Launching Soon: A New Virtual Assistant System

July 5th, 2009 · 6:08 pm  →  Blog

There are two short-coming to independent Virtual Assistants.  The VA has a life like anyone else but clients need work completed on their schedule.  VA’s can only handle so many clients and the demands will vary at any given time.
The second short-coming is that the best Virtual Assistants have a large skill set.  It [...]

Blogging In America

October 12th, 2008 · 8:24 pm  →  Blog

With the recent downturn in the economy I expect a lot of blogs to get started.  There is really no cheaper way to be “out there” in the world.  As you create each post you position yourself in your field.  For real estate agents this is a great way to show what you know.  
Though [...]

We Love The Internet

June 17th, 2008 · 3:20 pm  →  Blog

Real estate may be slumping but there are plenty who are still doing well and it is keeping us busy.  Hence the limited posts.  Maybe as we grow this blog will grow as well.
Just wanted to say thanks.  We are still available for small jobs but not full time clients at the moment.

Busy, Busy

April 1st, 2008 · 6:25 pm  →  Blog

I got this site up and have been too busy to keep it up.
A quick tip: Organization will save you uncountable amounts of time.  Tracking how your inefficiency is a waste of time but you will quickly realize how much easier it is to perform once you are organized.
Start step by step.  Don’t get stuck [...]

Track How You Spend Your Time Online.

February 23rd, 2008 · 3:47 pm  →  Blog

If you use Firefox instead of Internet Explorer, which many suggest, here are 6 tools that will track how you use the internet.  This is one way to see if you are optimizing your time as much as you think.

Realtor.com

February 21st, 2008 · 2:19 pm  →  Blog

Realtor.com statistics that were passed on to us today.
Realtor.com – 6,600,000 hits (views) not sure if these are unique
For Sale By Owner – 1,600,000
Realtor.com sends the listing information to MSN and many other sites.  If you don’t purchase listings on Realtor.com then the listing information is pulled from you local MLS system with no contact [...]

What Can A Virtual Assistant Do?

February 21st, 2008 · 12:04 am  →  Blog

How about look through Zillow, Trulia or the plethora of FSBO sites to mine addresses for a mailer from you?
How about search the expired listings to be sure they are still expired and then set the addresses up on labels for you to print?
How about organizing your email filters so you spend less time reading [...]

Virtual Assistants Make You Money

February 19th, 2008 · 10:04 pm  →  Blog

I came across this article at writetodone.com explaining how he finds virtual assistants useful. Since real estate agents are essentially freelancers, I think it fits very well. When he speaks about “billable” hours, think of marketing or contact time with your clients.
The “secret” here is not so secret at all. Of the 28 [...]

Hello

February 14th, 2008 · 2:36 am  →  Blog

Welcome to I’m Virtually There. We are virtual assistants with experience in either the real estate world or the web. We can help you set up your web presence or keep track of clients.
On the real estate side we have someone who is very familiar with Portland real estate and RMLSweb.com as well [...]