What is a Virtual Assistant (VA)?
A Virtual Assistant (VA) is a business owner who works 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! - Virtual Assistant Networking Association
Or, in over simplified terms, a VA is someone who assists you or your business off-site and who is not your employee.