What is Virtual Assistant?

A Virtual Assistant is a temporary worker who works for businesses over the internet. The employer may be at a great distance from the assistant. All the work is performed remotely. the goods and to distinguish them from the goods of others. A servicemark is the same as a trademark except that it identifies and distinguishes the source of a service rather than a product. (www.cybercitymommies.com)

Virtual Assistants (typically abbreviated to VAs), are business owners who provide professional administrative, technical, or creative (social) assistance to clients — usually other independent entrepreneurs and consultancy small businesses. Virtual Assistants work from their own office (hence "virtual"), thus making it a fairly popular (and growing) profession in centralized economies with "fly-in, fly-out" (FIFO) staffing practices. It is estimated that there are as few as 5,000-8,000 or as many as 35,000 Virtual Assistants worldwide.
Common modes of communication and data delivery include the Internet, e-mail and phonecall conferences,online work spaces, and fax machine. Professionals in this business work on a contractual basis and a long-lasting cooperation is standard. Typically 5 years of administrative experience in an office is expected at s uch positions as executive assistant, office manager/supervisor, secretary, legal assistant, paralegal, legal secretary, real estate assistant, et cetera.
Virtual assistant may also refer to an automated Conversational agent or so-called Chatterbot. (www.wikipedia.com)