online personal assistant

hii sir, I heard about the Virtual personal Assistant what exactly it is ? please tell me about the Virtual personal Assistant As I am curious to know about the Virtual personal Assistant ?

[Kiran Chandar]

A virtual assistant (typically abbreviated to VA, also called a virtual office assistant)[1] is generally self-employed and provides professional administrative, technical, or creative (social) assistance to clients remotely from a home office

Mode of Communication
one can communicate to these VA through the Internet, e-mail and phone-call conferences online work spaces, and fax machine. Increasingly Virtual Assistants are utilizing technology such as Skype as well as Google Voice.

who are Vas:
the persons who havinge the . Typically 5 years of administrative experience in an office is expected at such positions as executive assistant, office manager/supervisor, secretary, legal assistant, paralegal, legal secretary, real estate assistant, information technology, et cetera.

Working Eras of the VAs:

Virtual Assistant
Internet Research
Collecting contact information
Database management
Any other specific Information gathering exercise