Sep 13, 2010
Integrity Virtual Solutions Wins Industry Kudos
Paula Belyeu, owner of Integrity Virtual Solutions, won the VAccolade Business Entrepreneur Award. This is no small feat in the virtual assistant world, and congratulations are in order.
Offered by VAnetworking.com, a member-based virtual assistant networking association, the award recognizes participation in the online group, as well as professionalism in the industry. The award gives Belyeu more credibility among in the world of virtual assistants because it signals that this industry organization has deemed her “best-in-class” for 2010. The award also brings attention to virtual assistants.
Virtual assistants, also known as VAs, entrepreneurs who work from their own offices to provide professional support, services and skills to their clients via phone, fax and the Internet. The virtual assistant’s marketing mantra sounds something like this, “Work with us and we’ll reduce your stress, protect your cash flow, eliminate administrative hassles, and help you be more successful.”
A recent VAnetworking survey found that the United States has the largest number of virtual assistants. Canada comes second, followed by Australia and Europe. Virtual assistant services have taken off, especially in a down economy, because clients pay only for time spent on their projects. What’s more, clients don’t have to pay for taxes, benefits, equipment, and so on. Virtual assistants are independent contractors hired on an hourly or a monthly retainer basis.
A virtual assistant can indeed be your sort of right hand on the administrative and secretarial side of your business. Virtual assistants often specialize in a niche, such as Internet research, transcribing or social media. But virtual assistants can typically serve most general administrative needs.
For Belyeu’s part, she specializes in creative marketing solutions, database and list management, ezines/newsletters, executive assistance, Internet research, social media and online business management, and is a home-based administrative professional providing various online services to her clients. She says she started her virtual assistance career to do what she loves to do, while building a successful company.
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