I get Google Alert daily which lets me know about new articles being published on the topic of Virtual Assistants.
How refreshing it was to see today a new article that is clear about how to use a VA and is factual in the information.
I particularly liked this paragraph which gave practical advice about affording a VA:
Can I Afford It?
The first thing to consider is whether or not you can afford to hire a virtual assistant. I’m actually starting to believe the advice given to me many years ago: you can’t afford not to hire one. As small business owners, we simply have too much to get done each day, and we’re very prone to overworking and not taking enough time for other aspects of our lives, especially taking time for ourselves.
On top of that, if you charge $100 per hour, as an example, and are doing tasks that can be outsourced for $25, you’re not really making the best use of your time. A good rule of thumb mentioned in a previous WWD post suggests using half your hourly rate as a guide, so if you charge $100 per hour, outsource tasks that can be done for $50 or less.
Read the rest here…
Janine says
I love this idea. As a small business owner I find this blog extremely helpful and am considering a virtual assistant for myself. How long has this idea been around for? I also would love if you could do a guest blog post for our site: http://www.snazl.com. I think our readers and visitors would find using a virtual assistant quite useful. What’s a snazL you might ask? Well if twitter and You Tube were to have a love child it would be a snazL. It’s a great little widget that gets embedded and uploaded to all major networking sites like Facebook, Twitter, Friend Feed, Flickr, Your Blog, etc. You can upload all your video content (from your files and You Tube), pictures and audio. Right now we’re doing snazL Stories with some of the most prominent bloggers from BlogHer. We would love for you to do some screenings to promote Virtual Assistant and we would get your blog promoted on 10 websites. Feel free to email us if you are interested. We would love to have you a part of our community.
Kathie Thomas says
Hi Janine, lovely that you popped by. Virtual Assistants have been around under that term since the mid 1990s, previously we were home based secretaries. Snazl sounds interesting – I’m already on Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, Youtube and of course blog.
I’ll be in touch!