Monday, July 4th, 2011
 This summer, we want to give you time to do whatever you want. Whether you want to spend more time with your family, go on vacation, attend a conference, or simply get more sleep, Pepper VA wants to help you do it.
One of our goals at Pepper VA is to help you make the best use of your time. Let us take care of your administrative duties, web development, and other tasks, so you can focus on other aspects of your business. Let us become your allies in business, so you have more time for yourself.
Getting more time for yourself is simple. Just sign up for Pepper’s services before the 15th of July, and you’ll automatically get our standard 5 hours of trial VA services for free. That’s half a day for you to pamper yourself at the spa, visit the park with your kids, host a barbecue, or do anything you want, absolutely free.
But wait, there’s more!
Sign up for our Mild Paprika or Bit Hot Jalapeño packages, and you’ll get 10% discount for July, August, and September. Opt for our Red Hot Chili or Super Hot Habenero packages, and you get a whole 20% off. Whichever package you choose, we’ll make sure you have a lot of time to enjoy the summer heat.
For our current clients, you can also enjoy our summer discounts by upgrading to a higher subscription plan.
Ready to have some fun in the sun? Sign up for Pepper Virtual Assistant services today!
Tags: discount, pepper, promo, virtual assistants
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Wednesday, April 27th, 2011
 Yup, you read that right. We’re giving out FREE HOURS of Virtual Services. Are you interested? Details are on our Facebook Page.
As a token of our appreciation for your continued patronage of our services, we are thrilled to announce that we will be offering FREE HOURS of Virtual Services to everyone who will write a Review of our services!
- For our New Clients – 5-hour free trial + 2 more hours for a total of 7 FREE HOURS.
- For our Current Clients – 5 additional hours for their current month’s billing.
Excited to get started? Here’s how:
- Post a Comment on our FB Wall that you are interested.
- You will then receive a Private Message from our Company with the Promo Code (for new clients) and instructions (for current clients) in exchange for your commitment to write a review of our services on our FaceBook Page after your free hours.
- Once you get the code, you can sign up in our website.
Let’s get your free virtual services started!
This offer is available to the FIRST 20 PEOPLE who will be posting on our wall only. So what are you waiting for? Start posting now! And get ready to have a FREE Virtual Experience!
We’ve already had 5 people sign up, leaving only 15 slots open. If you’re interested, hop over to Pepper Virtual Assistants on Facebook and tell us before the rest of the slots disappear!
Of course, whether or not you end up as part of the lucky 20, we’d still like to hear from you. If you’ve already worked with us, please head over the Reviews Section (also on our Facebook Page) and tell us (and the rest of the world, too) what you think. We’d really appreciate it.
image: Gift Box by Ken’s Oven via Flickr — Creative Commons License (CC BY 2.0)
Tags: pepper, promo, virtual assistants
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Tuesday, March 29th, 2011
 Ok gang, it’s now time for part two of our web usability series – time to learn more about keeping your website simple and easy to use. Today, we’re tackling accessibility – a website that nobody can see isn’t really much use now, is it? We’ve listed a few tips below that will make your website more accessible.
Watch your speed
Research has shown that most people will wait up to 8 seconds for a page to load. Make them wait any longer, and they’re likely to head elsewhere. The key here is to optimize your site to speed up load times. This could involve cleaning up code, installing caching software on your server, and other things that you can discuss with your designer and site administrator, so we’re not going into too much detail on that.
Don’t get too flashy
One aspect of optimizing your site that you should definitely think about though is the use of Flash. Statistics vary on how many people have Flash installed on their browsers, but the key point is that not everybody has it. Flash can give you slick animation, a unique interface, and other tricks, but it does have its pitfalls too. The biggest pitfall is that you could keep some users from even seeing your site. If you really want Flash, then make sure you have an HTML version available too.
Other potential problems with Flash include slowing down page load times and straining your users’ computers. Another big issue is that Flash isn’t very SEO friendly, but that’s a topic for another post.
Stay in line
Browsers like Opera and Firefox introduced us to tabbed browsing, which allows users to keep several pages open at the same time. Some people love it, myself included, but not everybody has caught on. In fact, research has shown that majority of Internet users stick to one tab or window – they navigate using the back button and forward buttons.
What this means is that you probably don’t want your links to open to new tabs or windows. For some users, the back button is the only way back to your website once they click a link. If you send these users into another tab, they might never return. Now we don’t want that, do we?
Invite your grandma to visit
I guess the main idea you should take away from this post is this: make sure your least tech-savvy relatives can still navigate your site on their ancient computers. You don’t want people to feel like they’re not welcome at your site, do you?
This the second post in Pepper’s Web Usability series. You can check out the rest of the series in the links below. Before you go though, we’d like to ask you if you have other ideas to make sure your website remains accessible to everybody. Leave your tips in the comments below.
- Keep it simple: the basic philosophy for web usability
- Don’t be a snob: make sure that everybody can access your site
- Identify yourself: don’t make it hard to figure out who’s behind your site
- Show me around: make it easy to navigate your site
- Say it, and say it well: make sure you get your message across
Tags: Firefox, Flash, Opera, pepper virtual assistant, SEO, speed, virtual assistants, web usability, webpages
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Wednesday, March 23rd, 2011
The multi-part Pepper guide to creating simple and elegant web pages that people will visit
Most of the things we use daily are pretty simple. They’re so simple, in fact, that we barely give them a second thought. Take, for example, markers. We use them, as their name suggests, to mark things. Touch a surface with the tip, and leave a mark.
Most of the websites we visit often are simple too. Google is probably the best example of this. Just type in what you’re looking for, and get a bunch of pages that match your search terms. It doesn’t take a genius to figure that out, and that’s a big part of the reason Google has grown as large as it is today.
This simplicity, when it comes to web pages, goes by the name web usability. According to Wikipedia, you can define web usability this way:
“Web Usability is an approach to make web sites easy to use for an end-user, without requiring her (or him) to undergo any specialized training. The user should be able to intuitively relate the actions he needs to perform on the web page, with other interactions he sees in the general domain of life e.g. press of a button leads to some action.”
That’s a mouthful, we know, so we don’t really try to remember this definition. Instead, we think of web usability in the simplest terms possible. We think of it as simplicity.
A simple (and therefore ultimately usable) website, we believe, is one that anybody and everybody can navigate. It is a site that answers questions, sometimes even before they’re asked. A simple website is one that, and we’re borrowing one of Steve Krug’s thoughts here, doesn’t force people to think.
Ironically, achieving simplicity in your website isn’t quite so simple. It took Edison over 10,000 tries to produce a working light bulb, arguably one of the simplest appliances we encounter daily. We hope it doesn’t take you that many tries to get a usable website up and running, and that’s part of the reason why we’d like to share a few web usability, we mean, simplicity tips for you.
This the just the first post in Pepper’s Web Usability series. You can check out the rest of the series by following the links right below. Before you click away, we’d like to ask you: what are some of the sites you visit most often? Have a handful in mind? Now think of this: what do they have in common? If you’d like to share what you have in mind now (and we hope you do), leave us a comment below.
- Keep it simple: the basic philosophy for web usability
- Don’t be a snob: make sure that everybody can access your site
- Identify yourself: don’t make it hard to figure out who’s behind your site
- Show me around: make it easy to navigate your site
- Say it, and say it well: make sure you get your message across
Tags: Google, Pepper assistants, simple, virtual assistants, web pages, web usability, Wikipedia
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Friday, October 1st, 2010
We’re a team of virtual assistants, but that doesn’t mean you can’t meet us in the real world. In fact, a few of our clients have visited Pepper HQ already.
Russ Meuchel of Ember Recording Studios
Our first client visit was in February when Russ Meuchel of Ember Recording Studios came over with his friend, John Frazier. They wanted to meet up and discuss Pepper’s services, so Nikki Romero, Pepper Business Director; and Via Enriquez, Russ’ VA met up with them at EDSA Central Mall and headed over to Shangrila Mall. Over a hearty lunch at Via Mare, Russ, John, Nikki, and Via got to know each other, discussed their respective businesses, and worked out future business plans.
Tim and Joana Totten of SouthGain Enterprises
Back in February, Tim and Joana Totten of SouthGain Skin Care came over for a visit. Here they met some of the actual people behind our fabulous virtual service, namely: Miguel Ramos, President of ASPAC Advertising, which is Pepper’s mother company; Nikki Romero; Paulo Nasol, Republika Worldwide Business Director; Paula Gesmundo-Uy, and Verna Austria, Tim & Joana’s VAs.
 From left to right: Tim Totten - President, SouthGain Enterprises, Joana Totten - Vice President, SouthGain Enterprises, Paula Gesmundo - Pepper Senior VA, Paulo Nasol - Republika Business Director, and Nikki Romero - Pepper Business Director While the Pepper team handles several tasks for SouthGain, including customer support, blog and social network updates, research, and other administrative duties, this visit found us tapping into our networking skills as well, scheduling meetings with local contacts to help Tim find potential suppliers and manufacturers for SouthGain’s products. Of course, since we had some face time already, the gang also discussed options for SouthGain’s expansion.
Tim and Joana returned in June, this time with more than business on their itinerary. The business, of course, came first – that’s part of what makes us great assistants, after all. Discussion at Pepper HQ centered around new opportunities for SouthGain, namely, a new label.
After this came the other, more fulfilling (emphasis on filling) part of their itinerary. Tim and Joana had planned a trip to Balayan, Batangas, a province a few hours south of the capital of Manila for Joana’s birthday celebration, and the Pepper crew was invited.
We knew were in for a feast because the Parada ng Lechon was in town. The lechon is a whole pig seasoned and slowly roasted over hot coals that famed chef Anthony Bourdain describes as the best “of all the whole roasted pigs I’ve had all over the world.” Now imagine seeing hundreds of them parading right in front of you – are you hungry yet? You can bet we were.
But the fun didn’t end there. You see, part of the Parada ng Lechon tradition is to throw water to practically anyone you want. So while walking and looking for Tim and Joana, we found ourselves dripping wet, with people throwing water at us wherever we went! Imagine a whole town playing water fight the whole day – adults and kids alike, complete with the firetruck hose on and policemen with water buckets. There is nothing like it, and everyone had a blast.
Ric and Liz Thompson of Transperience Network
In August, Ric and Liz Thompson (as well as their two adorable kids Chandler and Stefan) came over to visit Pepper HQ. This time, the Pepper welcoming committee consisted of Miguel Ramos; Nikki Romero; Mejie Yamamoto and Apolz Fabros, Liz & Ric’s VAs; Paula Gesmundo, Pepper Senior VA; and Luis Cruz, Pepper writer.
 From left to right: Miguel Ramos - President, Aspac Advertising, Nikki Romero - Pepper Business Director, Liz Thompson - Co-Founder of Transperience Network, Stefan Thompson, Chandler Thompson, Ric Thompson - Co-Founder of Transperience Network, Mejie Yamamoto - Liz/Ric's Lead VA, Apolz Fabros - Liz/Ric's Lead VA, Luis Cruz - Writer, and Paula Gesmundo - Pepper Senior VA As expected, business matters dominated the discussion – this was, after all, a business meeting. One of the topics covered was Pepper’s role in the continued growth of Ric and Liz’s ventures, which include Healthy Wealthy n Wise Magazine, Small Business CEO Magazine, the Association of Small Business CEOs, and the Transperience Network. Discussion also included ways in which we could help achieve the Thompsons’ goal of providing others with the necessary tools to build successful lives. Once work was done though, we moved on to the more important things.
You see, the Thompsons stayed in the Philippines for a few months, so being the helpful assistants we are, we decided to help them plan their stay. We suggested a number of places to visit, and more importantly, we gave them a list of dishes that they simply had to try – Ric & Liz, we expect a report on this, by the way.
Other items on the agenda included teaching kids to save, the genius of individual video monitors on long flights, and siblings pushing each others’ buttons. Yes, the two Thompson boys had their voices heard in the meeting too.
Client visits definitely liven up the already spicy lives of the people at Pepper HQ. It’s always great to meet new people – even if we’ve worked with them online for quite some time already. Seeing the faces of our clients, and shaking the hands behind the emails and chats that pop up on our screens – there’s something very satisfying about that. Yes, we’re a team of virtual assistants, but we provide a very real service – and meeting our clients in real life only makes us want to serve you better.
Tags: Joana Totten, Liz Thompson, Pepper Virtual Assistant Clients, Personal Assistants, Philippines Virtual Assistant, Russ Meuchel, Tim Totten, virtual assistants
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Thursday, February 18th, 2010
The Internet seems to shrink the ground for creativity. As the world gets bombarded with countless innovations, you are left with little to nothing new to offer in the marketplace. Due to the fast pace of modernization, creativity somehow changes from “it takes time” to “instant”. And while everything is made at a snap of a finger, the impact it has on people also immediately wears off. It comes and it goes – just like that.
But cascading from this trend is the challenge for individuals, entrepreneurs, and business organizations to rise above and succeed. It is essential to find creative ways to start your business, keep it afloat and take it to greater heights.
Now, how do we tap into that creativity?
We all have innate creativity; some people may have more, but the point is, all of us have a creative nerve flowing. We just have to uncover ways for it to outpour.
It simply has to start with daily, small, even really tiny efforts. Listed below are some ways to begin unleashing your creativity:
1. Know your adequate length of sleep
Normal sleep of adults must go around 7 to 8 hoursi but it may still vary from person to person. Lack of sleep slows down the brain and hinders the capacity to focus. But then some people tend to think well at 4 hours!
2. Explore various activities
You might say you are already busy with family and work, having no time for other activities. But these other activities can perhaps mount an idea that you otherwise would not have thought of. See things differently by occasionally changing your routine then witness how the experience opens the door for creativity.
If you have a scheduled brainstorming on Monday, why not try parasailing this weekend?
3. Find time for friends
Old and new. It is always refreshing to be with good company. Go and have lunch out, dinner date, or coffee chat with high school buddies. Sincere conversation eases up your mind, and intimacy increases brain power thus allowing creativity to heighten.
4. Learn new things
If you are working in the computer industry, why not try and pick a magazine about advertising? Would it be interesting to know how they make a 30-second commercial just to gain new knowledge? And deviate your thoughts for an hour or two from your real and current tasks. Who knows, you might get some insights by reading stuff completely different from your field.
5. Spoil yourself once in a while
Buy that camera. Go to the beach. Purchase a new laptop. Watch it in 3D. Have a massage. Subscribe to the gym. When you feel too stressed out and nothing creative can be squeezed out from you anymore, this can be a good time to just follow your impulse. Have fun and indulge in your desires, for once! Then go back to thinking after the indulgence and observe how it elevates your creativity level.
6. Be at your creative footing
Others seem to undertake all possible business endeavors, what more is left? Still a lot. But in trying to give birth to an extremely unique product or service, it helps to be in a place where you can be most fruitful. Some people achieve their eureka working in an enclosed room with loud hiphop music. Others appreciate solitude while sipping a cup of coffee. And some create breakthroughs via harsh arguments with peers.
7. Take time to scribble
In scribbling, don’t be conscious of grammar, of the content, of the writing style. Just write down what is in your thoughts without editing and proofreading. It frees your mind from worries, making you shed ideas, good or bad. Then eventually you can pick the creative stuff.
8. Walk in the park
Or in your office garden. Or in the nearby street. When you’ve been staring at a blank paper for long and nothing seems to pop up—UNWIND. A breeze of air is like a spa to the busy brain.
9. Eat the right food
 This might sound like a typical advertisement for brain boosting elements but really, take a whole grain diet and you will thank me for it. It will give you a longer supply of energy because its components break down slowly, giving the body a longer time to think. Load up on Omega 3 fatty acids too, found in nuts and some oily fish that are used as building blocks for the neurotransmitters; it enables neurons to transport information to your brain more effectively. Vitamin C, E and beta carotene are well-known anti-oxidants; include them in your meals to preserve brain function.
10. Try Aromatherapy
Particular scents can stimulate the mind! While you’re in your cubicle and are forced to conjure up something juicy, why not have aromatherapy oils for creative thinking? Try Ylang-ylang – this relaxes you and invites creativity in; cedarwood helps you focus; cinnamon motivates you; rosemary lifts the mood; sandalwood gives encouragement; peppermint relieves headaches and may improve your writing ability; lavender serves as an all-around feel good oil.
As you may see, BIG IDEAS may be triggered in ordinary ways but its impact is without a doubt— extremely huge! The room for creativity might really be extra tough in what is truly becoming a smaller environment for any trade but this scenario equates to higher opportunities if you just know how to grow and manage your creative juice. So do what is necessary not to spill it!
[i.] http://www.nap.edu/
Tags: creativity, how to be creative, how to unleash your creative side, pepper virtual assistants, virtual assistants
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Wednesday, June 17th, 2009
White sands, clear blue water, softly muted sounds of birds along the cliffs, ice cold fruit drink on one hand and the sea breeze on your face…
AND then your phone rings with your client asking why the shipment hasn’t arrived yet. AND your 50 new emails from suppliers, clients and sales team all haven’t been answered yet. AND your alarm goes off for Junior’s piano recital at 3pm.
BUT all you want is a few more minutes to get back to your dream.
Need help?
There seems to be so much that needs to be done to get your business going.
But there’s so little time! And so much competition!
There are people and entities that are capable and more than willing to help you get your job off to a good start, and follow up on those clients when there seems to be not enough hours in your day.
The world is evolving is such a fast pace that we all cannot afford to get left behind. Establishing connections with people from across the world has never been as easy as it is now. And for sure, ways by which to make it easier is underway.
Get started.
Start from getting some help – getting someone to help understand where you’re coming from and will be a partner in your vision for your success. While you want to have it all, you can’t do it by yourself.
Finding someone to help, who has the competence, skill, mindset and understanding is tricky. And quality often comes at a steep price. So again, you feel like you’re back at square one.
There is a very delicate balance between cost, price and profit. As business owners, on one hand, you want to serve your client’s needs by offering a price that is affordable, and a product with quality at par with the finest. On the other hand, you want to serve your needs by making sure your cost is low, to make sure you gain a decent profit without sacrificing quality of product and service.
See? Very delicate.
High profit and low price SHOULD NEVER BE EQUAL TO low quality.
Smart Solution
One smart solution to business dilemmas such as sourcing quality products at low cost is LOCATION. Same product, same quality but different source = different prices. The downside to this is stereotyping. If one sees a product coming from a place with a notion of producing low quality goods, the likelihood of sourcing from that place is low. If we however, keep an open mind and test products, skills and services carefully and patiently, we will eventually hit a goldmine. Help and assistance with quality comes from the least expected places. Perhaps diamonds from coal and gold from dirt?
Making life easier for you does not mean giving up on your dreams to run a profitable business. Nor does it mean making do with whatever first thing you come across, or whoever is nearest you. Somewhere, in some part of the world, someone is best suited to partner with you and help achieve your goals.
Geographic boundaries are no longer hindrances to connect with those skillsets and wisdoms you need for your career. No longer do we feel trapped within our little worlds, and narrow understandings of how things are done. And racial differences are evened out and opportunities are shared more equitably.
Virtual assistants from developing countries, for example, who have acquired knowledge, education and training at par with the world’s best – are given the same chances to prove that they can help make life better for CEOs of the Western world. A very even two-way street that erases prejudice, helps businesses succeed and creates a very meaningful relationship both ways.
What then is the key to having it all, for all of us?
We can’t do it all by ourselves. Keeping informed and open minded to the strengths and skills of others are the keys to having your cake, and eating it too.
Tags: have it all, outsource your life, philippine virtual assistants, virtual assistants
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Monday, May 11th, 2009
 There are tasks better done with a partner. Save time, money, and effort with a Virtual Assistant.
What will you do if someone capable reaches out a hand to lessen your workload? Someone who can devote 10 full hours that you can stretch in a week? And at no cost at all!
De-loading your huge pile of things-to-do is a lot easier when you have a helpful partner ready at your disposal. Whether it’s a simple client follow-up call, an important research documentation that needs thorough proofreading, or a big project management assignment, it’s good to have a partner-specialist who’ll have everything ready and right when you need them.
That’s why Virtual Assistants or VAs exist. And if you could hire a VA for free, here are top eleven things that can introduce you to its advantages and give you more coffee breaks by having someone else help you with your work:
1. Encode data. Relatively an easy task. But delegating the work to somebody else can give you extra time to think about that next marketing technique to boost your market share.
2. Call your clients and suppliers. For follow-up, introducing your latest service, or ordering new products. Keep your contacts updated without even lifting the phone.
3. Chat live with your customers and prospects. You can ask your VA to do support service, handle queries, or gather feedback that you can use for assessing your business approach and how you can improve it.
4. Book your next island-hopping escapade. With all the hard work, you deserve some pampering…right from choosing an excellent hideaway destination to landing a generous holiday deal.
5. Do research for you. So you can enjoy your getaway to the fullest, and still have an impressive output by the time you’re back for work.
6. Prepare your next presentation slides or spreadsheets. Deal with the facts and figures you have to dole out to your team while your VA ensures your slide contents are placed as you instructed.
7. Transcribe minutes of your meetings. Unless you’re still in for a “bored meeting” with your recorder.
8. Proofread and edit your existing articles. Delete from your worries box typos and grammar blunders on your write ups.
9. Write articles, blog posts, or press releases. Why just let VAs proofread when they can write compelling articles for you?
10. Manage your appointments. Whether it’s a luncheon meeting reminder or a wake up call for your child’s weekend recital, your VA will keep you posted.
11. Search for things. Anything! And have them delivered to you right at your doorstep.
It’s easy to see what Virtual Assistants can do for you and your business—make your work easier so you can focus more on the big picture. This collaborative effort has helped a lot of companies, business owners, and individuals to increase productivity, save time and effort, and reduce costs. It’s no surprise the popularity and service range of Virtual Assistants have grown in great progression over the years.
See for yourself how a Virtual Assistant can help you. Try one for free now!
Tags: advantages of having virtual assistants, free virtual assistant services, virtual assistants, what to delegate to virtual assistants
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Thursday, April 23rd, 2009
In essence…
Pepper Virtual Assistant Services is amping its launch with a contest.
From April 23 until June 1, 2009, everyone who signs up for our free trial will get the chance to win “The Peppered Customer of the Year” contest.
Just like the story on our article A Real Success Story That Could Happen To You Too, there are many business people whose businesses have grown tremendously through offshore hiring or through working with a virtual assistant.
What we want is to be able to choose one lucky customer and give his or her business a boost by providing our services gratis. The irresistible offer…
The winner for The Peppered Customer of the Year will get one year free Bit Hot Jalapeño Package or 40 hours per month of virtual assistant services.
Value: $6,684.00
And if that’s not enough, we will also give the winner the opportunity to put his/her name in lights.
- We will publish an article about you. The article will announce you as the contest winner and will ultimately be about you and your business.
- The article will be spread out to multiple channels like the Pepper blog site and all Pepper social media accounts.
- We will tweet about you winning the contest on Twitter.
- We will publish a YouTube video about you and your business.
- We will send press releases about you and the contest.
Value: Free viral marketing, can you really put a price tag on that? Two baby steps and you’re in…
We simplified the promo mechanics to give everyone the chance to join. ☺
Step 1: Sign up for the 10-hour free trial VA services.
Step 2: Choose from the two topics
What can a one-year Virtual Assistant service do for you and your business?
Or
What’s your Virtual Assistant wish list?
Then submit your answer as a comment on this article.
How do we choose the winner?
Simple, the winner who gets the most votes from our promotions team will win. So put your heart in your story.
That’s it!
Now all you need to do is stay tuned and wait for the announcement of winners on this blog on June 2. Although we’re only choosing one person for the grand prize, we really want everyone to be a winner…
So everyone can claim a prize now, we’re also giving away an additional 5 hours of free virtual assistant services ( Making your free trial a total of 15 hours for the whole week!).
Value: $ 74.85
All you need to do is spread the word…
After submitting your comment/story on the blog, all you need to do is post an update on your Twitter & Facebook accounts.
Can’t think of what to say? Here’s an idea…
“Just joined Pepper’s contest to win a year of virtual assistant services, I highly recommend you check it out http://budurl.com/bepeppered ”
Then join Pepper Fan Page on Facebook and follow Pepper on Twitter.
That’s it folks, good luck!
Tags: contest mechanics, free service, free trial, virtual assistance, virtual assistants
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Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009
When I started working as a virtual assistant, I thought it would be a temporary thing for me. You see, five years ago I was very skeptical about this industry. I didn’t think being a VA was a real career. But I was dead wrong.
The first job I landed as a virtual assistant was with a start-up company. My boss and his accountant, who both live in the US, and myself located in Manila, were the only 3 people running the company at the time.
But the company grew so fast, that the accountant had to hire another person dedicated to doing the payroll and handling the staff schedules, after only eight months. That company now has more than 50 regular employees working virtually from the Philippines. What worked?
When he put up his company my boss had little capital to start with, so he couldn’t afford to pay a decent salary to a full time employee in the US. A really smart guy though, he knew that in order for him to successfully build his company, he has to offload the most tedious tasks and just focus on his marketing strategy and client relations.
So he looked for options that would fit his needs. He went online and found resources for offshore hiring.
In a matter of weeks, he was able to find the right people to run his business operations smoothly. This allowed him the freedom to focus on conceptualizing ideas to further his business success, plus more time connecting with his customers to gain their loyalty and trust. Time is money.
My boss attributes the success of his company for having the luxury to focus on constantly improving his business and establishing client relations. Offshore hiring allowed him to afford a team of professionals to handle his business operations. His time is solely used on things that would ensure his business success.
He’s able to achieve his ambitious goals through using his time wisely. If you’re ready to take the plunge, now is the best time…
Start using your time wisely and reap the benefits from hiring a virtual assistant. A Pepper Virtual Assistant is trained to act as a partner and not just an employee. They will understand your business and work with you to achieve your company’s success.
Stay tuned!
We are launching our new site tomorrow. Besides our 10-hour free trial offer, we have a special surprise to all those who sign up for our free trial. Tomorrow, we will be announcing the surprise, here on the blog, and we promise you won’t be disappointed. Hint: it’s worth big bucks.
Tags: Free trial offer, offshore hiring, Pepper assistants, success story, virtual assistants
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