http://www.outsourcedmylife.com How I Outsourced My Life to a Virtual Assistant Mon, 19 Jul 2010 07:10:08 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I currently have 4 "virtual assistants" on ::oDesk("a"):: (by VA I mean personal assistant, programmer, designer, etc.) and each has very different degrees of skills and the ability to know exactly what I want from them. I've also worked with many different virtual assistants over the years. Each has ... http://www.outsourcedmylife.com/virtual-assistant-initiative.php I've been very impressed with my most recent virtual assistant from ::oDesk("a")::. His English is better than most I've used, and he mentioned that he enjoys writing. I asked if he'd write a quick bit about his background and experience / thoughts on using ::oDesk("a")::, so here it is: "::oDesk("a"):: was ... http://www.outsourcedmylife.com/my-virtual-assistant-life-on-odesk.php Here is a video created by the team at ::oDesk("a")::. Here are a few of my thoughts while watching it: Transparent work:  I expect that as this happens, employees will have the option to telecommute more. From an employer point of view, the additional layers of transparent work will definitely translate to much ... http://www.outsourcedmylife.com/the-future-of-work.php Anytime I begin a relationship with a virtual assistant I enjoy hearing about their background.  I ask them why they are working as a virtual assistant, what they like and don't like about providing remote assistant services, and where they see themselves in 3 - 5 years.   I've also found ... http://www.outsourcedmylife.com/why-i-work-from-home.php A few years back I heard about Amazon's new "Mechanical Turk" service. Basically you post a task, an amount you're willing to pay to have it completed, and then people from all over the world work on it.  In my opinion it is best suited for super repetitive simple tasks ... http://www.outsourcedmylife.com/amazon-mechanical-turk.php