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10 Reasons Why Virtual Assistants are Perfect for Start-ups
Many businesses, especially start-ups find virtual assistants to be particularly useful. When we are in the start-up stage of running a business, we can easily find ourselves being swallowed up by the least important tasks when really we should be concentrating on growing our business.
In our previous blog we wrote 5 reasons why doing everything yourself is a bad idea. In this blog we present you with 10 reasons why virtual assistants are useful, especially for start-up businesses.
1. Experience with running a business
It’s not uncommon for start-ups to be run by first-time entrepreneurs who are inexperienced with many of the tasks required to run a business. Virtual assistants are able to handle the tasks that start-ups need such as bookkeeping, advertising, and much more.
2. Wide range of skills
Virtual assistants also have a huge range of skills at your disposal as they’re trained in a variety of ways to help businesses succeed. This means they can cover all the entrepreneur’s weak points to support the business.
3. Don’t cost huge amounts of money
Due to being able to hire a virtual assistant just for the work required, there’s no money wasted which is often crucial to a start-up company trying to find its feet. There’s not usually a lot of money to lose during the early stages of a business, and any extra money is best being reinvested in to the company, which is easily achievable if hiring a virtual assistant.
4. No office needed
A lot of start-ups have limited space to hold staff, and often being able to afford office space for young businesses is near to impossible. Virtual assistants work remotely and don’t require in house office space, making them perfect for new entrepreneurs.
5. Available at all hours
Virtual assistants are usually flexible with their availability. When starting a business you may get a lot of unexpected last-minute work that you can quickly pass on to your virtual assistant, even if it’s late at night or at the weekend.
6. Tools available for them to use
Virtual assistants should have all the tools needed and ready to complete your tasks, as they already work in the areas you need so you wont have to supply them. They’ll also have tools available that you might not have thought of, which will make your work much easier.
7. Can work to a higher standard
As virtual assistants carry a lot of experience and skills, they can therefore produce work to a much higher standard than a new entrepreneur might be able to. They can also increase the professionalism of the start-up from the beginning, which can attract more attention and custom.
8. Can hire multiple
It’s possible to hire more than one virtual assistant! This means you’ll be able to offload all your extra work at times convenient to you, whilst also utilising the virtual assistant’s special skill set. It’s not as expensive as hiring two members of staff, but you still have the support and expertise of multiple virtual assistants.
9. Takes away the less important jobs
Starting a business requires passion and a vision for the future of the company, two things which can quickly become lost under all the extra work that goes in to running a business. It can often overwhelm hopeful entrepreneurs, especially during their first business venture. By delegating the jobs of sorting emails, finding clients, and all the other day-to-day jobs that a young business requires, you can focus on what you love and what’s important to you.
10. Relieves stress
We all know how difficult it can be to start up a business, between tight budgets, navigating a new world of business, and investing most of your time. Virtual assistants are there to help this; they can ease your workload, give you the support you need, and make the entrepreneur’s life easier during this highly stressful time. This also means that they don’t get burned out during the early days of their business.
These are just 10 of the reasons virtual assistants are perfect for start-ups. They’re a great investment that can really benefit businesses, to help them grow and become even more successful.
