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The VACOC, http://www.virtualassistantnet working.com, is connecting its 450 membersin 12 countries with HyperOffice, http://www.hyperoffice.com, the award-winningwebware that makes it easier for owners, employees, clients, partners and suppliersof growing businesses to collaborate, communicate, plan projects, share and editdocuments, schedule meetings, and manage information anytime and from any Internetconnection.
This tool is just fantastic, said Danielle Keister, founder of VACOC, anassociation dedicated to promoting the shared business interests, opportunities andadvancement of Virtual Assistants, the professionals and business owners who workfrom their own offices and use technology to provide administrative support servicesto client companies.
Virtual Assistants come from a variety of business backgrounds, but the single-mostimportant qualification to become a Virtual Assistant is at least five years ofadministrative experience earned in upper-level capacities such as administrativeassistant, executive assistant, secretary, legal assistant, paralegal, legalsecretary, real estate assistant, office manager, and other real-world businessexpertise.
HyperOf fice is revolutionizing how the VACOC board interacts, said Keister. Weare sharing documents, not passing them around. That was clumsy. It wasted time. Nowwe open a document, edit it, close it, online -- and the collaboration suite ofHyperOffice provides version control. We set up teams and groups Membership, forexample, and the RFP Center (Request for Partnership). Each has its own operatingprocedures, manuals, templated messages, tasks, schedules, and deadlines.
Keister also adopted HyperOffice Business Collaboration Solutions for her own firm,The Relief Virtual Assistance, http://www.therelief.com, which providesadministrative support and creative services, helping independent professionals runtheir own businesses more profitably and efficiently, with more billable hours.
I work with attorneys, solo practitioners, said Keister. Legal case managementsoftware is often very cost prohibitive for the solos I work with. The software canalso be hugely complex, requiring hours and months of training, and even then, stilldoesn t provide solutions for many aspects of working virtually and collaboratively.With HyperOffice Collaboration Solutions, I set up each client of The Relief as itsown group. Then I set up subgroups for each client matter the online version of acase file. The subgroup includes the case schedule, shared documents, and contactinformation for clients, witnesses, experts, opposing counsel and professionalservices related to that case. I haven t had to train the lawyers in how to useHyperOffice. It s easy. I do the setup, give them their login. They see theirgroups, tasks, links and go right to work.
HyperOffice also allows me to extend added value to my clients. My retainerpackages are even more attractive when I sweeten the deal with a complimentaryHyperOffice shared workspace, said Keister. With HyperOffice s competitive rates,I m able to absorb the cost as an operating expense while giving superior service tomy valued clients.
As webware, sometimes called software as a service, HyperOffice delivers to growingorganizations today the power and productivity of collaboration software that onlythe largest company with a mammoth IT budget could otherwise afford --business-class email without spam and viruses; document management with onlinestorage, versioning, user rights and workflow; contact management, scheduling, taskmanagement, discussion groups, security, backup, portal customization, customerportals, extranets and intranets, time and expense tracking, and more.
If you run a business, before you know it, you re managing all sorts of products,and multiple operating systems at the desktop and the server, said FarzinArsanjani, president of HyperOffice. There are weekly security updates, servicepacks, upgrades. You waste your time wrestling technology. Instead, HyperOffice putsyou back to work, managing and growing the business.
About Online Business Collaboration Solutions provider HyperOffice
HyperOffice Inc., (http://www.hyperoffice.com ), is a leading provider of EnterpriseCollaboration Software and tools for growing organizations. The company offers asimple and affordable suite of Intranet and Extranet software that provide new andgrowing businesses essential tools to collaborate, communicate, and manageinformation from any browser running on any platform. First launched in 1998, OnlineBusiness Collaboration Solutions provider HyperOffice is used around the world by agrowing number of innovative businesses.
