razones por las que cualquier empresa debe contratar un Asistente Virtual
The world of entrepreneurship is fascinating. You don’t have a boss or a schedule. You do exclusively what you love. You have plenty of free time to pursue your hobbies and take care of your family. You can work from home or go to a nice cafe and let your imagination run wild. You live a life free of stress and worries. Goodbye to the corporate life and the ties of office work… Or maybe not…
If you’re an entrepreneur, you know that everything we’ve just said is partly true and partly false. Yes, you can get to have that idyllic life we all dream of, but to get there, you have to work very hard for many years, be very smart in making your decisions, surround yourself with valuable people, take risks, make decisions that many question, lose, lose, lose, lose and one day, win. That and a little bit of luck.
However, some entrepreneurs have discovered a secret that is worth gold, that changes all the rules of the game and allows you to lead a life as an entrepreneur less hectic and more focused on what is truly relevant: the growth of the business.
Surely you want us to tell you what that secret is. The truth is that if you came to this article, it’s because you already know it, but you’re not quite convinced yet.
The game-changing element of entrepreneurship is hiring a virtual assistant.
Hiring a professional for a sensitive area of your venture, such as customer service, marketing, design or systems, can be very expensive. Start-ups do not have that luxury. However, hiring a specialized professional who telecommutes and has an hourly rate is beneficial for both the business and your own personal life. Imagine the peace of mind of knowing that someone is taking care of a critical aspect of your company at all times, even if you are in a meeting, on vacation or off.
In this article we will give you 6 reasons why your company should hire a virtual assistant and we will recommend the best place to make that first hire.
reasons why you should have a virtual assistant
1.- It makes your time work: If we asked you right now what is the most important asset you have, what would you answer? … Your company? Uhmmm… maybe, no. Money? Money comes and goes, so neither. Time? Time is scarce and once it’s gone, you don’t get it back. Well yes, time is the most important asset you have. If you feel you have serious productivity problems because you don’t have enough time to perform all the roles in your business, the extra help will come in handy. Having a collaborator to take care of those tasks that are essential but time-consuming will allow you to focus on what’s really important, whether it’s new solutions for your clients or how to grow your business. In addition, by getting rid of time-consuming tasks, you will be able to dedicate your time to what is truly valuable: your family and friends.
2.- it gives you peace of mind: Let’s face it. No one who is constantly worried about company finances, emails to answer, social media comments, new blog posts, products in development and meetings with potential investors can have peace of mind. For sure, and for much less than this, any entrepreneur will not be able to sleep peacefully, eat or do their daily tasks calmly.
However, if you add to your team a professional specialized in that area that generates so much frustration and despair, not only will you take a weight off your shoulders that will allow you to be much more focused, but you will see a great improvement in your mental and physical health.
3.- It helps you to have processes and therefore be more organized: When you hire a virtual assistant, you must indicate step by step what their tasks will be and how you expect them to perform them. Perhaps, at this point, you realize that your processes do not follow an orderly and constant system, but that you have been doing this and that again and again to always reach the same result. It could also happen that, when the wizard runs the process, it realizes that it is not the most efficient way to do it and proposes a different, but more optimal one. If it works better, it will have done you a great favor. One of the great benefits of having processes is that it forces you to be more organized in your tasks. In this way, your productivity will benefit and you will see how your time is magically multiplied.
4.- Allows you to have a business that works 24/7: One of the great challenges of entrepreneurs, especially when they are in the initial stage of their companies, is not to work more hours than they would work as an employee. We know this doesn’t happen. You’ll find yourself working early mornings, late nights, weekends and holidays, on your kids’ birthdays and even on New Year’s Day. You need that business to run and the days just don’t seem to be enough. And don’t even think about taking vacations or medical rest. Knowing that you have a partner to take care of those critical tasks gives you the freedom to be more flexible with your time. Let’s see, if you get sick, your company can go three days without you working on that new product you want to launch, but it is impossible to go three days without customer service.
5.- It allows you to have a work life and a personal life:
Another of the entrepreneur’s challenges is to achieve a healthy balance between work and professional life. We are not saying that by hiring a virtual assistant you will be able to spend hours and hours with your family and friends, but you will be able to be lighter on weekends, for example. If there is someone in charge of keeping the agenda, answering and sending emails and attending to clients’ concerns, you will be able to take a break.
6.- Eleva el nivel de discusión en tu empresa: Working alone is one of the disadvantages of entrepreneurship. When you don’t have a constant cash flow, hiring an employee could be a very bad idea. But, with whom do you discuss changes or problems you have in the venture to find a solution? Well, there is no one. When you hire a virtual assistant, you add a co-worker to your team (of one person or more). In any situation, and if the working relationship has excellent communication and empathy, you will be able to ask their opinion on certain issues related to their area of work or the company. For sure, your virtual assistant will be happy to listen to you and offer his or her vision of the problem. And if he or she can’t help you with a solution, he or she will be a listening ear.
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