hire Virtual Assistant

VAs are self-employed professionals who provide their services remotely. They offer services that would otherwise be done by an assistant/employee in your office, like admin tasks, taking messages, managing diary & emails, research, marketing, cold calling, project support, etc. VAs have their equipment and office space. VAs generally specialize in their respective domains, and you can choose the suitable ones as per your business requirements

Hiring a VA reduces can your mundane tasks to a large extent, and you face a majority of the below-listed situations, then you should consider working with a VA

• I spend a lot of my time on administration while I should be focusing on building up my business
• I lose prospective business because I am unable to receive their calls when I am out of the office or busy with some other work
• I spend my time on regular, daily routine tasks that someone else could do more cheaply and effectively
• I need to avoid hiring full-time staff, but require assistance in daily tasks
• My office is too small for additional staff
• I want to pay for services and employees as and when I use them while growing my business

• If you use a VA, you can concentrate more on the business rather than admin and other operational tasks. You get more time to do leverage your skills in growing the business without having to train, supervise, or worry about your employees
• VAs are flexible and available outside of regular hours. They are only paid for the amount of work they do or the number of hours they work. This means you can keep control over the tasks that you assign them
• You get instant support of a skilled professional for a desired service as and when you need it
• There are no additional tax, insurance, or employee benefits to be given to VAs.
• You save on your operational costs like a workspace, equipment, employee welfare expenses, etc. if you hire VA

One drawback of hiring a VA is that you do not get to meet them and discuss the work face to face. But this can be quickly sorted by communicating via email, Skype, calls, or instant messaging services. We recommend you interact with them each day as you would do with any of your other employees.

Since the person working on your given tasks is physically not around you, a slight concern about whether they are working on your tasks or not is natural. However, be assured that you pay only for the amount of work done by the VA or for the number of hours dedicated to any task. Hire someone with good prior experience who also delivers their work before the stipulated timelines for added trust.

VAs usually have rates defined basis the amount of work or the time taken to complete a given task, importantly considering the complexity of the tasks assigned to them. Mundane tasks might be cheaper, and more complex projects would be slightly expensive. However, these rates can be negotiated to suit the best interest of both your business and the VA

• A good VA offers a very high degree of professionalism and respects timelines
• They have to be up to date with the latest necessary skills and train themselves to acquire those skills and training.
• They should understand your business and must not share private details about the business to anyone
• VA could also have a professional looking website for clients to go through references and testimonials for their previous work.
• They should share timesheets, with you, for the work they undertake
• Depending upon their expertise, VAs should have good knowledge of technology and must be able to advise you on how their work will add to your business

• Good verbal english skills
• Good written english skills
• Ability to learn quickly
• Stay active and prepared for the task to come
• Managing time and being organized
• Strong work ethic and professionalism

If you are someone who has the skills but does not want to follow a regular office routine, rather work remotely as per your preferences and can do some of the below work excellently, you could definitely consider working as a VA

• Ability to do research
• Make travel plans
• Respond to emails and chats
• Plan daily routine
• Manage calls and messages
• Write content like press releases, blogs, social media copies etc.
• Update website content and images
• Create and manage databases
• Develop or maintain website