Cutting costs: maximizing results

Who said starting a business is expensive? Other than the obvious start up costs, setting up your business to ensure growth while maximizing your profits does not have to break your bank account. If you are looking for dedicated staff who can promote your business, attract potential customers and handle the day to day tasks required to keep your business afloat, virtual assistants might be the solution for you.

What are virtual assistants? To keep it simple, they provide all the administrative services a business requires without having to pay overhead costs. Overhead costs include providing a workspace - desk, phone, computer and internet; ensuring that your staff can perform the job effectively - company email, photocopier and printer; providing basic amenities that can be used as motivational tools for staff - tea, coffee, sugar, milk etc.; and paying a proper salary for the specialized services that they provide such as administration, accounting, payroll etc. Virtual assistants can work from their own home or office. As such, getting the rigorous day to day activities of the office taken care of while you see about the more important aspects of the business (such as making a profit and talking to potential clients) can be a one-time cost, a cost that is paid by the hour or even accessing a package deal where you get all the required services for one price!

What about those employees who get paid a hefty monthly salary while sitting at their desks browsing the internet, social media or looking at movies? Hiring a virtual assistant ensures that you pay only for what you require. Nothing more, nothing less. Virtual assistants are hired to support your business in whatever area you need. If you need someone to talk to customers for 8 hours a day, you can hire a virtual assistant to do just that. Once your client base has grown, you may no longer require that this be done for 8 hours. As such, the hours can be changed and you pay only for what you require. The same goes if you have an important business meeting and need someone to take minutes of the meeting. It's hardly likely that you would be in meetings every single day. This means that you only pay for the time it takes your virtual assistant to sit in the meeting then provide the minutes.

In these times that we are living in, when working virtually seems to be the order of the day, virtual assistants are the solution to small, medium and even large corporations who are looking to cut down on hiring costs, costs to suppliers and even cutting down of current staff. Hiring a virtual assistant ensures efficiency, professionalism and affordable costs thereby enabling the business owner to maximize their business profits.

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About the Author:

Lorraine Perry is a professional administrator with over thirty years of experience in the administrative field. She has worked in various industries such as oil and gas, security administration, academia, finance/banking and customs brokerage. She lives in the beautiful tropical Caribbean with her 3 children and loves reading books that can help her mature spiritually.