Behind every successful virtual entrepreneur is an online personal assistant who works tirelessly to get the tasks done. If you're a businessman with a VA, find out how you can maximize your virtual assistant's skills for the benefit of your business.

2. In contrast to traditional industries like manufacturing and construction
which has the tendency to become stagnant, online businesses such as
outsourcing companies have grown faster than expected creating under 30
millionaires.
Perhaps, these names ring a bell.
MatthewMickiewicz Catherine Cook
Peter Cashmore
(Sitepoint) (MyYearbook.com)
(Mashable.com)

3. The success of online media gave birth to blogging. This provided the once financially
struggling writing industry a graceful turn and gave the new age entrepreneurs a
novel business idea.
The names Darren Rowse, John Chow, Yaro Starak and Tyler Cruz are few career
shifters of online marketing.
These experts usually work virtually with the support from their skillful virtual
assistants like virtual assistant web developers, graphics artist, marketer and even
ghost writers.

4. Being a virtual assistant is an employment trend for those who prefer to work
from home.
In fact…
69.3% of the VA's are married
96.8% are women
76.1% have children
90.99% of the VA's consider their online work as their primary career.
These statistics prove that work from home jobs such as being a personal
virtual assistant is becoming popular for those who want to focus on their
families.

5. Large companies, particularly those who are included
in America's Fortune 500 see virtual staffing as a
viable solution to pacify the need for a cost-effective
workforce.
"Virtual Work Environments in a Post-Recession Era“
Brandman University

6. Linda Stewart, CEO of Interaction Associates pointed out tips to make virtual
collaboration substantial and result-driven.
Balancing Out
Hiring virtual assistants is a promising way to take on a new business or bigger
projects without taking out a large chunk of your financial capital.
Take note that working with offshore virtual assistants can be different from
dealing with office-based employees. With this, businessmen should implement
a standard process and expect his team to practice it every time they try to
accomplish a task.

7. Build Relationships
Appreciate!
Whatever type of incentive you give, this will surely encourage your virtual assistants
to work more. Saying "thank you" for every job well done is enough for a daily
confidence boost for your VAs.
Empathize!
If you listen to them whenever they have suggestions, they will most likely respect you
more as an employer. To deepen rapport, sharing personal stories and interest would
make your virtual assistant feel valuable.