Helen Hartman

Helen Hartman Virtual Business Assistance is a one-person virtual assistant service for entrepreneurs and freelancers in the Netherlands. Helen Hartman takes over routine office work remotely so clients can concentrate on their core business.

She also draws on a wider network of virtual assistants, which she says keeps work going when she is unavailable.

What Helen Hartman offers

• Diary management: keeping agendas and arranging appointments.
• Email handling: sorting and monitoring a client's inbox.
• Sales support: prospecting, quotations and follow-up.
• Research: into organisations, products, services, competitors and markets.
• Operational tasks: purchases, plus selecting and organising meeting rooms.
• Relationship and content work: maintaining contacts, publishing content and sending newsletters.

Who it works with

Busy, ambitious entrepreneurs and self-employed professionals who prefer not to hire a full-time employee.

Key facts

• Language: Dutch
• Working model: Fixed hours per week or month, a monthly subscription, or hourly work
• Confidentiality: Signs a non-disclosure agreement and keeps files in encrypted storage