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Small businesses or startups looking to save on costs usually prefer taking on a VA to do their back office or low-value tasks.
Nowadays, executives and large businesses planning on scaling or experiencing high volume of work are also engaging VAs. But what is a VA? Moreover, why do you need a Virtual Assistant?
The rise of the Internet in the early 90s, paved the way for administrative and management professionals to offer online services in the comforts of their home. But it was not until 1997, after American entrepreneur Anastacia Brice started a home-based travel planning and executive assistance business, that the VA profession was officially born.
A Virtual Assistant or VA is a professional assistant who provides various administrative and support services for business—remotely. However, the role of a Virtual Assistant has greatly evolved since its conception. As more professionals choose the convenience of remote work over on-site jobs, you can now find VAs with specific and niche skillsets.
From the basic administrative and secretarial tasks to specialised technical and creative services, VAs now provide almost any process—for any type of industry.
Why do you need a Virtual Assistant?
Virtual Assistants have become valuable assets in business, especially for startups and organisations planning to expand their capabilities. The many benefits VAs can provide not only helps improve business performance, but also ensures more opportunities to increase profitability. Such benefits include:
Save You Time
Delegating repetitive and routine tasks to your dedicated VA can free up your time and take away energy zapping tasks. A VA can also help you become more efficient, as you can focus more on core operations and critical aspects of your business.
Moreover, hiring a VA can free up your valuable time to do what you love and grow your business. You might even be able to come home 30 minutes earlier every day when you have a dedicated VA.
Save You Money
Hiring a VA also saves you from paying employee benefits. Dedicated VA usually get their benefits from their outsourcing agent or company. Meanwhile, freelance VAs pay their benefits themselves.
In addition, since VAs work remotely, you don’t have to spend money on office equipment or additional workspace. Moreover, you don’t need to spend time and money to train your VAs, because they already have the skillset you need. Virtual assistants also work on a per contract basis, so you can hire one only when you need one.
Safe Way to Scale Up
A dedicated VA can schedule your meetings and prepare the necessary documents you need for your presentations. Delegating your administrative tasks enable you to focus on income-generating activities. Thus, allowing you to engage with your prospects and grow your client base.
Having a VA also gives your in-house staff more time to do high-value tasks and improve their productivity. Moreover, VAs can also optimise and streamline your processes for better work efficiency and effectiveness.
Strengthen Weak Area
Virtual Assistants are experienced professionals and experts in their niche. Hence, you can bridge the skill gaps in your team and have a specialist do a better job with your tasks or services.
Moreover, Virtual Assistants are highly in demand because of the range of services they offer. Your VA can do your bookkeeping and research, whilst managing or updating your website. You can also have your VA help you with your marketing strategies and social media campaigns.
Increase Efficiency
A VA can also help you become more efficient, as you can focus more on core operations and critical aspects of your business. In addition, having an expert VA can help you expand your service offering. You are also guaranteed of cost-effective work performance—standard to your brand.
Most VAs are outsourced from other countries and the time difference can actually help your business. Hence, you have the opportunity to engage with your clients 24/7 or offer services beyond your official business hours.
Why do you need a DBA Virtual Assistant?
Recent innovations in technology and the Internet have allowed VAs to use various software and applications to perform even core functions of your business. Moreover, better modes of communication, collaboration tools and online security has allowed VAs to perform specialised tasks. Indeed, the range of services VAs offer has now become almost limitless.
Indeed, having a dedicated VA whom you can trust to assist you in your day-to-day operations is now a priceless investment. And who better to invest in than DBA Virtual Assistants.
The ultimate benefit Virtual Assistants provide is peace of mind. You’ll be able to sleep better knowing that you have an expert professional working for you.
Our experienced VAs are all equipped with the necessary skills to help you gain the upper hand in whatever industry you are in. Not only do we provide various administrative services, but we also offer:
- Marketing Support
- Sales Support
- Compliance Support
- Client Relationship Management (CRM) support and maintenance
- Virtual back-office setup, organisation and administration
- New account onboarding assistance
- Document scrubbing, processing, follow-ups and submission
Want to know more? Talk to our outsourcing experts and start your journey to success with DBA.
Maann Sagun, MDC, DMP
Maann is a Communication Specialist and educator—masking as the Senior Content Writer of DBA. She is also a Digital Marketing Professional and specializes in SEO Audits. Maann has taken both her master’s degree in Development Communication, and bachelor’s degree in Mass Communication from the University of the Philippines.
Maann Sagun, MDC, DMP
Maann is a Communication Specialist and educator—masking as the Senior Content Writer of DBA. She is also a Digital Marketing Professional and specializes in SEO Audits. Maann has taken both her master’s degree in Development Communication, and bachelor’s degree in Mass Communication from the University of the Philippines.
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