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Are you afraid of hiring a Virtual Assistant?

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Yes, I am talking to you. You have managed to leave the corporate job that you were in, or maybe you have reached a time in your life when you want to do things on your own, on your own time and be the boss of your own business.

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Is your business, taking you away from the tasks that you love doing?

Stop! Do you really think you can do all of this on your own? Yes, you can but some part of your life will be suffering. Yes, it could be the kids’ game, the husband waiting for you to stop paying more attention to the new business than him, and even you who might have forgotten to take a bath (Yes, I said it).

I was in your shoes; I was working for my clients and trying to build a name for myself. I have learnt—yes, you can build a business on your own, but I soon realized that I cannot do it entirely on my own no matter how hard I try to dedicate 12-14 hours of my day. Some part of my life will be affected.

How a Virtual Assistant will help you today!

Do you know that a virtual assistant can help you? Do you even know what a virtual assistant is? A virtual assistant can provide the additional support that a business needs from everything from administrative support to social media presence.

I will speak on three ways you can hire a Virtual Assistant, whether it’s from a freelancing platform, a job board or A virtual assistant having their own website. With each platform that you choose, they do offer payment from all major payment sites such as Paypal.

Business owners can choose from a vast majority of virtual assistants that specialize in certain areas. You do not need to worry anymore or be panicked because a virtual assistant can provide the minimum technical and administrative support for your business.

What you should know about A Virtual Assistant.

When I first started out, a general virtual assistant starting rate can start from $25-$30 per hour while a specialized VA can start from as much as $75-$100 per hour. Now I am not talking about those third party sites that offer rates that are smaller than those VAs who have established themselves by creating a website or name for themselves.

You have options to choose from, to work with a VA!

There are many ways to hire out for assistance. This can be depending on your budget and which platform you are comfortable with. I started out with Fiverr, which is a freelancing website that starts at $5. There are other freelancing websites that you can hire out from, but you have to join this platform in order to hire these freelancers.

A second option is joining a reputable job board that facilitates different types of virtual assistants. I really liked VAnetworking because this site provided free resources as well as great benefits to start your business. You have to join such a platform in order to hire your first VA and post your specific tasks. Did I also mention that it’s also free to join and post your request when finding the perfect VA for your business?

The last method that you can use is hiring directly from a virtual assistant website. Some key factors to look out for when hiring is to see from other past clients, through their testimonials on the VA site. If none is provided, then a sure way is to ask the virtual assistant to provide a client that has worked with him or her and has no problem in providing a positive feedback.

Another factor is when hiring a virtual assistant through a website, more than likely, a VA will have a contract in place for you to sign and what is expected and how long the task will take to be completed.

Remember, hiring a virtual assistant is the easy part of the process. In most cases, the fear is not knowing what this virtual assistant can do for your business and not being educated enough in this industry. On the next post, I will talk some more on what tasks can be used to start off with when hiring a virtual assistant.

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Until then, happy hiring, and best wishes with your business.

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Know how to identify A specialized VS A general assistant

Don’t be confused with the virtual assistant industry.

I am going to start out my blog by doing a quick welcome to my blog.

How are you since the last time you read my blog?

Now that you have become familiar with my background, I wanted to talk some more on this industry on being a virtual assistant and the benefits of having a virtual assistant for your business.

I mentioned earlier in my first post that I started out on a freelancing platform and I was only offering Administrative and Data Entry tasks to my clients on that platform.

My services when I started out were:

  • Online researching
  • Transcribing
  • Data Entry
  • Sending e-mails
  • Updating spreadsheets
  • Creating spreadsheets
  • Virtual assisting

Now, why did I share this with you? I was basically doing everything, like a general virtual assistant. I was not even skilled in some areas when a potential client needed specific tasks, and this is where in most cases a business owner will need the assistance of a virtual assistant that specializes in certain tasks. These tasks can include autoresponder maintenance, social media management to name a few.

Can you tell the difference between A general VA VS A specialized VA?

This is the mistake that you want to avoid if you are only focusing on hiring a general virtual assistant to do the administrative task of your business. Now I am not saying that you will not need a virtual assistant that offers these services, but what I mean is that you will need your business to have some social media presence. Does your business have a website? Let’s even throw in the social sites that your business will need in the process.

Who is managing the aspect of your social media for your business? Do you see where I am going with this? Your answer should be a resounding “No”. In reality, a general virtual assistant might not be able to help with doing such a task.

But what will happen when you need your website to be maintained, not to mention engaging with your audience on your social sites? There will be some limitations to having a general virtual assistant in your business, and thus it’s like you are in the process of hiring another virtual assistant again.

This is where; you can decide to choose from a specialized VA. I am not saying that hiring a general VA will not assist in your business’s needs, but the benefit of hiring a specialized VA will far outweigh the cons of not having a virtual assistant for your business at all.

Your specialized virtual assistant can help you with?

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As your business grows, you will want a specialized VA there with you, as this will allow you to be focusing more on the development and growth of your business.

The benefit of this is that you will be definitely saving your time, a great time saver, which includes letting go of managing your social media pages to get new information out to your clients.

This virtual assistant will already have this skill in place and will know how to engage with your audience and know when is the best time to track and manage your social media posts. No need to worry as your virtual assistant will also put in place measures for your social media sites, which includes matching the best social sites to be active on base on the business that you are in.

Do you have a website? You know you are no developer and certainly, you need the assistance of managing your website on a daily or weekly basis; you have to agree that you only have 24 hours in the day to manage your business. Would you rather be spending it doing tasks that will take you away from tasks that can be outsourced?

It’s time to save your time and money and let go of the bullhorn and let a trusted specialized virtual assistant help you today.

It was nice of you to stop by.

Until then, happy hiring, and best wishes with your business.

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