Need a Personal Assistant? Ask Remote Bob!

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Lots of us need some extra help at times, but we don’t want the hassle (or expense) of hiring an employee. If that applies to you, have you considered using a remote (or virtual) assistant?

As the name suggests, remote assistants don’t work from their client’s premises. Rather, thanks to the power of the internet and electronic communications, they work remotely from another location, which might be an office or their own home.

They could therefore be based anywhere in the world as long as it has the connectivity required. For cultural and communication reasons, however, there are obviously advantages to using assistants in the same country or area.

So how do you hire a remote assistant? There are various methods, but if you want a simple, cost-effective solution, you might like to check out Remote Bob. This fast-growing company has offices in London and Croatia and offers a remote assistant service to individuals and businesses across the UK (and further afield).

So what services can you expect your remote assistant (or team) to offer? Here are just some of the services Remote Bob offers to individuals:

• Planning holidays
• Ordering groceries or food
• Booking sports activities and hobbies
• Organizing holidays
• Searching for a new flat or apartment
• Helping with online clothes shopping
• Helping with picking restaurants
• Filling in some forms on your behalf
• Managing your household
• Managing your lifestyle
• Buying birthday presents
• Managing personal budgets
• Research on properties to buy

For entrepreneurs and businesses, the services Remote Bob offer include:

• Supporting office teams and directors with general operational tasks
• Scheduling and coordinating meetings, appointments, presentations, and other office-related events
• Opening, sorting and distributing incoming electronic correspondence
• Handling requests by answering questions and providing information and data
• Organizing and scheduling travel arrangements
• Booking conference calls, rooms, taxis, couriers, hotels, etc.
• Developing and updating administrative workflow to improve efficiency
• Preparing and modifying documents including correspondence, reports, drafts, memos and emails
• Assisting in the preparation of presentation materials and agendas for meetings
• Maintaining electronic filing systems
• Resolving administrative problems and inquiries
• Performing general accounting and bookkeeping duties
• Examining and reconciling expense reports of office staff
• Writing letters and emails on behalf of office staff
• Maintaining up-to-date employee holiday records

The staff working at Remote Bob are all EU-based, thus minimizing any potential issues with time zones and significant cultural differences.

Remote Bob handle people management, regulatory arrangements and payroll, so you don’t have to worry about this. They say they only work with proficient, well trained and approved specialists, and pledge to deliver work on time and under budget.

Special Offer

Remote Bob are kindly offering Pounds and Sense readers a huge (36%) discount on their service. By clicking through this link you can request their Personal Assistant service for one month (five hours per week) for £320 per month instead of the normal £500. Just remember to enter the code SENSE2019 in the Discount Code box.

Note that completing the inquiry form does not create any obligation to buy. Clearly everyone will have their own particular requirements for their remote assistant/s, so Remote Bob say, ‘Talk to us, tell us about your goals, your worries and your hopes. We will then construct a customized route for all your needs.’ Only when you are fully satisfied with the proposed solution will you be asked to make any commitment to buy.

I would also highly recommend you spend a little time looking around the Remote Bob website, as this will give you a good idea of the range of services on offer and how the platform works in practice.

As always, if you have any comments or questions about this post, please do leave them below.

Disclosure: This is a sponsored post. If you click through a link in it and make a purchase, I will receive a commission for introducing you. This will not affect in any way the service you receive or the price you pay.