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Re:Ask HN: what do you know about virtual assistants? by patio11 on Wednesday August 11, 2010 @12:14AM (#1593799)
You can hire American SAHM (stay at home moms) with graduate degrees in almost any field of your choice for ~$10 an hour.
Re:Ask HN: what do you know about virtual assistants? by derwiki on Wednesday August 11, 2010 @12:48AM (#1593856)
Do you recommend any sites to help put you in touch with these SAHMs, or just Craigslist?
Re:Ask HN: what do you know about virtual assistants? by patio11 on Wednesday August 11, 2010 @01:44AM (#1593953)
I'll take a personal introduction over Craigslist any day of the week. Your relationship is more likely to convert to actually receiving work (people are, on average, flakes), it will last longer, and on average you'll get better work done.

You almost have to be a fascist with posting writing jobs on Craigslist because any solicitation will receive hundreds of applications, many of whom having writing skills that would be overpriced at "free". You spend as much time weeding through solicitations as managing your relationship with the people actually contributing useful work.

That said, some SEO buddies of mine have had success with Craigslist.

Re:Ask HN: what do you know about virtual assistants? by iamdave on Wednesday August 11, 2010 @10:55AM (#1594857)
I've been working on such a site for the past week, which is why posed the original question.
Re:Ask HN: what do you know about virtual assistants? by yoonminn on Wednesday August 11, 2010 @04:52AM (#1594221)
oh, kinda like one of those ads: google pays $100/hour to stay at home mom for online work, no experience required.