Smart Business Strategies – Hiring Virtual Assistance

Article by Michelle Dale

How many times have you been working overtime, pondering on the notion that you’d much rather be just about anywhere else – at the football game, down at the theatre with your friends or checking out a new film. Are you more than vaguely familiar with that pang of guilt when you can’t get to your children’s chess tournaments, or when you have to schedule a member of staff to pick them up from their lessons?

This is really a very common scenario. The work-life balance is something which is very difficult to find if you’re stuck in a rut. You want to climb out of it, but you feel like you can’t, because there is either too much to deal with, or you just don’t have the extra cash to be taking the time off.

So what can you do to get this balance back in your life? Based on your individual circumstances, there are several solutions which could present themselves – it may be that you just haven’t thought of them yet.

A possible solution, or perhaps – a perfect solution, is to hire a virtual assistant. This solution is like having an independent online assistant who can act as your virtual – genie in a bottle. For most VA’s, when it comes to business, your wish is there command. Maybe you’ve thought of hiring a virtual assistant before, but weren’t sure of what you would do with them – in other words, how do you begin?

Well, first of all it would be a really good idea to initially take a good look at your schedule – daily, weekly and monthly. Write down 2 lists:

1. The first list will be a list of the things that you do, that you really don’t enjoy doing or don’t want to do at all.

2. The second is a list of things that you don’t do, but which you’d really like to be doing.

Then, my advice would be to do a search on the internet for virtual assistants, either on Google, virtual assistant directories or through networking sites such as Ecademy.

Then choose your top 5 possible virtual assistants. Go for ones where you like the way that they present themselves and their business – scan over their range of services, check their rates, look over their FAQ’s and get a feel for whether they might be the right one for you.

Then, send both of your previously written out lists to the VA’s of your choice, and with these also send an email to the tune of; this is where I need help, and how can you help me make this happen?

Asking won’t cost you anything at all, and it will give you great insight into how different virtual assistants could help you to ease your work pressures, helping you to rediscover your work-life balance. At the end of the exercise you will have gained some valuable tips for dealing with a VA, and you’ll discover what these special individuals can do to help you to achieve work days which involve doing more of what you’d really like, and less of what you don’t, and finally, right here, you may well have just found the person who can make all of this happen for you.

Either way, you don’t have anything to lose – and everything to gain! Best of all, this insight is completely FREE!

About the Author

Michelle Dale is The Managing Director of Virtual Miss Friday, an Executive Virtual Assistant who assists businesses and individuals with achieving their professional goals. Want to find out more about online business building success strategies? Support the Campaign for FREE Virtual Assistance at: http://www.virtualmissfriday.com