Apparently, a lot of folks must read Tim Ferriss, as there were two requests in the “List of the Week” suggesting a rollup of Virtual Assistants. Given our focus at Smartsheet on tapping the virtual workforce, this made sense to us. I’d like to make a big deal about how hard this was to pull together, but frankly, I have to admit it was cake.
I simply Published a Sheet, and asked a virtual worker to put in as many VA business names as he/she could find ($5). Once that seed list was in place, I ran a couple of rounds of self generation (a combination of Smartform and Publish-ViewOnly in Smartsourcing). For another $6 I arrived at just over 580 unique Virtual Assistants and Virtual Assistant Firms. After a round of modest cleanup and a quick run to get some demographic information (what services they provide, the principal’s names and email addresses) I ended up with this list (emails suppressed):
We’ll likely reach out to these small businesses to inquire as to their interest in Smartsourcing for their client base. There’s an amazing opportunity for them to provide some pretty nifty services to their clients that should dramatically increase their earning potential. Maria has a nice post on that here.
For those VAs that were missed in this run, it was entirely unintentional. This was simply what the virtual workers provided in its raw form. Please add your business to the list with this form, and I’ll make sure it gets sorted alphabetically into the list. You’ll see it appear live when you refresh your browser.
We’re a huge fan of VAs here, and highly recommend that you look at what isn’t getting done well in your business and consider getting help from one of these professionals.
-Brent
Thanks a lot for sharing the list of VA.
Posted by: miles | 10/21/2009 at 10:10 PM
Thank you for this great list of VA's and for giving me the opportunity of adding my name to the list.
Posted by: Sandra van Statten | 03/08/2010 at 12:02 AM
Very lengthy list of VA's, however, I'm not sure how your "worker" came up with Maureen Flynn as the owner of my company Pacific Pro VA! Maureen is a really nice lady and former client, but never the owner of my company (I gave her to a subcontractor of mine.)
Please change at your earliest convenience.
Gretchen H Walden, Owner & President
Pacific Pro VA
Posted by: Gretchen H Walden | 04/08/2010 at 01:32 PM
Gretchen, it has been corrected. Best,
-Brent
Posted by: Brent Frei | 04/08/2010 at 01:39 PM
Really very good post. Thank you for adding this list.
Keep it up.......
Posted by: hellen | 09/02/2010 at 02:27 AM
Hi,
I myself a virtual assistant was amazed to see this list. good collection.
Thanks,
Sridhar
Posted by: Sri Dhar | 09/20/2010 at 02:58 AM
To deliver the services and to communicate with the clients Virtual Assistants utilizes today’s technologies by working for them remotely. A virtual assistant can help you grow your business by handling the administrative support tasks. Just think, instead of hiring a full time employee, you can hire a virtual assistant and could save tens of thousands of dollars. Also when you are on a vacation or a holiday you can relax and enjoy while all your work will be getting done by your Virtual Assistant.
Virtual assistant blogs are an awesome way to keep up with what’s going on in the industry and get latest updates.I love reading virtual assistant blogs!
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virtual assistant
Posted by: Erin Smith | 10/26/2010 at 08:22 AM
I like this virtual assistant list as it is beneficial to virtual assistant service provider and for business enterprises.
Posted by: Monikaims | 10/29/2010 at 05:55 AM
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Posted by: Adaser Knolas | 03/21/2011 at 01:45 PM
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