Admin can have a big impact on the productivity of businesses owners and directors, right through to managers and employees. Whether it's managing your CRM, answering phone calls, making travel arrangements, or formatting a 20 page document – we’ve all felt the admin pain!
This can have a profound impact on your productivity, and ultimately, the results you want to deliver. Leaving you frustrated and defeated. Removing those admin and business tasks can be a game-changer for you and your business.
Here’s why you need a virtual assistant:
1. Keeping You on Schedule
Your day-to-day life at work can get busy. This can mean jumping from meetings, on to calls, replying to those emails and backing up those important documents to Sharepoint. If you tried to keep track of everything yourself, you’d start to feel overwhelmed!
A virtual assistant is there to make sure you don't fall behind on that all-important to-do list.
For example, checking in with your virtual assistant every morning to plan your day ahead can set you up for the day. Then a debrief at the end ensure you haven’t missed anything important.
However, this luxury should not be limited to business owners and top-tier executives. Many businesses are now using virtual assistants to support across teams, with the goal of maximising efficiency.
2. Delegation of Smaller Tasks
Delegating tasks to someone else doesn’t come easily to everyone. This is particularly true for small business owners, who have gotten to where they are by doing everything themselves. As the saying goes; deciding what not to do is as important as deciding what to do.
Smaller tasks add up, and throughout the day can take you away from the larger projects you would rather be working on.
Something that can make delegating smaller tasks easier to your virtual assistant, is finding one you can trust. Have confidence that they will book your trip from start to finish without a hitch – and tailor the tip to your liking!
Finding the right virtual assistant for you doesn’t have to be difficult. Our global team of virtual assistants are hand-picked and provide the highest quality of skills and experience to businesses of all sizes.
Read more about how to delegate to a virtual assistant in our how to manage a virtual assistant blog.
3. Only Pay For Task Time
This may be the biggest benefit. If you’re considering hiring a virtual assistant, you’ve probably considered hiring a personal assistant also. This is where virtual assistants are in a class of their own.
With a virtual assistant, you only pay for the time that they spend working on tasks. Compare this to hiring a personal assistant, included in their salary is coffee breaks, lunch breaks, holidays…the list goes on.
This makes using a virtual assistant a far more cost-efficient option, 30-50% cheaper than a personal assistant to be exact. Making the accessibility of virtual assistants far more accessible to more businesses and people.
Find out how much you can save in our ultimate guide to virtual assistants.
Keep track of where your virtual assistant is spending their time through weekly reports – it doesn’t get much better than that!
4. More Than A Virtual Assistant
The goal of a virtual assistant is to support you in the best possible way. The best part is, over time you virtual assistant will get to know you, the way you work and how you act. This is where your virtual assistant comes into a league of their own – when they become part of your team.
By having someone who is going the extra mile for you and being so proactive they are seamless in their support, you will feel the difference!
This will make your day run like a well-oiled machine and allow you to maximise your productivity.
How SmartPA can support
From individual virtual assistants to multi-skilled virtual teams, no matter the size of your business, objective or challenge, SmartPA has the perfect solution to help your business increase efficiency, drive productivity, and maximise profitability.
Find out how SmartPA can support you.