| A virtual assistant can help you grow your small | | | | Here are 12 reasons that you want to hire a |
| business or home based business by handling your | | | | virtual assistant now: |
| administrative support tasks. If you're a | | | | 1. You will have more free time to spend with |
| successful small business entrepreneur, you've | | | | your family and friends. |
| already learned the value of outsourcing tasks | | | | 2. You will have more time to work on growing |
| (even ones you're capable of doing yourself) in | | | | your business. |
| order to spend your time strategically growing | | | | 3. Pay only for work you need completed. |
| your business and working on bottom-line | | | | 4. Reduce your business overhead costs. You |
| functions. | | | | don't provide benefits, office equipment or office |
| You probably already outsource tasks like your | | | | space. You don't even provide a paid lunch hour |
| accounting and advertising. But did you even know | | | | and holidays! |
| that you can outsource your clerical and | | | | 5. No need to train staff. VAs come equipped and |
| administrative support tasks to a virtual assistant? | | | | trained in their specialty areas. |
| Also called a VA, a virtual assistant is an | | | | 6. You will be provided with skills that you don't |
| independent contractor who works from his or | | | | have but need (e.g. Create PowerPoint slide |
| her own home or office space. A virtual assistant | | | | presentations). |
| works virtually, thanks to technology like email, | | | | 7. Virtual assistants provide you with additional |
| telephone, fax machines, postal mail and courier | | | | help. VAs are an additional set of hands. |
| services. Virtual assistants can work for you on | | | | 8. You will have someone who helps you |
| an hourly basis, project basis or on a monthly | | | | implement your great ideas quicker to build your |
| retainer basis. | | | | business faster. |
| Once you find a virtual assistant that meets your | | | | 9. Virtual assistants do even your boring tasks! |
| criteria, you will develop a long-term working | | | | Hate data entry? Hire a VA to do it for you. |
| relationship so that you can call on this VA for | | | | 10. Get help with emergencies quick. 24 hour |
| years to come. As your business grows, you | | | | support available (by some VA's and VA |
| may even develop working relationships with | | | | agencies). |
| multiple VAs who can handle your administrative | | | | 11. Use software you don't even own (many |
| business needs. That way you will always have | | | | virtual assistants own and use PowerPoint, Adobe |
| the administrative support you need at a | | | | Acrobat and more). |
| moment's notice and you can outsource projects | | | | 12. VAs are professionals and independent |
| to various VAs based on their specialties such as | | | | business owners. They understand better then |
| Internet research, press release writing and | | | | anyone your needs as a home-based or small |
| distribution or translation. That's in addition to the | | | | business owner and give your business the same |
| ordinary administrative tasks a virtual assistant | | | | care and service they expect in their own |
| can do for you like database entry, updating your | | | | business. |
| Outlook contacts, mail merges, creating reports | | | | When you use the services of a virtual assistant, |
| and more. | | | | you're investing in your business growth. |