1 venue for workplace: A lot of virtual assistants are home-based freelancers.

2 less recruitment costs: face-to-face interview might be skipped; Generally speaking, one assistant has to do multi-types of work ranging from data entry to WordPress design.

3 “thrifty” on communicational cost: they are cautious about extra expenditure generated by long phone calls and video conference.

Disadvantages caused by above factors such as project delay, failure in communication and lack of focus will generate extra cost for clients, namely, you have to spend more time in order to achieve expected results.

However, some virtual assistance service providers, like Bpovia, are dedicated to providing first-rate service rather than participating in price biding competition. Our services are better with reasonable price. We boast 3 advantages over other companies:

1 Thanks to team work and project based cooperation, we achieve higher efficiency with each one doing the task he or she is good at. For instance, VAs take care of clients; graphic designers work on innovative creation and web programmers focus on site construction and maintenance.

2 Because we work together in the office building, Bpovia is more of a well-structured company rather than a group of home-based freelancers.

3 With Skype, international phone line and video conference operating simultaneously, effective and timely communication with our clients becomes our prestigious advantage.

As the Chinese proverb goes, Cheapness bargains no fine goods; fine goods are not cheap. It is cost performance ratio that rules. And Bpovia is just the kind of provider you are looking for.

20% of the U.S workers’ working time is wasted in surfing the internet and chatting online; in specific, an online survey of 2,057 employees by online compensation company Salary.com found about six in every 10 workers admit to wasting time at work with the average employee wasting 1.7 hours of a typical 8.5 hour working day. Personal Internet use topped the list as the leading time-wasting activity according to 34% of respondents, with 20.3% then listing socializing with co-workers and 17% conducting personal business as taking up time.

This is by no means an exclusive story of America; in fact, it is shared by many other countries all over the world. Those net-addicted workers who spend part of their office hours in non-work related online activities are undoubtedly dragging down the workplace productivity. Then how to plug the problem?

At present, the seemingly “most effective” way agreed and carried out by many companies is relying on some technological surveillance means to track the employees’ use of the office internet. But are those policies really “effective”? Unfortunately, issues related to workplace privacy are triggered due to such special monitoring mechanisms, which in turn, induce to unwanted and costly litigations. Therefore, these policies, in the long run, must fail to boost the declining workplace productivity. Then, can we find a way out that can turn out to be really effective?

“Such temptation is always present, especially in fields of employment where one experiences a lot of down time.” said by a supervisor of a chicago-based trading company. Attention please! The key words here are “down time”. It is exactly due to too many “down time” at the employee’s disposal that the private use of office internet becomes easily available. Thus, can the “down time” be cut down? Or can the time of finishing each specific task be at the managers’ disposal? If this is possible, then the workplace productivity is really promising to be rejuvenated.

Fortunately, BPOVIA virtual assistant is very likely to make the dream come true. BPOVIA is the leading virtual assistant firm in the world. BPOVIA is the first and only virtual assistant service provider in the world ever won the prestigious "Top 100 global companies in 2008" awards by Red Herring magazine and "2008 Red Herring Asia 100 Most Promising Technology Companies" Awards. By hiring such a virtual assistant from BPOVIA, working time can be saved to a great extent! This is because the VA’s working time is totally at the manager’s own disposal. The manager can add, modify, cancel, or suspend any service at any time based on his/her business demand. Furthermore, it is even more cost-saving, for there will be no other extra fees such as staff welfare and taxes compared with a full-time employee.

A double-edged sword as the internet is, it is always likely to reduce costs and increase profits for companies. The success secret, however, lies in those wise users who can make the best use of the most efficient on-line assistance services to create themselves the most profits.

200 finalists are from 24 countries and regions.

BPOVIA is the leading Virtual Assistant and Knowledge Process Outsourcing (KPO) service provider in China . Established in September 2007, BPOVIA had already made a big impact on the virtual assistant industry. BPOVIA is the first virtual assistant and Knowledge Process Outsourcing (KPO) service provider in China to ever be nominated for this prestigious award.

Congratulation for all the 200 Finalists!

According to the agencies from China, the recent terrorist attack has triggered seriously negative effects. The violence has made some projects delayed. In addition, the unusual social orders also raise the costs there. The tourism suffered a terrible hit, for most of the tourists have to avoid the danger and many companies may now have to buy higher insurance for their staff in India, especially in Mumbai.

On the contrary, India’s neighbor China has more benefits to win the investment from other countries. Due to the stable social environment and strongly support from central government, surely, it is an ideal place for the foreign capitals to get the profits. Around the time of 30th celebration of China’ s reform and opening-up policy, even if the impact of the global financial crisis, Chinese people own the determination and courage to conquer the barriers and make a leap in the new era. The great public security status would absolutely bring more priorities for china to attract more investment.

As the extraordinary flagship in the regions of the Chinese BPO industry, BPOVIA is the winner of the “Red Herring Asia 100 2008″ Awards. And it is the first and only virtual assistant service provider ever won this prestigious award. There is no doubt that investing in China and choosing the virtual assistant service in BPOVIA at the same time can be wise choice.

Are you interested in the business opportunities in China?

China is one of the world’s great growth markets and is likely to be for many years to come. Foreign companies often face difficulties in assessing Chinese market demand and enacting effective strategies because of the language barriers, culture differences, and high expense.

BPOVIA is the leading virtual assistant and Knowledge process outsourcing (KPO) service provider in China. BPOVIA is the only virtual assistant company ever been nominated for the prestigious “Red Herring 100 Asia” Awards 2008. Combines international perspective with local know-how, BPOVIA can provide our clients China business development service and help our clients doing successful business in China.

Please visit http://www.BPOVIA.com/ for details about our service.

BPOVIA is a client-oriented and responsible company. In the last year, not only numerous clients enjoyed our high quality and highly efficient service, but also the staff from BPOVIA positively to donated their money to the Sichuan earthquake area and participated in the volunteer jobs in the Beijing Olympics.

As the leading Virtual Assistant and Knowledge Process Outsourcing (KPO) service provider in China, we always spare no efforts to assist our clients to release from the time-consuming work and heavy burden. In addition, the unique work team and ubiquitous service will always bring our client amazement.

Admittedly, the world suffered the ups and downs during the recent years. The impact of the subprime crisis has warned the world that we should save for the rainy days. Meanwhile, spreading of the financial crisis teaches us to be thrifty and never try to be greedy to grasp the fortune. And the donation of Sichuan megaseism and the achievement of Beijing Olympics also told us the world is a unity, we should always believe that cooperation and solidarity is the only method to conquer the setbacks and meet new challenges.

Hence, close relationship between distinguished clients and BPOVIA should never be suspected and it stands the test of time. A large number of clients choose our project based plan and full time monthly plan. Moreover, most of them have become our long-term customs and often come to our various services. What is more important, our competent and enthusiastic virtual assistant could always make the customs satisfied. Because our destination is always helping others to save time and cost.

Even if we have made a miracle in such a short time, however, it is not the right time for us to celebrate and we still have a long journey to go and to become the flagship enterprise in BPO industry.

Thank you for your concerns in the recent unusual year. You have witness the every step by BPOVIA; you have experienced the spirits of BPOVIA; you have enjoyed the service from BPOVIA. So you should never be regretted having chosen our service and never be hesitated to join us!

China is one of the world’s great growth markets and is likely to be for many years to come. Foreign companies often face difficulties in assessing Chinese market demand and enacting effective strategies because of the language barriers, culture differences, and high expense.

BPOVIA is the leading virtual assistant and Knowledge process outsourcing (KPO) service provider in China. BPOVIA is the only virtual assistant company ever been nominated for the prestigious “Red Herring 100 Asia” Awards 2008. Combines international perspective with local know-how, BPOVIA can provide our clients China business development service and help our clients doing successful business in China.

Please visit http://www.BPOVIA.com/ for details about our service.

Organized by the British Chamber of Commerce in China, the British Business Awards rewarded innovation, education and corporate social responsibility to highlight the strong links between China and the UK.

Totally around 400 guests came together at the Westin to celebrate the “Best of British”, including some VIPs, such as the Duke of York, Cheng Siwei, former vice-chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress, and Sun Yongfu, director-general of the Department of European Affairs, Ministry of Commerce.

As the ambassador to China and patron of the awards, Sir William Ehrman said, “Britain has been doing very well in both trade and investment in China”. He noted that compared with other EU countries, China invested more in the UK last year. Besides, exports of goods in Britain to China rose by over 35 percent in the first eight months of this year. He also emphasized the British Business Awards is a great platform for business community and to highlight the contributions that everyone has made for the close relationship between China and Britain.

Any individual or company with a significant connection has the right to enter the community and was judged by a panel of 40 judges from industry, education and government.

Jim James, chairman of the British Business Awards, said, “Our vision is to create an event which showcases the best of British spirit, builds a sense of community and demonstrates our collective commitment to China. The awards celebrated British and Chinese who are outstanding role models for us all.”

Are you interested in the business opportunities in China?

China is one of the world’s great growth markets and is likely to be for many years to come. Foreign companies often face difficulties in assessing Chinese market demand and enacting effective strategies because of the language barriers, culture differences, and high expense.

BPOVIA is the leading virtual assistant and Knowledge process outsourcing (KPO) service provider in China. BPOVIA is the only virtual assistant company ever been nominated for the prestigious “Red Herring 100 Asia” Awards 2008. Combines international perspective with local know-how, BPOVIA can provide our clients China business development service and help our clients doing successful business in China.

Please visit http://www.BPOVIA.com/ for details about our service.

For 10 years, the Red Herring’s editorial team has diligently surveyed entrepreneurship around the globe. Technology industry executives, investors, and observers have regarded the Red Herring 100 lists as an invaluable instrument to discover and advocate the promising startups that will lead the next wave of disruption and innovation.

Red Herring released 200 Finalists for the “Red Herring 100 Asia ” Awards 2008 at October 16, 2008.

200 finalists are from 13 countries and regions.

BPOVIA is the leading Virtual Assistant and Knowledge Process Outsourcing (KPO) service provider in China . Established in September 2007, BPOVIA had already made a big impact on the virtual assistant industry. BPOVIA is the first virtual assistant and Knowledge Process Outsourcing (KPO) service provider in China to ever be nominated for this prestigious award. Congratulation for all the 200 Finalists!

However, not everyone agrees with the award. Liang Benfu, a researcher with the Research Centre for Urban Environment and Development under the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, said, “Beijing has achieved huge economic and social progress since it launched it’s the reform and opening up policies, and the Olympic Games in August helped showcase Beijing’s glamour and Chinese culture.”

“But I doubt anyone would use the word ‘most’ to describe Beijing in terms of being an equitable city,” he said. He emphasized that there is a huge gap in living standards between Beijing’s rural area that is outside the sixth ring road and urban area that is inside the second ring road. However, the government is trying to bridge the gap. “And once positive policies are in place, I believe the inequalities can be largely eradicated in the future,” he added.

Chen Bin, a shanghai-based media commentator, said Beijing can only realize equality by eliminating policy barrier and creating better conditions for people without hukou. He said, Beijingers who have the household registration enjoy much more favorable conditions with respect to education and social welfare than those who do not, and that create inequality.

Are you interested in the business opportunities in China?

China is one of the world’s great growth markets and is likely to be for many years to come. Foreign companies often face difficulties in assessing Chinese market demand and enacting effective strategies because of the language barriers, culture differences, and high expense.

BPOVIA is the leading virtual assistant and Knowledge process outsourcing (KPO) service provider in China. BPOVIA is the only virtual assistant company ever been nominated for the prestigious “Red Herring 100 Asia” Awards 2008. Combines international perspective with local know-how, BPOVIA can provide our clients China business development service and help our clients doing successful business in China.

Please visit http://www.BPOVIA.com/ for details about our service.

From the review:

“One of the companies I’ve been working with in www.BPOVIA.com in China. The founder, James, is a great guy and was very prompt and professional with his communications with me. I’m still trying to get a feel for what I want done and how much time my projects will take, but I had a very important project that I’ve been putting off for years. Basically my grandfather wrote a book that was typed. About 150 copies were made back in the 1980’s and no soft copy exists. My task was to convert the hard copy to a soft copy.

The book was 500 pages (250 double sided) that could be scanned then read with OCR relatively easily. The problems were someone had to scan and OCR the pages BUT also do all the corrections for words that couldn’t be read. James quoted me a price that was extremely competitive with other companies locally and even other companies abroad. I unbound the book, sent him the loose pages, and within a week I had a 4 mb PDF soft copy of my Grandfather’s book!

Other than a few problems sending payment to China via PayPal the whole process couldn’t have gone better.
Kudo’s to BPOVIA and team for a job well done.”

We appreciate the feedback, and we’ll keep striving to provide our clients best quality virtual assistant service.

BPOVIA Pay-As-You-Go Plan:
Our most flexible plan! The Pay-As-You-Go plan works well with clients who are unsure of their administrative needs and are not ready to commit to a set number of hours per month. Your rate will depend on the services which you require. The Standard Rate for the service of a BPOVIA professional Virtual Assistant is $10 per hour.

1. Rate:
The Standard Rate for the service of a BPOVIA professional Virtual Assistant is $10 per hour.
The hourly rate for our full time plan is less than $6.

2. 100% Availability:
For our full time plan, your virtual assistant will work 8 hours per day, 5 days per week for you, like a full time employee. This means your virtual assistant will always be available when you need it.
For the Pay-As-You-Go plan, the virtual assistant may serve multiple clients at the same time, performing tasks on a first come first serve basis. We cannot guaranty 100% availability for the Pay-As-You-Go plan.

3. Rollover time:
There is no rollover time in the Full Time or PAY-AS-YOU-GO Plans.  Only used service hours in our Part Time Monthly Plan can rollover to the next month. Please click here for the details regarding our rollover policy.

At BPOVIA, we understand each client is unique and has different needs for their business. You can upgrade/downgrade  your service plan at any time with only 24 hours prior notice.