A Personal Assistant: Shorten Your Working Hours with Longer Days
June 7, 2008 by David Zinger
Filed under Business
Do you need Longer Days?
I was invited a number of weeks ago to try out Longer Days. Longer Days is a personal assistant company. I was provided with 15 hours to see what I thought of it. My experience was very positive and I am convinced that I will make use of a virtual assistant in the future.
I had them help with with mailing lists, address lists, newsletter lists, and RSS development. The service was both fast and professional.
My challenge was to determine how to manage the service and I would encourage you to determine what you need your assistant to do for you. Over the summer I will look at work and work flows and determine my best use of an assistant.
As a manager it avoids such time consuming activities as searching for and hiring an assistant and then working on payroll and other factors. You also have more than one person who can provide you with services, so you don’t have to worry about someone calling in sick and being stuck without help.
You can have a virtual assistant for as few as 5 hours a month or request more hours to get a better rate. If you have not used a virtual assistant I encourage you to try it out.
I have done this on and off over the years. It can be a life saver to have someone to help out with some of the tasks that are overloading you. I haven’t tried Longer Days yet, but I’m going to look into them. I am getting behind right now!!
One of the major advantages in working with a Virtual Assistant is you only pay for the time you use. No more paying for down time. As a Virtual Assistant, thank you for the positive comments regarding our industry.