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Navaroli feels the same way about her training with 90 Day VA, a program run by military spouse Esther Inman. "She stuck with me the most because it didn't feel too commercial,’’ Navaroli said.

The VA industry was already well established in the US, but the term was still relatively new to the UK. I found a one-day training course in London on how to set up as a virtual assistant.

Virtual assistants generally make $17 to $44 an hour, according to data from Indeed, a job search engine. The average base pay for virtual assistants is $27.21 per hour, per Indeed.

Genevieve Christianson joined a virtual-assistant course in 2019 and landed a client in three weeks. Now she runs Neon Soul Marketing, a PR and virtual-assistant company, helping other brands grow.

Amazon has a similar program for its assistant. Mortensen, whose company solely helps users schedule meetings, said he’s also seen polite responses to his virtual assistants, Amy and Andrew.