5 Ways a VA Can Support Your Business

By VSS Thursday October 27, 2011

The first question for many business owners when they first meet with a virtual assistant is “How can you help support my business?”

Below are five ways that we typically support the business owners and entrepreneur owners. It should be noted that each business is different and will of course present its own set of challenges to be addressed and areas supported. Any quality VA should be able to easily identify tasks or processes that can be refined further should you decide to use their services.

How A Virtual Assistant Supports Business Owners

As a Virtual Assistant I can schedule your appointments with existing and new clients, manage your calendar online and research and make travel arrangements. These simple but often time consuming tasks can help your business run smoother as you can focus on more important areas.

We are generally more flexible and cost effective to your business than hiring a full time employee or a temporary member of staff. Furthermore, because we work 100% virtually with my clients we have to grasp their business, their ethos and their core values quickly. This makes me well placed to handle online enquiries and follow through on sales leads helping to pre-qualify important leads before they get to you.

Keeping on top of your financials. Many business owners task me with managing their accounts, raising invoices, chasing late payments and dealing with their end of year accounts. I work with them to often find reputable accountants and financial business advisors, assist with payroll queries and take away many of the financial headaches that business owners suffer from in maintaining a healthy cash flow.

Finding new opportunities for your business. As a virtual assistant I have many other skills that I can offer such as marketing consultancy, web and graphic design and event management. Clients choose to use my services as a one stop solution to many of their business needs and often my additional knowledge in areas such as social media, business lead generation, affiliate marketing and search engine optimisation can provide them with a new revenue stream or market place for their product or business for much less than working with an agency or in house marketing director.

If you employ a virtual assistant, you’ll find that not only will I help you to reduce your administrative overheads as a result my support will help your business thrive. So it’s simple, contact me today on 0800 458 2564 to start delegating your way to success.

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This is a great list. With this list business owners may opt to hire a virtual secretary.
http://www.sharp-end-training.co.uk Jonathan

Hi – question – just wondering how long you would expect to work with someone before they share financial information with you?
VSS

Thank you Jonathan – that is a good and interesting question. This does depend on the individual parties and the building of relationships and trust of which we work very hard on. We do have confidentiality and non-disclosure agreements in place which both parties sign. It is more of a case of relationship building and the gaining of trust. Many clients that are supported by us actually require us to become knowledgeable of their financial workings so we have vast experience of handling such information. I hope I have answered your question, if you have any more please feel free to ask.
VSS

Thank you for your comment
VSS

Thank you Jonathan – that is a good and interesting question. This does depend on the individual parties and the building of relationships and trust of which we work very hard on. We do have confidentiality and non-disclosure agreements in place which both parties sign. It is more of a case of relationship building and the gaining of trust. Many clients that are supported by us actually require us to become knowledgeable of their financial workings so we have vast experience of handling such information. I hope I have answered your question, if you have any more please feel free to ask.