For Virtual Assistants...

[Copywriter]

This post is just a random thought for all the virtual assistants that are here. Do you ever get funny looks when you tell people what you do for a living?

"I'm a virtual assistant" or "I provide virtual assistance..."

In my day job I'm a virtual assistant for a small firm in San Diego, and sometimes I feel just silly trying to explain it... Or I'll say that I do marketing for real estate agents, but I think people hear "telemarketing" when I say it.

Everybody knows what a plumber is, or a salesman or an engineer or a web designer or a real estate agent...

But being a virtual assistant requires some qualifying remarks, yes?

Just a thought...

I actually love my job and I couldn't think of anything more interesting that I could be doing. I'm sure you all feel the same way.

[kytine8888]

I am also a vritual assistant. And not all know what a VA is. Nice you start this kind of thread.

[Majenic Virtual Solutions]

I am also a REVA an have found that many people are still unaware of the VA industry. It makes things challenging when trying to explain what you do to prospective clients, but that challenge is also what makes the role so interesting.

[Dallas Broker]

virtual assistants are becoming an integral part to many types of businesses, esp small businesses in every industry. It seems right now there is a shortage of good quality vr assistants and the ones out there are sometimes hard to locate. I'm always in need of a good va to help with articles, blogs etc. pm your info....

[Nat_Ferguson]

I would have to agree with you that it still seems to be an emerging industry as far as Joe Public is concerned. There is a great discussion about VA's in the book "The 4 Hour Work Week" by Timothy Ferriss.