Business Support: How To Outsource Your Administration and Free Up Your Time
Your business may be your baby, but it doesn't mean you have to do everything yourself.
Outsourcing routine, specialist or time-consuming tasks to others means that you can get on with the core work of your business, whether that's completing work for client, creating products or growing the business in other ways.
Have you considered outsourcing any of the following tasks? Administration This is where a virtual assistant comes in handy.
If you haven't heard of a virtual assistant (normally abbreviated to VA), they are self-employed professional assistants, who provide administrative, secretarial and creative support businesses and individuals.
VAs are perfect for small businesses because they can provide as much or as little support as you need.
They provide the usual secretarial services such as typing, transcription, diary management and appointment bookings, to more specialist tasks such as business writing, book-keeping and event management, right up to the very modern day skills that continually evolve, like website design and maintenance, social media skills, internet marketing, blogging and creating video tutorials.
So for example, if you're spending an hour a day struggling to write your blog posts and another hour coordinating your social media updates, when you could be using those two hours to complete client work or make products you can sell, or whatever, why not outsource the tasks that don't make you any money and use the time more profitably? Call Answering Some virtual assistants will also answer your business calls for you if that's a service you require, or you can use one of the many companies who specialise in this.
For a fairly modest monthly fee, you can have a real, live receptionist who will answer the phone in the name of your company, take messages and pass them onto you promptly Book keeping Again, there are virtual assistants who specialise in bookkeeping services, or you can look for a freelance accountant.
Make life easier on yourself by keeping all your receipts and invoices, up to date payment records and anything else you might use in your tax return.
Website design and maintenance With the rise of WordPress, it is possible to build a fairly good, optimised website yourself if you have some knowledge of basic HTML, but if in doubt, and most definitely if you want to save time, find a professional and give them your brief.
The same goes for logos and graphic design.
If you find a techy person that works well with you, hold onto them with both hands - their support will be invaluable! Don't waste your valuable time on tasks you could economically outsource to others.
Save your most precious commodity for activities that make you money and grow your business.
Outsourcing routine, specialist or time-consuming tasks to others means that you can get on with the core work of your business, whether that's completing work for client, creating products or growing the business in other ways.
Have you considered outsourcing any of the following tasks? Administration This is where a virtual assistant comes in handy.
If you haven't heard of a virtual assistant (normally abbreviated to VA), they are self-employed professional assistants, who provide administrative, secretarial and creative support businesses and individuals.
VAs are perfect for small businesses because they can provide as much or as little support as you need.
They provide the usual secretarial services such as typing, transcription, diary management and appointment bookings, to more specialist tasks such as business writing, book-keeping and event management, right up to the very modern day skills that continually evolve, like website design and maintenance, social media skills, internet marketing, blogging and creating video tutorials.
So for example, if you're spending an hour a day struggling to write your blog posts and another hour coordinating your social media updates, when you could be using those two hours to complete client work or make products you can sell, or whatever, why not outsource the tasks that don't make you any money and use the time more profitably? Call Answering Some virtual assistants will also answer your business calls for you if that's a service you require, or you can use one of the many companies who specialise in this.
For a fairly modest monthly fee, you can have a real, live receptionist who will answer the phone in the name of your company, take messages and pass them onto you promptly Book keeping Again, there are virtual assistants who specialise in bookkeeping services, or you can look for a freelance accountant.
Make life easier on yourself by keeping all your receipts and invoices, up to date payment records and anything else you might use in your tax return.
Website design and maintenance With the rise of WordPress, it is possible to build a fairly good, optimised website yourself if you have some knowledge of basic HTML, but if in doubt, and most definitely if you want to save time, find a professional and give them your brief.
The same goes for logos and graphic design.
If you find a techy person that works well with you, hold onto them with both hands - their support will be invaluable! Don't waste your valuable time on tasks you could economically outsource to others.
Save your most precious commodity for activities that make you money and grow your business.
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