Be it a startup or an established organization, each one of them targets for more productivity and cost-effective measures for better turnover. For any asset rich organization, it is a matter of investing a few currencies and they can get the desired results.
The trick lies in how the startups handle such issues where you have limited resources as well the limited budget but the work is never limited. It is no joke to expect higher productivity from your resources every hour of every day to finish the targets. We all know how breathtaking the targets can be and how disappointed we feel after working day and night but still falling behind the schedule.
That is the high time to opt for a Virtual Assistant.
What is a Virtual Assistant?
The best way to understand is to compare them with some of the virtual assistants we use in our daily lives like Siri for Apple users, Amazon's Alexa and Google Assistant.
These definitely make our work easier, faster and streamlined. Similarly, you can hire a VA for you, who will be a person providing support for your business needs by working remotely. So we need not worry about
- managing office space for him,
- plus they will be paid only for the work they do.
- Which eventually frees up your time to focus on bigger problems, stay more organized and consequently meet the targets.
Like you work for your client, consider you will be the client for your VA. But don't limit the duties of your VA to just clerical things, utilizing their capabilities depends upon how smartly you use them.
Where to use Virtual Assistant and its benefits
The key point behind using a VA to consider them a Team Member and delegate the work which will help you clear your queue and manage more work. Consider them your problem solvers and increase their skill set by increasing the complexity of work delegated. Here are some of the areas where you can utilize the VA skills and create some bandwidth for yourself:
For any of your deliverable where you need to spend a lot of time to do online research, use the VA. Provide them with proper instructions and the pointers you arelooking for. You will end up saving a lot of time and simply work on the researched items.
Going through your inbox and working on the worthy emails is a time-consuming task. Why not utilize the capacity of a VA to already look into your inbox and separate the spam emails from the important ones. He can help in keeping your inbox organized by maintaining separate folders and flagging the action needed items for you. Not only just keeping the desk ready for you, but he can also even schedule meetings for you based on your schedule. Moreover, involve them in making the Minutes of Meeting you attend to maintain action needed, follow-ups and deadlines. Thereby keeping you more organized.
- -Documentation and Presentations
Maintain data entries, making database entries, summarizing research or turning the documentation into a presentation is tons of work which VAs can easily help you finish off. Just share the format you want them to follow and get the desired results.
This is just the trailer of the immense capabilities that a VA can hold.
In order to make a difference in this competitive world choosing a VA for your startup is one of the smartest and cost-effective solutions. Feel Free to call us on 09811775060 or use our contact form in the menu above.
