You Need Help!!!
by Gary Woods

You people need some help. No, no, I don't mean that way, although... Well anyway, most of the time when I see you folks you all look exhausted. It's no wonder really, you're all out there doing all the things it takes to run a business and the rest of your life, and doing it without any help!!! I've been wandering around the Internet as usual and came across some resources which may enable you to get a little more sleep, and probably even do a better job of some of the things you're now trying to do all by yourself. The talent pool is great out there in Cyber-Space, and there are people who would love to work for you as a Virtual Assistant.

Essentially a Virtual Assistant is anyone who has the time, talent, skill sets, and desire to help you with some aspect of your business in an ongoing way. The cool part about a Virtual Assistant is that instead of accomplishing their work on-site they can be located anywhere in the world and get just about any job done that doesn't require geographical proximity to your place of work.

If you’re interested in looking into the possibility of getting a Virtual Assistant here are three sources. Virtual Assistants.com http://www.virtualassistants.com/ Staff Centrix http://www.staffcentrix.com/ and the Virtual Assistants Association http://www.ivaa.org/. Or, if you're just interested in some short-term help a very good resource is elance http://www.elance.com/. That's it, get some help and don't let me see you looking so tired again.

If you have any suggestions or questions for me please drop me a note at garyandlaury@santabarbaraproperties.com or see my column on the Internet at http://www.santabarbaraproperties.com or call me at (805) 729-0910