced rep or virtual assistant is specialized in the tasks that can help grow your business. Internet marketing, networking, call center management, research, inventory and billing are just a few of the duties that your personal rep can perform. He can be the perfect solution for a busy business owner.

A virtual assistant offers several advantages over a paid employee. When you hire a virtual assistant you get all the benefits of outsourcing - no employee tax and benefits issues, coupled with the loyalty and steadiness of a company employee.

If you have found that traditional staffing solutions don't work for you there may be many reasons. Temps are a transient solution, and they can be expensive. If you need someone only a few hours a day or week, a temp can prove more costly in terms of training than he is worth. Most are also looking for full time employment, so as soo ..Continue reading.. »

Here are just a few of the things you can have an internet savvy outsourcing rep help you with:

Press Release Writing & Submissions

A good press release can get you newspaper, radio and television interviews. It can also get you free online publicity and links. If the VA is also a writer you can have her write and submit the press releases. Every time something new or exciting happens with your business have your virtual assistant prepare a press release

Autoresponder Setup & Maintenance

If you have an online business then having an autoresponder is pretty much a necessity. An outsourced rep who specializes in internet marketing should have the skills and knowledge to set up your autoresponder system. This includes the setup of your opt-in forms as well as plugging in all the messages you’ll want ..Continue reading.. »

Most customers love the fact that you would ask them for a testimonial. It means that their business and their opinion is important to you. They can also get a link back to their website from their testimonial that they send you. You can tag them or the name of their business to help get search engine positioning and show other prospective clients who your business has worked with, how it has helped them and how the particular product or service can improve their business. These videos are available for viewing all over the world, creating an exciting brand image that would cost a fortune otherwise. Using the low cost of outsourcing and free video hosting sites, you have increased the awareness of your company a hundred fold over what you could afford with print ads or other expensive media.

You have a great product. Show the world what your customers think about your business by soliciting their testimonials. For as ..Continue reading.. »

Are you interacting with your Facebook friends like you should? Are you letting friends just sit there without reaching out and connecting? If you aren't, your not alone. Most Facebook users don't spend enough time interacting with their friends, fans or group members enough. When you neglect reaching out and networking, your profile and everyone that's a part of it becomes a superficial and two dimensional social friendships.

Networking takes time, but that is how the strength of Facebook comes to light. This is where outsourcing your social networking tasks can help. I know that you are too busy to constantly stay in touch with your friends, but if you neglect this powerful marketing tool your missing out on what big companies already know...networking with real people builds trust and sales on the Internet. Outsourced reps trained in social networking can give you the relief you need to stay on top of busy tasks li ..Continue reading.. »

Outsourcing is a great way to get tasks done when times are tight. Do you have any idea just how much you could save outsourcing the work you are already doing? It's probably a lot more than you think! When you add up all the hours for tasks such as email marketing, social networking, managing your call centers and conducting company research and admin, it can be a overwhelming amount of work that you can get for half the price.

When you weigh the costs of outsourcing against the high hourly wage you pay for employees here in the U.S., it can be literally thousands a month. And if you think that only American workers are savvy enough to handle Internet marketing and call centers, think again. Today's outsourcing reps have access to specialized training that prepares them for any kind of marketing and admin t ..Continue reading.. »

Staying on top of the fast growing Internet technologies can be very difficult. Things change very fast in the online world. Have you been able to keep up? Researching emerging tech trends is vital to your online business success. As a business owner it can be very costly to use American labor to do these important research tasks, but outsourcing can be the answer you have been looking for.

Outsourcing this kind of time consuming labor to an overseas rep firm can make a huge difference in whether your online business is utilizing powerful strategies of marketing. Traditional marketing has always been a challenge. Online marketing changes far too quickly for most companies to keep up, much less take full advantage. An Internet savvy virtual assistant can make life easier and more profitable. Internet as ..Continue reading.. »

Social networks such as Facebook and LinkedIn are great ways to drive traffic to your websites. These free and easy to use services can build brand awareness and put your products and online business in front of the eyes of the world. Building a network of interested prospects through social media can be a bit time consuming, that is where outsourcing can help.

Your company can represent itself in very powerful ways through the use of social media. Videos, blogging and building networking groups will deliver a multimedia approach to showing your business. Social profiles can reveal anything about your company that builds brand awareness, staff bios and satisfied customers. Clickable links in social profiles are the key to driving traffic to your websites. Most social profiles provide an opportunity to lea ..Continue reading.. »

Outsourcing to an overseas rep firm is one of the best cost cutting, marketing solutions that is available today. Because of the Internet, look at how things have changed. You can have virtual assistants on the other side of the world doing manual tasks that you paid a fortune for here in the states. And you can see them work in real time, access their phone logs and keep track of their progress right at your fingertips, 24/7.

That kind of access was unheard of just a few years ago. Even for your own employees! The Internet has made it so much easier to get a number of tasks done in a short amount of time. Call center staffing, business research, social networking and billing are just a few of the services that can be profitably outsourced to an overseas rep. You are the one that will benefit by utilizing ..Continue reading.. »

70% of the U.S. populatisourcing.com regularly use the Internet Over 1 billion people in the world are online The average adult spends 3 hours more a day online than watching T.V. These are all encouraging statistics for small business owners. It means you have a very large target market and as long as you have a website, you have a better chance of being found online than in a phone book, flier or other advertisement.

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There are over 400 million active websites and the average person only gives a website 10 seconds before deciding whether the site is worth their time. How can your website stand out? Using videos, blogs and social networking, you can bring your website to the top of the search engines by piggybacking off of major sites such as Facebook, Ezinearticles  ..Continue reading.. »