| If you're like most small business owners, you | | | | the next set of directions are given. Virtual |
| have a small staff. Your staff mainly consists of | | | | Assistants are highly trained administrative |
| you, you, and you. Maybe, if you're lucky, you can | | | | professionals who are business owners and |
| get your spouse or kids to come in for a few | | | | understand the daily demands of running an office. |
| hours on a Saturday to help out, but mainly it's | | | | They do not require direct supervision, and can |
| just you by your lonesome. | | | | draw upon their experience to help you run your |
| In order to serve your clients effectively and run | | | | business more effectively. |
| the day to day operations and marketing of your | | | | Only have 4 hours of work you need done a day, |
| OWN business, you're forced to work longer and | | | | but you'd like to split it up, no problem! With a |
| longer hours to get everything done. Forty hour | | | | Virtual Assistant, you only pay for the time the |
| weeks are a thing of the past, you're now | | | | VA spends working on your projects, and |
| working 60 hour weeks, but your billable hours | | | | because a VA offers more hours than a standard |
| are dropping. | | | | employee does; splitting up the time in various |
| Many small business owners face this situation, | | | | increments throughout the day is easily done. |
| and have been forced to either work less hours | | | | So, you may be asking, how do I make more |
| and bring in less money, or go back to the daily | | | | money by working fewer hours? |
| 9-5 grind where at least they're not spending all | | | | Think about it: |
| their time working with no return. | | | | - You go into your office in the morning and go |
| Business owners have numerous options available | | | | through messages your VA has marked as |
| to them to help them get their work done, while | | | | priority or needing your attention. |
| still having a life outside of the office. | | | | - Throughout the day, the VA responds to client |
| One option is to hire an additional consultant to | | | | enquiries and emails, works on researching and |
| come in and help supplement the hours you spend | | | | preparing reports for your clients, sets up |
| working on your company. Send them out to do | | | | meetings for your with your clients, makes |
| the consulting work, and maybe you'll be able to | | | | reservations for your upcoming trip to visit a |
| get out there and do some consulting yourself a | | | | client, and invoices and records payments from |
| few hours a week. The downside to this is that | | | | your clients. |
| while you'll be bringing in more billing hours, most | | | | - You arrive back to your office at the end of |
| of the money will be going to pay the other | | | | the day and see what matters need your |
| consultant, and you'll wind up making less money. | | | | attention and do any follow-up with clients. |
| Another option available is to hire administrative | | | | - You go home and see your family with all your |
| help. This would allow you to get out of the office | | | | work completed. |
| more often to meet your clients and do the | | | | What would have been a 14 hour day has now |
| things that need to be done. The downside to this | | | | been dramatically reduced, and for the first time |
| agreement is maybe you need a variety of tasks | | | | in ages, you're actually caught up! The hours you |
| done. In order to get someone with that kind of | | | | are putting in to your business now are hours that |
| experience, they're going to want full-time hours. | | | | can be directly charged to your clients. This |
| Maybe you don't have full-time hours to offer, or | | | | increases the amount of revenue your company |
| maybe you'd like to split their day up into a few | | | | brings in, while shaving hours a day off your |
| morning hours and a few late evening hours. With | | | | schedule. |
| full-time help, your employees expect 8 hours in a | | | | The next time you're working another late night |
| row, not scattered throughout the day. | | | | at the office, buried under a pile of ever-growing |
| A third option available to you is to hire a virtual | | | | paperwork, wondering why you're not making as |
| assistant. A virtual assistant is not merely an | | | | much money as you would like, think about using |
| administrative assistant who waits for you to | | | | a Virtual Assistant to help you make more |
| assign tasks, does them, then plays solitaire until | | | | money and work less hours. |