RemoteProfessionals.com: Partners Launch Members-only Expert Outsourcing Network

Jodi Diehl of SunFrogServices.com and Angela Parker of WickedWordCraft.com, saw a growing need for a high-caliber network of remote professionals. With over 11 years as independent offsite professionals and over five years in leadership roles in a non-profit virtual assistant organization, these partners knew first-hand the difficulty of locating highly specialized professional outsourcing providers.

Yesterday, the two solved this problem with the launch of RemoteProfessionals.com. This membership-only expert network is the first of its kind for independent providers in the outsourcing community.

The primary goal of the network is to provide highly specialized service providers direct access to a qualified network of peers.

The first small group of RemoteProfessionals.com members was hand-selected by the partners for their professionalism, business experience in providing offsite services, the quality of prior work and the depth of knowledge in their specialized fields. All RemoteProfessionals.com members have defined niche services, have been in business for over two years, and run their businesses as a full-time career. Members of this elite network benefit from peer interaction, project collaboration and access to additional specialized skills via their professional peers. RemoteProfessionals.com offers members the tools to help serve their clients on a broader scale without sacrificing the depth of knowlege that specialization offers and clients require.

Clients will also benefit from this virtual network, having finger-tip access to the most specialized group of virtual service providers availalble for their project. Utilizing member directories or intuitive online search tools, clients can locate a qualified outsourcing professional quickly and easily. RemoteProfessionals.com also offers a project submission form where clients can submit large projects to the network for a collective response.

As a specialist group, these members understand that working together on a multi-service project benefits not only the client, but the provider as well. Utilizing each provider’s specialty skills in a collaborative fashion provides the client with a complete solution to their project. Members’ clients no longer need to spend precious time researching, interviewing and training multiple service providers – RemoteProfessionals.com is the one-stop source for expert outsourcing services.

It’s a Matter of Perspective

IVAA increases the power of the individual Virtual Assistant by providing a network of skilled, available talent to serve as a resource, a sounding board, to offer guidance, and to provide a sense of camaraderie in what could be an essentially solitary career pursuit.

The importance of this “hit home” for me a few weeks back when a family friend told me: “I don’t see how you can work like that, never getting away, staying in front of that computer all the time without any human interaction.” He concluded with conviction “I couldn’t stand it, I’m a people person!” He was decidedly serious, but it struck me as funny. It’s been years since I’ve considered my work “solitary.” I’ve not considered it that way since I joined IVAA, as a matter of fact. Continue reading

Writing on the Road

A lighthearted view on the trials and tribulations of “going mobile” with your computer, your work and your life. Written by a Kentucky Virtual Assistant…

I just “jumped over” into the world of MOBILE computing! I can now work from “virtually” ANYWHERE! I bought my first laptop and cannot believe the freedom of this 3.5-pound wonder. I’ve wanted one for years, but could never justify it. With my life-style and mobile work-style, I finally managed to convince myself that I needed one. It arrived two months ago. It has been in arms-reach since the moment I unpacked it.

You must understand, I’ve always been a nomad at heart. The laptop fits perfectly into my philosophy. I have always loved the idea of minimizing needs, shunning most of my “worldly possessions” and miniaturizing the ones I must have. Most people I know started buying DVDs because they had better quality and more options. But, for me it was simple: I went to DVDs because they take up less space.

In a former life, I was probably a turtle.

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