| If you are an owner of a small business (1-4 | | | | previous type of working relationship or the role |
| employees), chances are you do not have enough | | | | of traditional administrative assistants still exists in |
| time to prospect for new clients, as well as take | | | | the minds of some business owners and/or |
| care of your current clients. Generally, you are | | | | employers. |
| faced with daily administrative tasks, which are | | | | We are independent entrepreneurs, as well as |
| very time-consuming. You barely have enough | | | | small business owners, not employees. We do not |
| time to focus on developing your business. This is | | | | report to you; we work with you. We don't have |
| where a Virtual Assistant (VA) comes in. If you | | | | interviews with you; we have meetings with you. |
| retain the services of a VA, you will gain valuable | | | | If we have to directly report to you or have to |
| time. With this extra time, you can concentrate | | | | go through an interview process, the relationship |
| on growing your client base. In addition, you will | | | | becomes that of employee/employer. If this is |
| have more time to provide your current clients | | | | the case, you then are required to pay |
| excellent customer service. | | | | employee-related fees. If you hire an employee at |
| Examples of tasks that you can outsource are: | | | | $20.00 per hour, the average cost will be $76,960 |
| bookkeeping, scheduling appointments, returning | | | | a year. If you retain the services of a Virtual |
| phone calls, answering phone calls, managing | | | | Assistant at $35.00 per hour, the average cost |
| e-mails, making reservations, typing and mailing | | | | will be $36,400 per year, a difference of $40,560. |
| correspondences, creating and managing your | | | | Please visit to see a cost comparison chart. |
| database, updating your website and blog, etc. | | | | There are still some business owners and/or |
| These are just a few examples of projects that | | | | employers who are accustomed to the traditional |
| can be farmed out. Tina Hilton of Clerical | | | | methods. We have to get used to the concept |
| Advantage wrote a four-part series post on | | | | that we are business owners. As business |
| Home Office Warrior's blog, "The Top 100 Ways | | | | owners, rather than employees, we are aware of |
| a Home Office Warrior Can Utilize a Virtual | | | | what is involved with your small business |
| Assistant." Her post gives you an idea of what | | | | operations and what it takes to grow a business. |
| type of projects you can outsource. Virtual | | | | This experience and knowledge can be beneficial if |
| Assistant Networking Association (VANA) also has | | | | you are attempting to develop your business. |
| a series of top10 reasons to use our services. | | | | Our industry has grown significantly, because of |
| Nonetheless, the business world has been | | | | the exponential growth of small business owners. |
| conditioned as to the role of administrative | | | | We are the perfect solution for small business |
| assistants. In the past, administrative assistance | | | | owners who need administrative assistance. There |
| was generally performed at "the office." With the | | | | are many benefits, including saving money, space, |
| advent of technology, services are now | | | | and time, if you outsource your administrative |
| performed from our offices. However, the | | | | tasks. |