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FREELANCE VIRTUAL OFFICE –
TELECOMMUTING
Currently, there
are around 65,000 online businesses, and each of them is operated by an
individual or a group of two or three people.
Since the
profits from an online business only grow based on its production rate,
a
majority of these businesses are looking for competent help..
Executive,
secretarial, telephone work, transcription, virtual assistants are just
a few
of the areas where services are needed.
What if you’d
offer to help them in these areas?
It is not
difficult to see how lucrative a position as a work at home freelance
executive
or assistant can be. The demand is as certain as the fact that most
online
entrepreneurs badly need help. This help is something that you can
provide for
the betterment of their business, if you desire a definite income
opportunity
that usually pays by the hours.
Online
businessmen have their offices too, albeit, they are within the
confines of the
digital world. Instead of hosting their files in cabinets, they host
their files
on their hard drives and their Web servers. Instead of making some
phone calls
to essential business partners, they send emails and wait for replies.
Instead
of canvassing in brick and mortar stores, they shop for their supplies
in
online sources.
Such a virtual
office will benefit a lot with a work at home freelance virtual
secretary
manning the scene.
A virtual
executive, assistant or secretary is supposed to do a variety of tasks
for the
online business. These tasks are:
- writing,
- transcribing,
- data
encoding,
- email
processing,
- accounting,
- order
processing,
- customer
service,
- following
up on leads,
- and
a ton of other tasks relevant to the operations of the online
enterprise.
Some virtual
executives or assistants demand that their job description be clearly
delineated so that they won’t end up working on more things
than they are
expecting to do. But
the thing is that a
virtual executive is a representative of the owner of the business,
therefore,
he should be willing to do anything and everything that will benefit of
the
enterprise. Such a person is what many online businessmen are looking
for, and
if you have the drive to take on such a task, then there are many
opportunities
waiting for you on the Web.
Freelance work
at home virtual executives are often paid per hour, with some generous
bonuses
sprinkled here and there, depending on the success of the campaigns
that the
online businessman does launch.
However, since
some freelance virtual executives are hired for the duration of certain
campaigns only, it is not uncommon to find a salary scheme where the
virtual
executive will be paid a specified sum throughout the course of a
project, or a
specific number of projects. Some online businesses have sporadic needs
for
help as they are often dormant in between product launches.
Being a virtual
executive will give you the luxury of working from the comforts of your
own
home. You won’t have to spend traveling expenses, and you
wouldn’t have to
dress up just to earn your keep.
However, online
businesses do require more than 8 hours of work per day at times,
especially
during the days leading to a product launch as well as the days in the
middle
of a campaign. An online business will take in orders 24 hours a day, 7
days a
week, after all. And a lot of the people you will be dealing with are
located
in different parts of the world, under different
time zones.
FINDING
WORK:
Finding a
position as a digital freelance executive is trickier than other
freelancing
opportunities. For starters, the usual freelancing websites rarely
carry
advertisements for them.
Your best bet is
to try the conventional classified ads websites. The most popular of
them is
undoubtedly www.craigslist.com. It will take you hours to sift through
the many
openings advertised in its pages, but for certain, such a position
should be
available.
There are many
specialized forums and sites where you can post a resume. Again do your research
online to find them. There
are also fee based employment agencies
who maintain lists of freelance jobs available.
Another method
you can employ is determine the online businesses that need some help,
then
email the proprietor and offer your services. Include your resume, as
well as a
statement clearly establishing the fact that you’re perfect
for the job. You
may not succeed every time, but do this often, and there sure to be
some
positive replies.
Don’t forget the traditional business
model. Many
companies are outsourcing as
much work as possible. A
brinks and
mortar business can reduce the office space and employee benefit costs
by
outsourcing many repetitive jobs or temporary projects.
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