Most people running
small businesses are familiar with the situation. The
more business you do, the more time you have to spend on
administration and then you have less time to spend on
running and developing the business. This roller coaster
ride is a real issue for all but the larger
organisations who can afford to employ people to focus
purely on your specific tasks. However, companies like
Business Visions can provide customers with a range of
services that allow small business owners to concentrate
on doing what you do best - growing your business.
Consider this for a moment - finding (and keeping) a
good Personal Assistant can be a tough job these days -
but is there a more cost effective and efficient
alternative to hiring a temp or an additional employee?
It’s not always as simple as employing another person.
You may not want an extra overhead. You may not have the
office space. For many small businesses, the answer is
now a Virtual Assistant (VA)
The good news is that there has been a revolution in the
secretarial world. It is so significant that even the
national newspapers have been making regular references
to it for some time now, although the top-level
managers, and more small and medium size enterprises are
now realising the full implications! A virtual assistant
works from a home-based office for a wide variety of
customers. The most significant advantage to this way of
working for the SME is that the VA is able to plan her
own working day and not be ‘tied to the desk’ at slower
times whilst being perfectly happy to continue working
late into the evening or starting early in the morning
in order to fulfil the needs of the customer.
Generally, a VA does everything a PA would do - from
telephone answering, typing, report-writing, conference
planning, arranging travel itineraries, managing regular
customers, audio transcription, raising invoices,
setting up databases and sending faxes, diary management
- the only difference being that the VA is not
physically in your office, taking up your space or using
equipment providing by you!
Using a VA is an attractive option for companies or
individuals with limited space or working from home
themselves, who do not want a full-time employee or for
individuals who travel frequently. The VA will be
prepared to work outside the regular 9 to 5 office hours
making them extremely valuable to the businessman who
travels or who would like to take time out of the normal
working day to be with family or follow a sport or
hobby.
Having your own personal VA is more effective than
hiring a ‘temp’ - the most widely used short term
solution. When you hire a temp, you pass on your
requirements to an agency and, if you’re lucky, you’ll
have somebody suitable, but more usually you’ll be sent
what’s available. This may be very different to what you
actually need - which means that time-consuming training
may be required. Also, as it is standard practice to
hire by the day or week, you may well find that you’re
paying for the temp to be in your office when there’s
little actual work to do.
Many business owners feel that you should be able to
do everything now that you have a personal computer and
you feel you should be able to manage your own business
documents without help. Whilst you may hire accountants
to handle finances, you may feel guilty about hiring
someone to deal with the day-to-day administration.
However, these days clever small businesses are boosting
their income by outsourcing more and more. A VA can free
your time to run your business more efficiently and let
you work on the growth of your business - in other
words, leaving you free to do what you do best.
BUSINESS VISIONS SERVICES
A business solutions service is an invaluable
resource to small companies, providing a variety of
business support services from off-site locations using
personal experience and technology to its very best.
The reasons for using our services vary from customer
to customer. Some like the idea of not having to pay the
usual employee taxes, benefits etc. Others have
businesses that only require several productive hours of
support each week, and therefore cannot justify the
expense of hiring employees. Sometimes, seasonal or
special projects require additional manpower, and others
need long-term assistance until their company expands
sufficiently to be able to afford the costs of
additional staff, and even then often return to us for
additional support.
Business Visions offers your business a full range of
office support services at a fraction of the cost of
hiring an employee or temporary worker. You only pay for
the hours worked or the agreed fixed rate. Business
Visions provides a professional relationship working
with you to achieve success in your business.
You don’t have to worry or be responsible for company
legislation, pay employees, holiday or sick leave,
pensions or health care contributions. Leaving you to
focus on what really matters, the development and growth
of YOUR business.
SOME OF THE BENEFITS OF USING BUSINESS VISIONS:
No need for you to supply office space - we work
from our own offices
No need to buy office equipment - we use our own
You only pay for the work that is done
You don’t have to worry about payroll taxes,
insurance, paid vacations, or other expenses of a
permanent employee
No expense or down time for training new employees
A unique partnership arrangement which allows us to
anticipate your needs, saving you the trouble of
constantly redefining your expectations
We work behind the scenes, giving you the freedom
to concentrate on building your business
Working with us is the most economical use of your
support services budget.
Business Visions provides flexible secretarial
support for businesses on a fixed rate basis, with staff
working from our own offices. Each customer is allocated
to an individual Assistant that you can use as much or
as little as you like according to your changing needs.
The emphasis is on a personal service, with your
Assistant getting to know you and your business and
working as an effective extension to your team.
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Call us today for further information
or for a free no obligation quote - we think you’ll be
surprised at just how much time and money we can save
you! If you’re not sure, then speak to some of our
existing customers!