Has somebody ever told you that you need to hire a virtual assistant, yet you wonder if it is the right move for you? In which way could a virtual assistant help you in your business?
Check out these 10 signs that mean you may need to hire a virtual assistant. If you encounter at least five of the issues mentioned, the best step for you is to hire a virtual assistant – ASAP.
Being an entrepreneur can be both exhausting and rewarding. And the trap that most ambitious business owners fall into? It is the thought that if they work hard and fast enough, they can accomplish everything by themselves.
However, they would wake up the next day, and they get into the same routine of getting exhausted with still a long list in their hands.
Before you read the ten signs below, it is essential to know that there is a better way to do things. Hiring a virtual office assistant can provide you with all the virtual support you and your business need.
A virtual assistant can improve your life in so many ways and make your life easier, so along with the signs, we’ve provided you with the solution.
1. Day-to-day administrative tasks overwhelm you.
Administrative tasks are small, tedious, time-consuming and highly repetitive that require careful attention to detail. It can steal away precious time and hours daily, weekly, and monthly from you when you could be doing and pursuing bigger things where you can exercise your valuable knowledge and priceless skills better.
Administrative tasks include email and calendar management, appointment setting and confirmation, calling clients, contacting suppliers, issuing out invoices, processing regular bill payments, calling BDMs, confirming transactions, etc., etc. – and the list goes on and on. Outsourcing these tasks to a virtual administration assistant or virtual assistant can a d will definitely save you a lot of your time, which you can use on the more important aspects of your business.
2. You have big plans for your business, but you end up unable to implement them.
According to the Eisenhower’s urgent/ important principle, tasks should be categorised according to priority:
• Important and urgent
• Important but not urgent
• Not important but urgent
• Not important and not urgent
The important but not urgent tasks are being neglected because of the ‘not important but urgent’ tasks. Would you rather allocate the latter to a virtual assistant and focus on the first two task categories?
3. You work more than 10 hours a day, every day, and yet you are still behind your all your tasks.
Do you find yourself also working very late at night and on weekends too? How do you live your best life with all work and no play? We may all agree that to function better, time for rest and spending time with your family are essential ingredients for a balanced life.
Why not let a virtual assistant do your tasks while you sleep or spend time with yourself and your family? Let’s say you work 8 hours a day and a virtual assistant works another 8 hours for you. That’s actually working less and earning more. How much is your time compared to a virtual online assistant?
4. You’re missing great sales opportunities.
Have you experienced losing sales because you are just too busy and don’t have the time to work on the marketing aspect of your business? How about hiring an online admin assistant who can take care of your social media and email marketing? Or a professional writer who can manage the regular submission of SEO articles needed by your website for optimisation.
5. You feel stressed most, if not all, of the time.
Taking care of all aspects of your business requires a lot of focus and time. Without a virtual office assistant, you may find yourself working on administrative tasks in one minute, then suddenly finding yourself getting interrupted by a sales call. This can destroy your work momentum and can lead to a lack of focus and feeling stressed the whole day, every day.
6. You’re not ready to pay for a local administration assistant working in an office.
Hiring a local office assistant who comes into your office will definitely cost you more expenses. That’s an extra high cost on infrastructure expense, computer, additional electricity and water bill, petrol/ transportation expense and in addition to this, a (high) local employee salary/wage, payroll tax, superannuation, fringe benefit tax, sick and annual leave entitlement, workers compensation tax, etc., etc. Hiring a virtual office assistant offers super value for your money because the virtual assistants come equipped with their own needed resources (i.e. desktop, headsets, internet connection, etc), inclusive of annual and sick leave in their one-off monthly pay.
7. You can’t find anyone locally or somebody who lives within your vicinity who can help you with your specific requirements.
It happens. Sometimes, the person with the exact skills you need for your business is not available in your area. In this case, it is best to find someone who can work online, someplace or overseas or a virtual assistant, tailored fit for your needs and with exactly the skills you require.
8. Your business does not require you to have an office.
If you are the type of entrepreneur who constantly moves around, or works remotely, then chances are you don’t need an admin assistant physically reporting to you every day. A virtual assistant is all you need to execute the much-needed tasks for your business.
9. You need a highly skilled, flexible, disciplined, and skillful assistant who you can delegate your special type of work.
Fortunately, the industry of virtual office assistants offers a wide variety and selection of highly specialised and talented online workers. These highly skilled virtual assistants are tailored to fit your specific needs and have more than one or even two skillsets. Whether you need an online mortgage assistant, online loans processor assistant or online financial admin support, all you need to do is find one that suits your specific business needs. That’s what we at Virtual Office Angels comes in and can definitely assist and help you with.
10. You want to get rid of all the hassle of the hiring process.
Despite the pool of virtual assistant talents, there is no guarantee that you will be able to hire who is best for the specific needs of your company. What if it’s not the right fit and the new virtual assistant quits right after you’ve spent time investing training time?
Let’s admit it: Recruiting a new virtual assistant for your business can be a painful process. And here’s another vital part where Virtual Office Angels can help you out with. By doing all the hard work of the selection process, filtering out the applicants, interviewing, conducting needed tests, and ensuring all the proper equipment is working for you. By doing all these, you can be assured that you’ll be matched with the right fit, highly skilled and professional virtual assistant specifically tailored for your individual needs.
Can you relate to any of the above signs? Then it’s time for you to delegate and hire a virtual office assistant for your business.
What makes Virtual Office Angels different? By hiring virtual office assistants through us, you also get a dedicated virtual support team with a client care manager that ensures optimum and outstanding service is delivered for you.
Make your life easier and contact us.