This dismal world economy and high unemployment is giving birth to a new phenomenon particularly of interest to the Internet Marketing community. I refer to the “Virtual Assistant,” or VA. For between tens and hundreds of dollars a month, these VA’s are available to assist Internet Marketers with the important task…
of boosting their egos. Seriously, I know several people now with one or more “VA’s,” ostensibly there to assist these Internet Marketing professionals with the stuff they’re too busy or important to do. Like, building backlinks, replying to emails, keyword research, removing content after DMCA’s, that sort of thing.
But what do these guys have their VA’s do? Stupid, trivial crap. Crap that lets these guys think they’re important for a few hundred bucks a week. Exactly the same mentality that gets most of these same guys paying strippers to tell them they’re handsome. Some examples…
“I had my VA do some research on St. John’s Wort and summarize blog posts about the benefits tech professionals have found using it.” Really? You need to pay some guy in India $50 to bolster your self-image as a “tech professional,” and you can’t be bothered to go to the supermarket and get a bottle of the stuff?
“My VA goes through my spambox, and forwards emails to me with good marketing ideas in them.” Yeah, bro, you’re so important, even your spam is important and full of great marketing ideas.
“Having a VA has saved me a lot of time (and money!) by doing my Fiverr negotiation on my behalf.” Wow, man, you’re important and cheap!
“I have my VAs spend alot of time brain storming ideas for domains and niches.” I’m guessing there’s lots of ideas along the lines of 50-bux-a-week-from-insecure-chumps.info
I’m just kidding guys, I understand you’re so important and your time is so valuable, you have no choice but to hire people to waste it for you.