What can a virtual assistant or remote secretary do for your business? From either a remote location or the comfort or their own home, they can schedule appointments for you, make professional cold calls to promote your services, manage your agenda and e-mails or book flights and hotels. Among our recommended online assistants and secretaries below, you may even find some offering additional services like document formatting and editing, graphic design, bookkeeping or social media management. Hire a freelancer to delegate those tasks to today and free up time for what really matters to you and your company.