Advantage of having a Virtual Assistant for Small Business Owners
A virtual assistant is an entrepreneur that you can partner with to grow your business. They can save you from office space and equipment compared to full-time employees. Taxes, insurance, medical benefits are no longer an issue to have a headache about. I know running a small business can be difficult; the amount of paperwork, administrative task and bookkeeping may be extremely time-consuming. A virtual assistant can take away the pain with this repetitive work you have to do on a daily basis.
A VA only charges on the hours consumed on the time required to do such work. Except for the general administrative task such as general work processing, a VA can help you on the following 14 tasks to make your business run smoother and lighten your workload.
1. A VA can produce eye-catching documents such as business cards, newsletters, brochures and email champagne using desktop publishing software.
2. Transcription, if you have a recording of a meeting or an interview, ask your virtual assistant to transcript it into a document.
3. Writing, whether it is writing business letters or writing up articles to submit to directories to expose your business, a VA is ready to do the job.
4. Database Creation & Management, organizing a contact list for your business, such as vendors, customers and competitors.
5. A VA may handle bookkeeping task for your business such as generating and sending out invoices to your clients, keep track of payables and receivables and even paying your bills.
6. Phone answering, a VA can act as your customer service and answer inquiries on your business products or services. Your VA may even offer off hours phone answering service, making your hotline 24 hours in service.
7. Website maintenance, keeping the content of your website up-to-date with fresh content and even Search Engine Optimize your website and submitting your website to search engine directories.
8. Your can leave your email behind to your VA when you're on business or personal trips worry free. Your VA can organize your emails and prioritize the importance of the email and contact you only on emergency cases.
9. Have your VA proofread or edit the documents you have written to check for grammar or formatting mistakes.
10. Translation Service, your VA may speak more than 1 language, that advantage of that and help you expand your business overseas.
11. Computer training or tutoring, to run a business, you will need to acquire skills in various software applications. A VA can pass on their knowledge of the software on a day to day operation.
12. Meeting & Event Planning, in some occasions you would like to host an event for gathering with your clients or even for personal matters such as parties and weddings, your VA can help you organize a guest list and send out invitation, organizing a venue, arrange accommodations, and co-ordinate with any catering services.
13. In most cases, small business owners has a busy schedule and may be hard to co-ordinate by his/herself. To keep your life organized and running smoothly, a VA can co-ordinate with your daily schedules. To ensure you arrive on time on meetings or events, a VA can also provide reminder services. Or reminder of client's birthday and send out cards.
14. Social Media Marketing, social media has dominated the internet and the power from social media to build a public relationship with your clients or potential clients. To gain exposure to your business, a VA can help you maintain an updated blog, setup a facebook fanpage and a twitter account to keep in touch with your customers.
About the Author
May Wong is a virtual assistant specialized in internet marketing, social media marketing, search engine optimization, administrative, secretarial and translation support. Visit http://www.availlive.com for a free consultation today!
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