Released on: April 18, 2008, 4:29 pm

Press Release Author: Sherra Scott

Industry: Small Business

Press Release Summary: Virtual Assistants recognize Administrative Professionals Day

Press Release Body: Wednesday, April 23, 2008 is Administrative Professionals Day,
part of Administrative Professionals Week, April 20 - 26, 2008.

An emerging sector of administrative professionals is the virtual assistant.
Although a virtual assistant, or VA, performs many of the same tasks as other
administrative professionals, there are some major differences. One of those
differences is that a VA is not an employee, but an entrepreneurial business owner
performing administrative tasks for other businesses from their own office. Because
they are business owners themselves, responsible for their own overhead such as
taxes, equipment, insurance and training, VAs have the ability to understand the
problems faced by the small businesses and entrepreneurs who contract their
services.

Sherra Scott, a virtual assistant and owner of Quality Practice Management
Solutions, says, "I enjoy helping other small and home based businesses with their
administrative needs and bookkeeping. After spending over 17 years as an employee,
I took a subcontracting opportunity that was given to me by a previous employer and
decided to take it a step further. With some research, I discovered the term
"virtual assistant" and a wonderful network of fellow VAs to turn to for support and
ideals."

Scott continues, "Helping other business owners with solutions for the tasks they do
not have the time, space, equipment or skills to perform themselves is a great
source of accomplishment for me. When my clients succeed, I succeed."

With the VA industry receiving exposure from respected media outlets like
Entrepreneur Magazine, The Today Show, Reader's Digest and others, the industry has
become more mainstream. It has carved itself into an administrative profession that
continues to grow and offer more outsourcing solutions to entrepreneurs and
businesses across North America and the rest of the world.

So, while you honor administrative professionals on April 23, don't forget the
virtual professionals.

Sherra Scott, owner and operator of Quality Practice Management Solutions, a virtual
assistance company in Kershaw County, South Carolina, provides small business owners
and entrepreneurs with secretarial, bookkeeping and desktop publishing services.


Web Site: http://www.QualityVA.com

Contact Details: Quality Practice Management Solutions
Sherra Scott
10 Lupine Court
Elgin, SC 29045
(803) 438-8508
sherra@qualityva.com