Small Business Owners Sustain Competitive Edge With Virtual Assistance
Widespread use of the Internet and other communications technologies is translating into smart economics for small business owners and the innovative entrepreneurs who support them. Virtual assistants build cyber relationships with clients who want to spend less time administrating and more time doing what they love.
Lethbridge, AB (PRWEB) May 24, 2005 -- For the small business owner, the only
thing more challenging than achieving success is sustaining it. Administration
and planning activities can start to overwhelm the entrepreneur’s ability to
generate revenue from something that was once a passion. A virtual assistant,
however, can end the downward spiral for those who feel victimized by their own
success.
A virtual assistant, or “VA,” is an independent contractor who
provides administrative, technical, creative, or consulting services to other
businesses, usually from a home office. VAs support their clients via the
Internet, phone, fax and email. Most VAs effectively partner with clients from a
distance, eliminating the need for onerous commutes and meetings.
In
Canada, a VA may charge $35 per hour or more depending on his or her skill
level, professional experience, and the client’s specific needs. This is
considerably cheaper than using conventional hired help. Benefits and overhead
alone can increase employees’ compensation by eighty-five per cent of their
salary.
According to Industry Canada, thirty-three per cent of
self-employed men and women work more than fifty hours per week. As a business
grows, so do the demands on the entrepreneur’s time, cash flow, and ability to
manage stress. Not only does productivity suffer, but work-life balance also
takes a hit. Outsourcing to a virtual assistant can help the small business
owner restore a sense of normalcy and control within his or her personal and
professional life.
Karri Flatla, Lethbridge business woman, wife, and
mother, saw a need in the business community for skilled writing support and
enterprise planning. Drawing on her university degree and breadth of work
experience, she launched snap! virtual assistance inc. Already accustomed to
working at home as the part-time business manager of her husband’s consulting
firm, Flatla knew she had something special to offer as a virtual assistant.
She also knew that asking business people to “go virtual” would not be
an easy task. “Building relationships is what this business is all about,”
states Flatla. “Even the savviest entrepreneur will need and want outside
support at some point. And a fresh perspective is simply invaluable in
business.”
To find out more about this cutting edge industry, or to find
out how snap! virtual assistance inc. can help your own operation, visit snap!’s
website at www.snap-va.com.
About snap! virtual assistance
inc:
snap! virtual assistance inc. is a business and project support service
firm that specializes in writing support, business planning and analysis, and
Internet research. Editing, proofreading, spreadsheet design, and forecasting
are a few of the services snap! can accomplish virtually. snap!'s mission is to
facilitate high impact communications and enterprise planning that enables
small- and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) to meet or exceed performance
targets.
Contact:
Karri Flatla, Principal / Virtual Assistant
snap!
virtual assistance inc.
403-394-6699
http://www.snap-va.com
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