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><channel><title>R3R Internet Marketing &#38; Consulting &#187; virtual assistants</title> <atom:link href="http://r3r.com/blog/topics/virtual-assistants/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://r3r.com</link> <description>R3R Consulting &#124; Internet Marketing &#124; Project Management &#124; Lead Generation &#124; Affiliate Marketing &#124; Email Marketing</description> <lastBuildDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 19:42:23 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0</generator> <item><title>I&#8217;m Not a Virtual Assistant, But I Can Tell You How to Find a Good One</title><link>http://r3r.com/blog/2009/im-not-a-virtual-assistant-but-i-can-tell-you-how-to-find-a-good-one/</link> <comments>http://r3r.com/blog/2009/im-not-a-virtual-assistant-but-i-can-tell-you-how-to-find-a-good-one/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2009 19:24:14 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Jeremy Reither</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Promote]]></category> <category><![CDATA[virtual assistants]]></category><guid
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isPermaLink="false">http://www.r3r.com/?p=1590</guid> <description><![CDATA[Remote or &#8220;virtual&#8221; assistants (VA) can provide assistance that frees you up for more important tasks in managing your web business (or the web-based extension of your offline business). And while hiring a VA requires some due diligence (interviewing, matching skillsets with the tasks, billing discussions, etc.), even after you find the &#8220;right&#8221; assistant you&#8217;re still [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://r3r.com/blog/2009/managing-virtual-assistants/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Is the Virtual Assistant Fad Fading?</title><link>http://r3r.com/blog/2008/the-virtual-assistant-fad-2/</link> <comments>http://r3r.com/blog/2008/the-virtual-assistant-fad-2/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 21 Sep 2008 06:10:38 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Jeremy Reither</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Monetize]]></category> <category><![CDATA[virtual assistants]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.r3r.com/blog/?p=731</guid> <description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve written a lot about my experience with virtual assistant firms like Brickwork (India), Get Friday (India), and BPOvia (China) &#8211; and how my results and impressions of their services have been mixed at best. A few months ago I mentioned that so-called VA firms seemed to be sprouting up everywhere; and now that the [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://r3r.com/blog/2008/the-virtual-assistant-fad-2/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>22</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Virtual Assistants: BPOvia Review: Signs of Inexperience</title><link>http://r3r.com/blog/2008/bpovia-trial-review/</link> <comments>http://r3r.com/blog/2008/bpovia-trial-review/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 16:19:09 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Jeremy Reither</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Promote]]></category> <category><![CDATA[bpovia]]></category> <category><![CDATA[china]]></category> <category><![CDATA[reviews]]></category> <category><![CDATA[virtual assistants]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://blog.reitherco.com/2008/06/24/bpovia-review/</guid> <description><![CDATA[A couple months ago I mentioned that the president of a young VA firm called BPOvia &#8211; out of China &#8211; contacted me, offering a free trial of their services. Being that there are more VA firms than there are Starbucks these days it didn&#8217;t strike me as a particularly appealing offer at first. But when I [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://r3r.com/blog/2008/bpovia-trial-review/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>30</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Virtual Assistant Firms are a Little too Abundant</title><link>http://r3r.com/blog/2008/virtual-assistant-firms-are-a-little-too-abundant/</link> <comments>http://r3r.com/blog/2008/virtual-assistant-firms-are-a-little-too-abundant/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 13:48:46 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Jeremy Reither</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Promote]]></category> <category><![CDATA[arctern]]></category> <category><![CDATA[bpovia]]></category> <category><![CDATA[outsourcing]]></category> <category><![CDATA[virtual assistants]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://blog.reitherco.com/2008/05/08/virtual-assistant-firms-are-a-little-too-abundant/</guid> <description><![CDATA[Some of the more popular posts on this blog lately are regarding virtual assistant (VA) firm reviews. They&#8217;re getting more and more views each day. But after being contacted by Chinese outsourcing firm BPOvia, and then today by another firm in India called Arctern I&#8217;m starting to think that a big chunk of the individuals [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://r3r.com/blog/2008/virtual-assistant-firms-are-a-little-too-abundant/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>4</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Chinese Virtual Assistant Firm Offers Free Trial Run</title><link>http://r3r.com/blog/2008/bpovia-free-trial-offer/</link> <comments>http://r3r.com/blog/2008/bpovia-free-trial-offer/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2008 22:14:30 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Jeremy Reither</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Promote]]></category> <category><![CDATA[bpovia]]></category> <category><![CDATA[brickwork]]></category> <category><![CDATA[china]]></category> <category><![CDATA[get friday]]></category> <category><![CDATA[virtual assistants]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://blog.reitherco.com/2008/04/08/bpovia-free-trial-offer/</guid> <description><![CDATA[Last Thursday I was contacted by a China-based virtual assistant (VA) firm, BPOvia, and was asked to give their service a trial run&#8230;the first 10 hours without charge. The CEO, James Huang, came across my VA firm review blog post and sent me an e-mail, offering a free trial of their VA service. I happened [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://r3r.com/blog/2008/bpovia-free-trial-offer/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Virtual Assistants: Get Friday Review: Losing Their Edge</title><link>http://r3r.com/blog/2008/virtual-assistants-get-friday-review/</link> <comments>http://r3r.com/blog/2008/virtual-assistants-get-friday-review/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 17 Mar 2008 20:43:56 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Jeremy Reither</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Promote]]></category> <category><![CDATA[get friday]]></category> <category><![CDATA[india]]></category> <category><![CDATA[outsourcing]]></category> <category><![CDATA[virtual assistants]]></category><guid
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