Pat Zappavigna receives VAccolade Business Entrepreneurial Award

Local Virtual Assistant Receives Entrepreneurial Recognition

Manahawkin, NJ – Pat Zappavigna, owner of Instant Office Assistant announced today that they are the recipient of the VAccolade Business Entrepreneurial award.

The VAccolade award not only recognizes participation at the Virtual Assistant Networking Association (www.VAnetworking.com), but also recognizes the professionalism with which Zappavigna presents herself on the web, thereby giving them more credibility amongst other Virtual Assistants.

"Virtual Assistants (VAs) are business owners who work from their own office providing professional support, services and skills to their clients via phone, fax and internet based technology. Partnering with a VA reduces stress, protects cash flow, eliminates administrative hassles, and enables business people to find the success they originally set out to achieve. A VA is your right hand person helping you to succeed in your business. The irony is you may never meet your VA as odds are they live nowhere near you!" (definition from www.VAnetworking.com).

Zappavigna's company specializes in bookkeeping and MS Office products and is a home-based administrative professional providing various online services to her clients. She started her Virtual Assistant career to assist small business owners and solo entrepreneurs to build their business, while performing the tasks she loves and building her own business. It wasn't until she happened upon the VA Networking site, that she realized this was a very viable business solution. "With today's high cost of hiring employees, including extra office space, higher benefit costs, and increased personnel turnover, many companies are finding outsourcing of these duties saves them time and money. It's a win-win situation when business owners partner with a VA. It allows the business owner time to concentrate on their core business issues, while the VA handles the often tedious, time-consuming items that need to get done. We also provide creative office solutions to help grow the business," says owner Pat Zappavigna.

In a recent survey from VAnetworking, the United States has the largest number of VAs, followed by Canada, Australia and Europe. Clients only pay for time spent on their projects. There's no need to pay for taxes, benefits, equipment, etc. VAs are hired on an hourly or a monthly retainer basis.

For more information about Instant Office Assistant visit www.instantofficeassistant.com.

About Instant Office Assistant

Launched in 2008, Instant Office Assistant specializes in bookkeeping and MS Office products such as Excel, Word, Outlook, Publisher and Access. These services are especially needed by small businesses that either have limited office space or have more tasks than their current in-house staff can handle. Visit the website at www.InstantOfficeAssistant.com

About VAnetworking

Visit the website at www.vanetworking.com.

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