9 Business-Boosting Benefits of Virtual Assistant Services

When you’re running a business, no matter what its size, having quality assistant staff is of utmost importance. Many smaller businesses completely forego having assistant staff members, however, due to the cost. Thankfully, virtual assistants are accessible to even small businesses and can help supercharge the productivity and efficiency of your business operation.

Businesswoman using remote virtual assistant services

Here are just nine business-boosting benefits that remote virtual assistant services have to offer your company:

1. Flexible Scalability

When your business suddenly sees an uptick in business, you might need to scale up your operations in many different, and important, areas. Assistants are perfect for getting a wide variety of essential side jobs and operations done, so having one on your team that can jump in at a moment’s notice is key.…

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Freelancing Millennials: VAs are Your Besties

With the “gig” economy well underway, it’s a given that freelancing and other forms of entrepreneurship are the future of employment everywhere. Never has it been so obvious than now that the traditional J.O.B. is about to die a quick death over the coming next few decades. As machines take over most labor and many desk-based jobs, all of us mortal humans need to find ways to provide value to the marketplace and make money all on our lonesome.

Freelancing millennial in a cafe

Though current numbers are hard to find, this study from four years ago showed close to 40% of America’s workforce was freelancers at the time.…

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5 Ways a Virtual Assistant is Better than a Regular Employee

With everything we do moving in to the virtual sphere the need for adding the “virtual” edge to our office and administration becomes more pronounced. In times when companies are accepting telecommuting employees and work from home as alternatives, virtual assistants come to the rescue of many a professional who is hard pressed for time.

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Companies, particularly those engaged in the provision of information technology and related services have introduced the concept of work from home for full time employees. This has helped IT majors like IBM to cut down on real estate costs and keep women (who otherwise would have to take a sabbatical due to pregnancy and child care) to stay in the workforce.…

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