The language barrier is one of the primary reasons why some people don’t want to hire an overseas virtual assistant. When I asked my client about obstacles regarding the language barrier, he said, “You can’t even tell that they’re overseas, sometimes. They barely have accents, and most can speak English like a native speaker.” See, even as a virtual assistant myself, I didn’t know that my overseas counterparts had such a firm grasp of the English language. Why You Might Not Want to Hire a Local Virtual Assistant If you want to hire an American as a full-time employee, you’d have them on the payroll with a plethora of taxes…

You might be reading this blog and shaking your head. The idea of delegating or hiring a virtual assistant leaves a bad taste in your mouth because you’ve had terrible experiences with virtual assistants in the past. Bad experiences happen. The good news is that not all virtual assistants are the same. Understand why the past lousy experience happened You have to understand why your past experiences failed. Was it the virtual assistant? Was it you? The answer is most likely: a mixture of both. A common problem with delegating to a virtual assistant is that people aim for the cheapest virtual assistant. After all, how difficult can it be…

Not all virtual assistants are created equal. You have virtual assistants who are fantastic with customer support.Virtual assistants who thrive in creating written content.Then virtual assistants who are graphic designers. Some days, you’ll strike gold and get a virtual assistant who is a jack-of-all-trades. The primary focus is ensuring that the virtual assistant is capable of doing the tasks that you have for them. Getting on a Live Call with the Virtual Assistant Deleg8te was created by a client who decided to hop on a call with his virtual assistants first. A live interview is the first step to seeing if a virtual assistant is whom they say they are.…