As an Entrepreneur The “New Normal” Virtual Assistant is vital.
By B. A. Apperson, founder of AppersonMedia, an SMM, and a Website Designer.
It is no secret that nowadays the big guns of the entrepreneurial world seem to skyrocket their success without blowing up cash flow.
Creating and running a business requires taking on many tasks and responsibilities and you need that individual who will provide different services to your business from a remote location.
As your business grows, it requires greater effort to help support this growth. That means you need to acquire new resources to avoid overloading yourself and to help your business on track.
The idea in this equation involves leveraging offshore outsourcing and hiring virtual assistants. (unless you got cash running down from heaven)!
What is a Virtual Assistant?
A Virtual Assistant is a person who provides different services to businesses or entrepreneurs from a remote location. They are known as online secretaries or online assistant that handles task like a traditional secretary but without the need for a physical space in your office.
Why Hire a Virtual Assistant?
Saves time and Cost-Effective Business Scalability
Hiring A full-time employee to do a job, you can hire a Virtual assistant to do it for you. As they charge on an hourly or task basis, you have to pay them for work that is actually done.
Business requires capital and by hiring such you can substantially reduce your capital needs. Not only is the cost of hiring a virtual assistant substantially less than hiring domestically, but the ongoing cost of the management and development is also less.
Hiring a virtual assistant as an as-needed contract worker instead of a full-time salaried employee. The most valuable asset is time. Your time is gold, yes email is important but these tasks are somewhat time-consuming as entrepreneurs our main goal is to grow a successful company and these Virtual assistants can help you lend a hand.
Some Virtual Assistants specialize in a particular area or have the ability to perform many different tasks. These are digital people that means that they are more tech-savvy than most people out there. They can adapt well to different environments.
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Frees up Time For Strategic Thinking
As a Virtual assistant can perform your non-core activities, you as will have more time to focus on growing your business. You can prepare a detailed list of tasks to outsource to a virtual assistant – things you need to get done and help you grow your business.
They are very good at organizing and can help you prioritize the most important task first as some of them have had training and years of experience in assisting business owners.
Increase your productivity and customer response time.
Virtual assistants can help improve the product and services you offer in the market by being your eyes and ears in the market and throughout your customer base.
Some Things that you can have your VA do are.
Creating email responses or Frequently Asked Questions
Responding to customer questions
Create welcome pack for new customers
Check up your calendar to avoid skipping important matters to the business
Due to Globalization, your business can have customers spread across the globe. But when you have staff in your local area you do not have that edge to cope with global needs and international time-zone would be difficult.
Since you have virtual assistants that are based remotely, you can hire them across the globe to cater to different time zones. This way, you and your staff can maintain a good work-life balance while still being able to attend to customers and clients.
Getting a Virtual Assistant Can Increase the Asset Value of your Business.
Working with teams the likes of these forces you to develop and create very strong, efficient processes with solid communication that utilizes technology more creatively.
Having a system and ensuring task and with proper delegation to anyone who steps in, it means that your business is systematized. This creates a far more valuable asset if ever you decide to sell the business.
Why hire a Virtual Assistant?
Virtual Assistant can help you streamline your work activities in no time!
They are awesome and a fantastic asset to you and your business, especially when integrated correctly. Doing business and working hand in hand with a virtual assistant can be a step forward in the optimization of many of your business’s processes. A win-win for everyone involved.
