4 Out of 5 Businesses Would Choose Virtual
Assistants, Says CNN Quick Poll
PARIS, January 22, 2004 - It's not
unusual to find Carolyn Moncel editing training
manuals for consultants in Chicago; or scheduling
appointments for an executive in Miami. She
is a virtual assistant, and 82 percent of businesses
would choose to work with someone like her,
a CNN International Quick Poll revealed on January
19, 2004.
Virtual Assistants or VAs provide administrative,
creative or technical services to business owners
on an as-needed basis. Clients only pay for
the time actually spent working on projects
and often retain a fixed amount of hours per
month for service. Typical services include
data entry, desktop publishing, bookkeeping
and copy editing services. Projects are often
handled over the phone, by fax, e-mail and even
instant messaging. Most attractive is the fact
that Vas are also responsible for their own
taxes, training, healthcare, insurance - overhead
costs that make hiring an employee expensive.
Moncel is president of MotionTemps, LLC, an
English-speaking VA practice in Paris. Her company
provides back-office administrative support,
but also marketing and public relations consulting
services to small-business owners. Her clients
represent all industries - from communications
and corporate training to realtors and Internet
technology.
The desire to spend more time with her pre-school
age daughter prompted Moncel to launch MotionTemps
from her home in Chicago back in July 2001.
When her French husband accepted a job offer
in October 2002 and moved the family to Paris,
Moncel decided to expand her company rather
than close shop.
"The average business owner hires a VA because
he doesn't have time to do the company books,
return phone calls, add calendar entries, or
deal with vendors," says Moncel a former PR
executive. "Clients can delegate daily administrative
tasks to me so they can concentrate more on
strategy and expanding their businesses."
The VA industry has been around since 1997,
and growth has been greatest in the United States,
Canada, the UK and Australia. These days Moncel
is setting her sights on the new frontier -
France, and spends a great deal of her time
demonstrating how French companies can integrate
the use of Vas into their businesses.
"I'm confident that the need for virtual services
will increase as more French professionals go
solo, and the global business community becomes
smaller," says Moncel. "In the meantime, it
gives me great pleasure knowing that by the
time my American clients awaken and have their
first sips of coffee at their computers, my
completed projects await them in their e-mail
inboxes."
About MotionTemps, LLC
Launched in 2001, MotionTemps, LLC is a virtual
assistance and communications firm with offices
in Chicago and Paris. The company specializes
in providing complete project coordination,
administrative assistance and marketing communications
support to home-based professionals, small-business
owners, non-profits and small-to-midsize consulting
firms. The company has further expanded its
presence into the European marketplace by providing
an emergency service to English-speaking business
travelers in need of administrative support
during their stay in Paris.
Contact Carolyn Moncel toll free at (877) 818-3864,
by e-mail
or visit the web site's newsroom.
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