What are the actual differences between a virtual assistant, a techie virtual assistant, and an online business manager?
What are the actual differences between a virtual assistant, a techie virtual assistant, and an online business manager?
Hey! What are the actual differences between a Virtual Assistant (VA), a Techie Virtual Assistant (TVA)or an Online Business Manager (OBM)? Because likely your business, depending on what stage you're in, needs to have all three.
Let’s jump right in
VA
Generally, your first hire is going to be a virtual assistant, that special someone that is going to come in and help with all those administrative tasks that you’re burying yourself with you. Trying to be everything to everybody. Trust me, I've got that badge along with the busy badge.
A Virtual Assistant will sort through your inbox, organize the to-do list, protect the time on your calendars, they simply are the organization and time-saving machine for you.
The VA will be a doer of all the admin tasks that you have in your business.
TVA
Depending on what drains your energy and time in your business, a Techie Virtual Assistant, possibly could come before an Admin VA. Most, but not all TVA are specialized on either a subject matter or software application. You’ll find a few Techie VA that do a few different subject matters. They also are done for
For me personally, software is one of the things that come to me quickly and easily. I’m able to work on WordPress Website Design and a few different email service providers, such as MailChimp, ConvertKit and Ontraport.
OBM
An Online Business Manager. I’ve made the transition from VA, TVA to an OBM. An Online Business Manager actually supports the business owner and manages the business.
In an org chart for an online business the OBM falls directly under the owner managing all the team members. The focus of the OBM is on the how and the who. How the business owner's vision for the business is going to be carried out and by whom.
We manage all of the things. An OBM manages all the people, all the operations, all of the things that are going on with the projects that you have in your business so that you're able to focus on your vision and the elements that actually only you can do in your business.
Hope this has helped to clarify the differences between a Virtual Assistant, a Techie Virtual Assistant or an Online Business Manager
Two Resources
What? Yep, I have two resources that you could download. One is my Overwhelmed to Outsourced Planner and the other is my 100+ Ways An OBM Can Boost Business.
Enjoy! Let me know if you have any questions.
