I was reviewing a few of the latest Virtual Assistant Industry Survey results recently. What was interesting is how many people still don’t understand the difference between secretarial services and Virtual Assistance.
Secretarial services have existed long before the Internet arrived. There are many people under the mistaken idea that just because they operate "virtually," they [...]
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