7 Ways hiring a virtual assistant can help you achieve your objectives for 2022.
It might not be that simple, but it will certainly be easier with a helping hand.
We are at one of those points in the calendar where goal setting and dreaming of what we want to achieve in the future is mentioned everywhere!
Often we are encouraged to think of the blue sky dream to aim for and then work backwards to what you need to do now to achieve that goal. I would love to share with you 7 ways working with a VA can help bring those dreams into reality.
#1 Creating brain space for you.
Outsourcing behind the scenes admin may simply give you the brain space to plan what needs to happen for your business. If studying is something that needs to happen then letting a VA do the tasks that don’t need you to be personally complete it. Meaning you can study to expand your zone of genius. If its researching new resources that need to be found but you can’t fit it in around front of house billable time then your VA could do the research so that you just have to look at the data results and make a decision.
Sometimes you just need someone to help you create some brain space.
#2 Generate money making availability
Following on from freeing up your behind the scences time, having a VA in your toolkit can also free up space in your diary to take on more billable work. After all a successful business needs income and often our goals require spending to reach them. So freeing up time to make more money is never a bad thing.
You are probably thinking but paying a VA costs money, how does that help? Let me explain how a VA can
#3 Save you money
The jobs that you don’t enjoy take you longer, fact! If repurposing your blog posts into snippets for social media and scheduling them takes up 10 hours of your time per month. That’s 10 hours you can’t use to work with paying clients, willing to pay for your expertise. Let’s just say for example your average hourly rate is £60 that means social media costs you £600!
Where as the right VA could take your blogs, repurpose and schedule them due to their skillset and it only takes them 5 hours at a rate of around £28/hr totaling £125 that means you have still made £475 with those 10 hours and whilst you were working the content the VA scheduled also brought in new leads for future income. It’s the closest thing to being in two places at once you can get!
Other ways a VA can save you money is when it comes to your purchases. As we mentioned about freeing up brain space if you don’t have time to go bargain hunting, allowing a VA to hunt out what you need whilst you are busy will not only ensure you get a product that truly fits your specification but also saves you money on expenses.
#4 Allowing you to be more visible
If you need to grow your audience and promote new offerings then having behinds the scenes help means you’re free to be front of house engaging with potential customers instead of hidden away behind a to-do list.
#5 Aid you in maintaining consistency
Being consistent in your messaging and customer services as well as showing up to remain visible, is important to your ability to achieve your goals. If you come across as erratic or provide poor service to those who choose to work with you. It will not do your long term goals any good. Having the back up of a VA to help you maintain good customer care and ensure you are visible online constiently, not only in frequency but is style will keep your business activity running smoothly. Resulting in forward momentum. Progress doesn’t have to be fast but just keep chipping away.
#6 Helping you make connections to grow
By the nature of VA work we get to know a lot of people through networking. This is often helpful to you as a client. If you need help from other services to achieve your ambitions, say a web designer or a location to hold events. Your VA is worth asking for an informed recommendation.
#7 Moral support from a fellow business owner
Running a small business is no mean feat. It can become all-consuming. Often working alone on and in your business it can be all to easy to get stuck in your own thoughts. Self-doubt monkeys can overwhelm you and prevent you taking action.
As a VA we want to help you and see you succeed, not only because you’re a client but because as a freelancer we pick our clients to suit us, meaning we choose to work with you because we care about your vision. As well as enjoying a challenge and being organised by our nature we also have the added bonus of being one step removed from the emotional investment. Making us great sounding boards for your ideas and a cheer leader to encourage you to take those steps forward with confidence, knowing you have someone who has got your back.
So if any of this has made you think, I want a VA to help me then do check out our services page or book a free discovery call to discuss the tasks you want assistance with.