(1) An individual who performs administrative functions for clients. See human virtual assistant. (2) A text-only chat line that provides help with a website. See chatbot. (3) An application that ...

Alexa, Cortana, and Google Assistant execs discuss what voice-activated contextual artificial intelligence (AI) can do for business, and how the digital assistant landscape is evolving along with AI.

Why Alexa, Siri, Cortana and others are being ushered into more workplaces, and how its changing the way things are getting done. Typically, virtual assistants like Amazon's Alexa have been widely ...

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With business growth comes the need to maximize social media efforts to increase efficiency and elevate the organization's online standing. One way to do this is by hiring a virtual assistant to take ...

Becoming a virtual assistant is one of the easiest ways to work from home. If you’re not sure what a virtual assistant does ...

As someone who’s been working as a virtual assistant and freelance writer for the past eight years, I’ve seen my fair share of virtual assistant scams. I even almost fell for one many years ago. I was ...

Welcome to "Show Me Your Stack," a series from Financial Planning in which we interview those who deliver financial advice to learn what tools they rely on to make it happen. Rising client ...

Virtual assistants such as Amazon’s Alexa, Facebook’s Portal, Google’s Nest Hub, and countless others continue growing in popularity as families navigate safely remaining connected with their loved ...

Clients hire virtual assistants to tasks off their plates. VA’s support and sometimes run the back end of a client’s business so that the founder can concentrate on growth and high-level strategies.