Here’s an interesting twist on the idea of virtual assistants — the Internet Girl Friday company offers virtual assistants that have technical skills mostly in the areas of Internet and web site design, publishing, maintenance, etc.
Here’s a description of their services from the Internet Girl Friday web site:
Our virtual assistants do everything a regular assistant can do for you and more. Days consist of creating blogs, WordPress installations, managing client’s Facebook profiles, sending press releases, bookkeeping, arranging travel, tracking business, updating websites, sending newsletters, giving remote computer support, managing email, placing calls, setting up appts/meetings, ordering gifts/groceries online, generating new leads, researching, …all the things that hold you up from having any time leftover for yourself.
This sort of organization might be where more and more professionals find themselves after getting laid off during the recession.
