Q: What is the difference between a
VP and a home-based secretary?
A: The difference is in the scale and scope of the relationship.
The Virtual Professional:
-- works in a relationship. That
relationship is ongoing, with the partners working together as frequently as is
needed to accomplish the tasks at hand. Because of the nature of this relationship,
a VP can only work with a relatively
small number of clients.
-- becomes the right hand of the client, getting to know the client, the client's business, the client's customers, the clients's life. The VP becomes, quite literally, a partner in the client's success.
-- does secretarial work, but as partner.
The VP often does much more. The
working relationship often crosses over
into supporting the client in personal matters as well as professional.
-- creates value for the clients through a
dynamic learning process - the more the
VP learns about the client, the client's business, customers and life, the more
the VP is able to support the client,
and the more value the VP creates.
The Home-based Secretary: