| A Virtual Assistant (VA) can be just the lifeline | | | | you can choose to have them on a monthly |
| that your business needs. Too often small | | | | retainer. For example, a new business owner may |
| business owners are plagued with spending | | | | choose to hire a VA for 20 hours per month or |
| valuable time on administrative tasks that could be | | | | the equivalent of 1 hour per day. In this way you |
| outsourced to a VA. | | | | can delegate the tasks you choose and use the |
| Virtual Assistants can improve your profit margins | | | | VA's time in the way that best suits your |
| by enabling you to spend your time on higher | | | | business." |
| value tasks. You can use a VA to handle billing, | | | | The cost of hiring a virtual assistant is lower than |
| customer follow-up, project management, mass | | | | hiring an onsite assistant. When hiring an onsite |
| mailings or even personal administrative tasks | | | | assistant you incur the cost of space for them to |
| such as sending out your holiday cards. | | | | work, equipment charges, benefits and workers |
| At IAC Professionals, Virtual Assistants can also | | | | compensation. By comparison, a VA is also a |
| perform more specialized tasks such as legal | | | | business owner and you are only paying for work |
| assistance, accounting or new company set up. | | | | performed. |
| While the cost per hour for specialized tasks will | | | | Virtual Assistants are organized and results driven. |
| be higher than that for administrative tasks, it is | | | | They are accustomed to working with clients by |
| much more cost effective than onsite help or | | | | phone and email and have systems in place to |
| worse doing it yourself. | | | | ensure that tasks are completed on time. A VA's |
| Heather Villa, President of IAC Professionals | | | | business depends on service and results so their |
| explains it this way: "Start-ups or small businesses | | | | objectives are completely aligned with yours. |
| often believe they cannot afford to hire help. One | | | | Most importantly, you will be able to spend more |
| of the advantages of using a VA is that you are | | | | time on the higher value tasks of developing new |
| not committed to 40 hours per week or even 20 | | | | business and operating in your area of expertise |
| hours per week. You can hire a VA for a project, | | | | and that is good news for your bottom line. |
| a fixed number of hours per week or month or | | | | |