Maybe you’ve not thought about how a Virtual Assistant could help you to save or make money for your business. There is a very strong possibility that you’ve never heard of a Virtual Assistant. I wouldn’t be that surprised but, they do operate in the background of many small businesses! The remote admin support they can offer, could be a very cost-effective idea for your business.
Here are just a few ideas of how working with a Virtual Assistant could help you to save or make money:
1) Reduced Staffing Costs –
A Virtual Assistant will work either on ad hoc projects or on an hourly retainer basis. With such a contract, you are only paying for the work you need doing – if the task takes an hour, you pay for an hour’s work, nothing else. Also, there are none of the “hidden” costs of employment such as holiday pay, sick pay, pension contributions…
2) No need to increase your office space –
Has your business grown to a size where you can’t do everything yourself from your spare room/study? That’s great news but, it doesn’t mean that you have to increase your overheads by getting a dedicated office just so you have space for staff to work in. A Virtual Assistant (VA for short) already has their own workspace.
3) There are no recruitment costs –
You don’t have to place an advert or employ an agency to find a new member of staff. Nor do you have to spend a lot of time trawling through CVs and holding interviews. Once you have a VA in your contacts list, you have the resource to carry out a project or complete regular tasks as your business needs them.
4) Save on Training Costs –
A VA is someone with many skills and, by virtue of the business they have chosen to run, they are self-motivated to keep these skills current. They may not have all the knowledge of a system you want them to use initially. You can be sure that they will be using every resource available to them to make sure they become at least proficient, if not an expert.
5) You don’t have to provide their IT –
Any VA will have at least a Laptop, good internet connection and a mobile and none of it needs to be paid for or kept up to date by your company. For many instances, they will also already have access to the software packages you use.
6) They could help your business run more efficiently –
A VA is generally highly skilled in business procedures so, if you want them to, they will often be able to help you find ways to improve how you run your business.
7) And finally…they can free up your time –
Employing a Virtual Assistant could mean that you are able spend less time on the “back room” work your business requires and more time working with your customers and, maybe finding a few more!
If you think that a Virtual Assistant could help you save or make money for your business please drop me an e-mail and we’ll arrange a time to have a chat.