Four years ago, The Remote Assistant was just me — working from my spare bedroom with my laptop, two clients, and a dream that one day I’d turn my passion for supporting others would become my future. Fast-forward to today and we’re an aspiring six-figure business, now running as an agency, with a brilliant team of multi-skilled Virtual Assistants. 

Four years ago, The Remote Assistant was just me — working from my spare bedroom with my laptop, two clients, and a dream that one day I’d turn my passion for supporting others would become my future.  Fast-forward to today and we’re an aspiring six-figure business, now running as an agency, with a brilliant team of multi-skilled Virtual Assistants.

There are multiple areas to consider when budgeting for an academic research project: employing research staff, purchasing equipment and materials, data collection costs, and organising dissemination activities, just to name a few! ather than attempting to manage everything yourself, working with a Virtual Assistant offers a flexible, cost-effective alternative.

When you first start out as a solo consultant, you wear all the hats: marketing, admin, bookkeeping, operations — and somewhere in there, actually delivering your service. But as your client base grows, something’s got to give.