Virtual Assistants are a flexible and affordable support service that can cost far less than that of a serviced office with a full or part time assistant and support staff. Virtual assistants or Virtual Personal Assistants as they are sometimes known can offer an admin support service and often marketing or bookkeeping services. A Virtual Assistant’s businesses is to help businesses succeed by supporting them by releaving the business owner or managers of tasks they would be better off not doing as they can then focus on more important tasks like running the business!

All businesses have general office tasks to do and as businesses grows these tasks grow too.  There are choices, the owner or maanger or internal staff can do the tasks themselves and think they are saving money, but what happens is they get snowed under, they can’t do everything so something has to give and this could be managing the business, dealing with clients and winning business, or some tasks just won’t get done a they keep getting put off.  So although this saves little cost, you end up losing money on the bigger picture. Failing to delegate restricts the growth and profits of businesses. An option is employing staff, but that attracts wages for set hours whether there’s work to do or not and employment law regulations.

Virtual Assistant can save you time and money!

The used to be two options – a permanent employee or a temporary worker, but now there is the choice of using a virtual assistant who can act as your support as and when needed which can save businesses time and money.

Sometimes business owners and managers think outsourcing work is expensive and end up doing the work themselves or taking on even more expensive support by going the traditional route hiring a temp or a permanent employees.  But businesses are becoming aware of the real difference a virtual assistant can make – some benefits include…

• Tasks can be easily delegated
• Only get billed for the actual time to do the work so there is no down time
• No holiday pay, National Insurance, sick pay etc to pay on top of the amount paid which is the case for employees
• No training, equipment etc to provide
• No employment law regulations

By using a Virtual Personal Assistant you get the benefits of a traditional employee, with the additional benefits of not having the costs involved and you also have flexibility.

Our Virtual Assistant and Business Support Services in Southport, Liverpool, Preston, Manchester and across the UK, include Marketing Services and Digital Internet Marketing Support, Bookkeeping and Admin Support. Our clients are in a number of sectors including training & recruitment, consultancy & professional services, manufacturing & retail, and more. Why not contact us today on 0845 838 7101 !

Consider what your version you want to achieve, what would you like to accomplish, have you or can you set aside time to outline your plan for success? What support is available to help you? Would you benefit from a Virtual Assistant service?

An important factor in succeeding is to set goals, regularly take stock, measure what’s working and what’s not, and make adjustments so that you can still achieve the goals.

Have a look at what did and didn’t work last year or last quarter, and decide what you want to do differently going forwards. When you are clear on where you are at and what you want to achieve then you can set goals. By setting goals you are giving yourself something specific to work towards, it allows you to measure your progress and when you stay focused you will be more likely to avoid distractions that could delay your progress.

Imagine what you want to achieve, visualize your ideal clients and the work you do for them.  Think of how many hours each week you will work in your business and on your business, what is your revenue each month. As you clarify the vision you will be able to set your goals.

It important not so set ambiguous goals. Set clear objectives that align with your vision.

When defining goals it’s important to keep a few things in mind:

• Your goals must be SPECIFIC
• They must be MEASURABLE
• They must be ACHIEVABLE
• They must be REALISTIC
• And they must be TIMED

These are called SMART goals

Whilst thinking about what you want to achieve, think about the different aspects of your business which can bring your vision to life for example:

• How many clients you have now, and how many would you like to have?
• What strategies you do now, and which be suitable in future?
• What strategies do you do consistently now, and what do you need to do consistently in future?
• What services do you offer now, what will you offer in future?
• How do you manage your business, and how can you manage if more efficiently in future?
• What support do you have to grow your business now and what support do you need in future do realise your goals? Would a Virtual Assistant help?

Making your goals your own, making them work for you and making them SMART is what will make them work. By being focused, and making the Smart decision of using the support available to you will make you stand out from the crowd and help you accomplishing more in your business.

Make consistent progress, once you have accomplished one goal, reward yourself and then set another SMART goal with a deadline for achieving it, this will keep you moving forwards and prevent you from being left behind or overcome by the rest of the pack.

If you need support managing your business and achieving your goals, then contact us as our Virtual Assistant and Business Support services can be your flexible and reliable resource when you need it!

One way this can happen is by only paying for the time used. When businesses employ permanent staff they pay an agreed rate, plus PAYE and NI and perhaps more importantly businesses have to pay for every hour worked, or not worked as the case may be! When employing staff a rate is agreed for a set amount of hours, but more often than not the actual work done takes less than the hours paid due to down time, lunch, chatting, having a cuppa and the fact that the work could be complete at say 3pm but the employee is expected to stay at work until 5pm or 5.30pm.

With a Virtual Assistant you only pay for the hours used, so it a task is finished at 3pm, the invoice is only until 3pm, not 5.30pm, saving 2.5 hours. Also, there is no employers PAYE or NI to pay as the Virtual Assistant is not an employee.

Sounds a good deal!

Why are Virtual Assistants good for your business? Virtual assistants are a relatively new concept largely brought on by the Internet making the world smaller and allowing people to communicate far easier. For businesses, this opens up the opportunity of lowering costs and increasing profits.

One way this can happen is by only paying for the time used. When businesses employ permanent staff they pay an agreed rate, plus PAYE and NI and perhaps more importantly businesses have to pay for every hour worked, or not worked as the case may be! When employing staff a rate is agreed for a set amount of hours, but more often than not the actual work done takes less than the hours paid due to down time, lunch, chatting, having a cuppa and the fact that the work could be complete at say 3pm but the employee is expected to stay at work until 5pm or 5.30pm.

With a Virtual Assistant you only pay for the hours used, so it a task is finished at 3pm, the invoice is only until 3pm, not 5.30pm, saving 2.5 hours. Also, there is no employers PAYE or NI to pay as the Virtual Assistant is not an employee.

Sounds a good deal!

Most business owners and managers are guilty at some time, if not a lot of the time, of trying to do too much. Something often slips. Work long hours. Can’t focus on the important things. Sales (and profits) are reduced because too much time is spent on no revenue generating activities that could be delegated. The list of problems goes on.

There is an easy solution. We can provide as little or as much help as you need.

Often, what stops business owners or managers using our services is they are so used to working the way they do that they find it hard to change, even if they know they should. So the perfect solution is to start by delegating a little to us, get used to that, see how it saves you time, then take it from there. Before you know if you will have more time and you will be working more efficiently.

Why not give us a call today on 0845 838 7101 to discuss how we can save you time?

When busy people get too busy, they either try to do it all themselves, which costs them money as they start to work inefficiently often resulting in lost revenues.

They can employ a permanent or part time member of staff, but by doing this they have to pay all the hours worked (or not worked) and pay for holiday pay, NI, etc and have the problems of employment regulations.

By delegating you to do list, admin, marketing, etc to us help you work more efficiently, and you only pay for the hours worked. So we save you money and make you money!

Why not contact us today on 0845 838 7101 ?

This is the problem most business owners and managers face. We could all do with that extra pair of hands to help take the strain so you can focus on growing your business.

That is what we are here for. Instead of either neglecting important tasks like sales or marketing, and instead of going to the expense and complications of employing somone to help, we provide the perfect alternative enabling you to delegate time consuming admin tasks to us, freeing up your time to concentrate on more important things so you can grow your business. Or we can even help grow your business with our sales and marketing services.

Why not contact us today on 0845 838 7101?