The ultimate guide on hiring a virtual assistant

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The Ultimate Guide on Hiring a Virtual Assistant

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Technology has seeped into myriad business
channels today. Ironically, this doesnt mean
that people prefer robots over human interaction.
Albeit technology has the upper hand over several
areas, it is yet to tackle empathy as one of the
prerequisites to effective communication. Hence,
until this limitation is rectified, it looks like
people will not be losing their jobs to bots
anytime soon.   Meanwhile, for those individuals
or businesses that are looking out for efficient
workers with a human touch, there is a well-known
solution in the market and that is virtual
assistants.
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Virtual Assistants - Who are they?

• Virtual assistants are professionals who work
  outside of the traditional work environment. They
  work remotely, to give clients reliable and
  unending support and assistance on any tasks that
  have been delegated to them. One might ask the
  obvious question what about time differences?
  Fortunately, virtual assistants are not deterred
  by varying time zones or physical boundaries and
  so, no matter the location or time, their work
  would still reflect great quality and
  punctuality.

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Why are they good for your business?
Lets suppose, you are a busy entrepreneur,
constantly shuttling between various locales,
with minimal time to oversee your business
processes. The catch here is that you might not
have a large budget to hire an employee to
supervise the business for you. At times like
these, a virtual employee can come in handy.
Firstly, a virtual assistant isnt a fresher
you need to keep tabs on. He/she is already an
established expert in the relative field. Second,
they come with an affordable price tag, which as
you know, for a business owner, makes for a good
deal.   Third, unlike a physical employee, VAs
are not constricted to traditional business
hours. This means that if and when need be, they
can work well after a certain time period if it
seems convenient for you.
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What goes into hiring a virtual assistant?

• Presuming that youve already made up your mind
  on hiring a virtual employee for yourself, lets
  take a quick look at what goes on behind the
  scenes.  
• Upon contacting the virtual assistant company of
  your choice, you will have initiated the chain of
  events that will lead you to your own VA. The
  company will then get back to you with a
  categorized quote for each service that they
  offer.
• After you have accepted the same, they will
  contact the operations team, who will look for a
  suitable assistant that will be a) perfect for
  your requirements and b) willing to work on the
  given delegated task, no matter the time and
  effort.  Soon after the aforementioned process is
  done, the VA will get in touch with you, thus
  commencing the stage of assisting and tending to
  your needs.

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What services do they offer?

1. Virtual Assistance
2. Business Support
3. Finance Accounting
4. IT Website Development
5. Digital Marketing
6. Graphic Design
7. Call Centre Services
8. Content Writing Services
9. IMS
10. E-commerce Virtual Assistant

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Virtual Assistance

• Here, a personal assistant would be delegated to
  you. He/she would help you in tending to myriad
  personal needs such as scheduling appointments,
  travel planning, calendar management and more.

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Business Support

• For those that need an additional pair of hands
  to manage certain business processes, they can
  hire a virtual business executive to tend to
  tasks such as Data entry, business research,
  customer service, document management etc. this
  will leave business owners with ample time to
  concentrate on core business ideas and decisions.
   

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Finance Accounting

• Professionals that need assistance with their
  financial processes, can hire a financial
  assistant to aid them in tasks such as
  Bookkeeping, financial analysis, payroll
  processing and so on.

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IT Website Development

• Enterprises that are looking to boost their
  venture by establishing an independent domain or
  app, can hire a web developing assistant to help
  them in E-commerce web design development,
  responsive website design, CMS web development
  and more.  

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Digital Marketing

• Companies can hire a marketing assistant to aid
  them in Lead generation, SEO SMO services,
  PPC marketing, affiliate marketing purposes and a
  lot more other solutions.

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Graphic Design

• Businesses with specific design related issues
  will benefit greatly, by hiring a graphic design
  assistant for UI/UX design, brochure/ flyer
  design, website design, print electronic design
  etc.

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Call Center Services

• Customer satisfaction is primal to companies
  reputation and expansion. If a business is
  lacking in this department, they can hire a call
  center assistant aid them in Telemarketing,
  inbound/outbound calling, live chat support and
  so on.

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Content Writing Services

• Content creation requires a specific skill set
  that not many possess. For those companies who
  cant afford a full time employee for this
  purpose, can employ a virtual content expert to
  help them in tasks such as blogs article
  writing, product descriptions, case studies,
  white papers, technical writing and more.

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IMS

• Maintaining good IT infrastructure is imperative
  for not just software companies but rather any
  enterprise. Hence, a virtual IMs expert would
  offer their expertise in Server monitoring, IT
  helpdesk service, network infrastructure
  management and much more.

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By now, you might have gotten a fair sense of how
the virtual assistance industry works. If you
need further information or looking to hire a
virtual assistant for yourself, reach out to us
to get your journey started!
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