Your business is important to you, so shouldn’t you be concentrating on your core business, rather than getting tied down with frustrating administrative tasks?
Engaging a virtual assistant (VA) offers many benefits over hiring a full-time or even part-time staff member. Here’s just a few:
- Some days you might need help for 2 hours, some days not at all. Some weeks will be busier than others. With a VA, you have the flexibility of getting the work done when you need it.
- You only pay for the hours that you need. Why pay someone to work a whole day when you only need them for two hours per day.
- You don’t need to provide office space and equipment for a VA. Maybe you work from home yourself, or use a serviced office. Either way, you don’t have to worry about the cost of that extra desk. VAs work from their own space and use their own equipment.
- No employment overheads. VAs are contractors not employees. For you, that means:
- No sick leave or holiday pay
- No Workers Compensation
- No Long-service Leave
- No timesheets or payroll. You pay your VA via invoice like any other supplier.
- Engaging a VA can be a long-term or short-term arrangement depending on your needs.
- VAs often have a wide network of contacts with a wide range of skills to draw on
Time Is money, so make the most of yours by outsourcing the tasks that you don’t need to be doing.