I have given a lot of though to the possibility of hiring a Virtual Assistant to help me out next year in my business. In have been told by friends and colleagues that hiring a virtual assistant could help me streamline my business, and help me stay organized. Goodness knows I could use the help!
In order to make a well-thought out decision, I decided to make a list of all of the things my virtual assistant could help me with. Here is what I came up with:
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The social web is rapidly migrating businesses to the virtual office” concept. The Virtual Office Concept provides significant gains for progressive business leaders.
Consider for the moment what all business has at their disposal today:
If you’re a small business you may be giving business to your competitors without even realizing it. As a small business owner, chances are that the majority of your workday is spent running the business. But if you can’t be there to take the call, we bet your competition will. Wouldn’t it be nice if you had a receptionist who was there when you needed him/her? Well, stop wondering and get your own virtual receptionist.
Your virtual receptionist will answer all your calls professionally and promptly. You can choose to send calls to your virtual receptionist as often or as seldom as needed. Your virtual receptionist will take a message for you, and then forward the message to you by either email, or text message right to your phone. Virtual receptionists are a great way to capture that business that you might otherwise lose while you’re away from your desk.
You name it, we can probably save it for you. Here in 2009, we’re seeing that the issue of time, energy, and gas saved (and pollution prevented) by working in a virtual office is not insignificant. Think of it like this: assuming an average commute to work is 30 minutes one way, then there is a built-in, every day requirement for wasting an hour a day, or five hours a week, minimum. Also, there is a deterrent for returning to the traditional office format on weeknights or weekends or to take care of small tasks. But commutes to a virtual office are easy for employees.
Small businesses generally find it easier to increase in size (employee-wise) with virtual office spaces than in physical (traditional) office space, where there may be contracts that overlap, size changes from one year to the next, where lease life-cycles are 3-5 years. Keep in mind, too, that it’s very difficult to decrease employee numbers in a traditional office environment; however, workforce reductions in a virtual office environment doesn’t result in wasted office space, equipment, or resources.
No business person is an island. From sole proprietors and home office-based sales people to start-up entrepreneurs and regional reps for corporations, today’s diverged workforce shares the need for support, collaboration and supplementation of their hard work on a day-to-day basis. That’s the benefit of tapping into the services of virtual assistants and virtual receptionists and using virtual office spaces.
As varied as the situations and scenarios, all business thrives on new ideas, fresh leads, innovative thinking and collaboration. Those things have little to do with the physical aspect of a company. Thus, it’s no matter that today’s business world is shedding its physical accoutrements and reordering its work forces to function more efficiently through the use of technology. What does matter is that businesses build in assurances to stay connected, be fully supported and continue interacting.
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