Virtual Assistants are important. We already know this from the last post. However, why should you hire one? Here are 4 specific reasons why I think you should hire a Virtual Assistant.
Little Helper Kate offers this service within the West Midlands with highly skilled individuals. We even have a team of writers for all your blog/social media/website needs! These people are passionate about what they do and strive for the best in their work. Here are 4 reasons we think you should hire a Virtual Assistant.
They are Virtual
Having them be virtual is also a great way to get your business online more. If you are someone just starting out and don’t have the capacity to get up and running on social media, then having a Virtual Assistant is a great way to do that. They can make a schedule for posts; you can check them and then they can post them.
A Virtual Assistant can help you build your social media presence and get your business online.
If you are someone who’s been in business for a while but isn’t online yet, then a Virtual Assistant can help you achieve that. Whether that is putting your books online, creating a social media presence or updating a website. Though there are people more specialised in the latter and you would benefit from hiring someone specifically for those areas. However, a Virtual Assistant can keep them up and running to the extent you would like them to.
Reduces cost
This means you don’t have to make a space for them in your office or have an office if you are an online business. This means less money spent on space. If you are a small business and work from home yourself then you don’t need to have them in your home or rent out an office space. This equals less overheads such as utility bills for an office space you don’t really need.
You only pay for the work you want. You only need to pay for a block of hours, say 10 or 20 hours, as our Virtual Assistants are paid hourly and via contracts.
Lower training costs or no training costs at all. When you hire someone full time you need to either take an employee to train the new one or do it yourself. Time costs money. We, at Little Helper Kate, only bring in those who are already highly trained in the areas we mention in a previous post (click here to see it). This means you won’t need to do the training. They can start straight away!
You are giving someone a chance and increases your employment diversity
By this I mean that you are giving someone who is disabled or chronically ill the chance to work. As they can work from home it provides a more relaxing environment for more productive work. Someone who has Chronic Fatigue, for example, would benefit greatly from this. They will be able to save energy by not having to travel to and from work. By you hiring a Virtual Assistant, you give access to someone who struggles to get places or would have to take time off of work more frequently because of their health. You are giving them a chance to earn a living and feel accomplished. Overall, there would be less sick pay and days off when someone is able to work from home.
You can future proof your business, while increasing your staff diversity by hiring one of our Virtual Assistants.
Future Proofing
As a business you should plan ahead and plan for the worst. Well, at least that is what Covid-19 has taught us. Hiring Virtual Assistant's future proofs your business, especially considering things like public health disasters, traffic incidents or even bad weather. As Virtual Assistants work from home their productivity shouldn’t go down, whether that’s from a global pandemic or heavy snow. For example, your employee from Walsall can’t get to work in Birmingham because there was an incident with the buses and now, they can’t run. No problem because they can work from home! This means you can carry on with all the basic background running’s of your business, like website updates or book keeping can keep running while keeping costs low.
We believe that these are the biggest and most important things you should consider with our Virtual Assistant services. At Little Helper Kate we pride ourselves on helping business's or charities's like you, as well as helping those find employment whether they are disabled or have a busy family life and need to work from home. We can give you our best people and you can give them the ability to make a living from home. I think that’s a win, win. To see some of the services we offer in action check out our instagram!
Thank you for reading, if anything you have read here peeks your curiosity you or you are a business interested in what we have to offer please get in contact with us with the email hello[at]littlehelperkate.com
