{"id":1451,"date":"2018-09-15T09:49:45","date_gmt":"2018-09-15T09:49:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ovavirtual.com\/?p=1451"},"modified":"2024-01-12T06:29:59","modified_gmt":"2024-01-12T06:29:59","slug":"everything-you-need-to-know-on-how-to-become-a-virtual-assistant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ovavirtual.com\/everything-you-need-to-know-on-how-to-become-a-virtual-assistant\/","title":{"rendered":"Everything You Need to Know on How to Become a Virtual Assistant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>What Is A Virtual Assistant?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Virtual Assistants are changing the world. In a world undeniably dominated by technology, Virtual Assistants, or VAs continuously change the work and business landscape in any industry, in any country.\u00a0 Think of VAs as the combination of executive assistants merged with remote workers.<\/p>\n<p>They perform tasks to help their employers manage their time better, doing menial and routinary errands that maybe too much for them to handle. VAs usually do the traditional tasks associated with administrative work. However, the list of services that a VA can offer is amazingly diverse, depending on the platform and the contracts that bind them with their employer.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What Services Does a Virtual Assistant Provide?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>While there is no definite answer and no cut and dry list of activities that a virtual assistant does and can do.<\/p>\n<p>Here are just some of the tasks they can offer to do, depending on their skills, interests, and capabilities:<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1452 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/ovavirtual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Everything-You-Need-to-Know-on-How-to-Become-a-Virtual-Assistant.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"7937\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ovavirtual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Everything-You-Need-to-Know-on-How-to-Become-a-Virtual-Assistant.png 800w, https:\/\/ovavirtual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Everything-You-Need-to-Know-on-How-to-Become-a-Virtual-Assistant-768x7620.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What Is A Virtual Assistant? 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