Virtual Assistant
Your Ultimate Partner to Your Workloads Online !
Virtual Assistant- An Introduction
Having a Virtual Assistant can be a time- saving, flexible and cost effective options to small businesses, to business owners, to organizations or to everyone that has loads of work to do.
What does a virtual assistant do?
VA provides services remotely. They offer services that would normally be done by personal assistant in the offices. Some examples are administrative support, encoders, marketing assistant etc. VA’s are professionals who work independently to your deadlines.
VA’s have their own equipment and office either at home or anywhere they want to work. You don’t need to pay their tax, insurance and other expenses same as a permanent or temporary staff in the office.
VA’s have different specialization, so you find or hire VA based on your specific business need.
Do you need a Virtual Assitant?
Virtual Assistants are not suitable for all businesses.
Before making decision if you need Virtual Assistants, ask yourself for the following questions:
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Do i spend more time doing administrave jobs?
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Do i spend valuable time on repititive, common task that someone else could do more effective?
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Do i spend tons of time doing tasks i know im not good at?
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Can I handle my clients from different time zones?
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Do i spend more time to my family than office jobs?
These are some example of questions you need to consider if you really need a VA.
What are the benefits of having or using a Virtual Assistant?
VA’s are flexible and available outside normal hours. They are only paid for hours they work and have no minimum hour commitment. The work you give to a VA should be completed to deadlines with no excuses for imperfect work. It’s just mean you can keep control
Having VA’s means you get more time to do what you do best. You can concentrate on your business rather than paperworks, checking and answering emails or other related tasks that goes with it. You can focus more for the betterment of your business without having to supervise, train or worry about staff.
Having VA’s are cost effective. You don’t need to pay for taxes, insurance or even employee benefits, you just need to pay the hours worked or time you use the VA. You have no other liabilities to a VA and can save than hiring a supervisor or staff to your business. Introduce the job, instruct and give the deadline to a VA then that’s it!
Having VA’s are effective if you have clients from different time zones, since you can’t handle them anymore like answering emails, queries or other concerns. You are just person and can’t work 24/7. A good VA can handle it for you.
Having VA’s allows you to have a strong relationship to your family since you are not burden with the tasks anymore. You can give more time and enjoy together with your family or the people that really matters to you.
How do I find a Good Virtual Assistant?
Professional recommendations are best as always. Make sure that the one you choose is part of the VA bodies which provide listings of Virtual Assistants. Aside from that it is good that they are trained and certified by an academy if haven’t any experience just to make sure that they have the skill sets you’re looking for. Also if have no trainings but with many experiences, have proofs and has good work ethics that’s very fine.
If you need virtual assistance as a partner to your workloads online, get in touch !