A business may have a variety of needs. The business owner is invariably busy with all kinds of other activities and often specific needs may go unanswered. For a virtual assistant looking for a profitable and demanding niche, this type of client needs the multitasking expertise of a concierge professional.

Organisation is quite hard to manage for some businesses. It’s enough to work on creating products for clients or managing the services that they provide. In the grand scheme of things, other important stuff gets missed all the time. Someone needs to pay attention to the details so that events and product unveilings go off without a hitch.

There are many different areas of operation in a business. Take for instance a catering service that is preparing for a major event. Besides all the different kinds of food, there is the equipment, hiring workers, uniforms and a million other seemingly insignificant details. Forgetting even one thing can hinder the event and potentially cost the business a client or a contract.

Imagine that the organisation is getting ready to set up a national meeting for all its members. When the date is set and invitations are sent out, the work really begins. There are hotels to reserve, website development updates, entertainment selections, caterers and other arrangements to make for everyone involved. They need help managing the particulars.

The unsung hero of major events is the one who handles all of the things that go along with the grand ideas that someone else thinks up. With a small business, that unsung hero is the business owner who already has their hands full with other projects. Only a well organised person can coordinate and handle all of this with zeal and determination.

Multitasking is certainly not for the faint of heart. If you’re used to it and feel you have the talents, go with it and see how far you get. For the virtual assistant who was once a trusted ally of a senior executive or management professional, this kind of demanding work can be very familiar.

For a multi-talented expert virtual assistant who is highly organised, skills can be used to make a client’s life easier and this can be a very rewarding achievement. Some of the duties you will be called upon to make as a concierge virtual assistant are:

• Planning events
• Business scheduling
• Making personal appointments
• Planning parties
• Hiring various services
• Buying corporate and personal gifts
• Reserving hotels
• Travel arrangements for clients
• Paying personal bills
• Dealing with household activities

The concierge virtual assistant is both a business assistant and a personal assistant all at the same time. When a business client has an idea for a new product, you are the one doing the fact finding. They may forget to schedule a doctor’s appointment for the children and this task would fall to you. They may count on you to manage their entire schedule, so they are in the right place at the right time, when required. A concierge virtual assistant takes care of a client’s personal and business needs with an air of professionalism and confidence.