Excerpt from: Industry Leader's Roundtable
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| August 01, 2007 | | "The Basics on Virtual Assistants" | |
 Gayle
Buske is the founder, president and CEO of Team
Double-ClickSM, one of the country's foremost virtual staffing
agencies. Her experience spans 18 years with companies such as Eastman Kodak
Company, Honeywell, Inc. and Jeane Thorne Temporary Services.
Her
entrepreneurial endeavors include owning and operating a transportation company
and brokerage where she drove the company to unprecedented levels of growth.
After determining that the transportation industry did not suit her vision,
Gayle centered her focus on how the communications power of the Internet could
facilitate a business connection between clients and independent contractors
from across the globe. As the head of a virtual staffing agency with over 18,000
virtual professionals in its pool, she is uniquely qualified to aid her clients'
growth through virtual outsourcing and to discuss the ins and outs of the
virtual staffing industry.
Gayle has been called upon by Entrepreneur
Magazine, Blassingame's Small Business Advocate, Fortune Magazine's CNN Money,
Staff Digest, and numerous other radio and print outlets to share her
expertise about the virtual staffing industry.
In her real estate Interview at
Real Estate CyberSpace
Radio she discusses
the following real estate advice:
The
Basics on Virtual Assistants
- A virtual assistant or
"VA" is an administrative assistant who works remotely from his or her home to
accomplish the kind of work traditionally done by an in-office assistant; VAs
are generally paid on an hourly basis.
- Real estate VAs are
more versed in what goes on in the real estate industry, including the lingo and
the day-to-day work of an agent; a real estate VA is capable of coordinating
appointments and managing transactions.
- Agents should consider
delegating administrative tasks that take time away from being in the field;
typical VA tasks are making phone calls, sending just-listed and just-sold
cards, and answering email inquiries.
- The limitation falls
with work that requires a license-most real estate VAs are not licensed because
of the challenge of meeting requirements in multiple states.
In this
briefing she also covers the following real estate
tips:
- Why Agents Should Use
a VA
- How to Get
Started
- The Advantage of
Dealing with an Agency
- Strategies for Sending
Gifts
- Satisfaction with
VAs
- How to Find a
VA
- Web Resources for
Virtual Outsourcing
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