Entrepreneurs usually jump into business with a lot of great ideas. They have so much excitement over their new venture that they feel as if their energy will last forever! But after the adrenaline dissipates and the reality of being a solo business owner sets in, they soon realize that the everyday, routine tasks of running a business can quickly overwhelm. Suddenly the business they thought they were running is soon running them!
Enter virtual assistant. VAs understand the pressures of owning a business. They know where most entrepreneurs lose control, and, happily for you, they know how to help you gain control back.
Kristen Ruiz of Cantate Voice Studio knows this first hand. "Before I found my virtual assistant at Daybreak, I was all over the map. I had no tracking system for billing and payments, and sometimes had to trust the clients’ word for it. I also spent so much energy trying to be accommodating that my schedule often left me frazzled. And when I finally realized how much I was dropping the ball with my leads, I knew that the momentum of what I’d created was beginning to leave me behind.
"Despite my hesitancy, I took a step of faith and turned to a virtual office. We worked together to create tracking systems, protocols and systematize things that were previously just instinctual. Within a very short time, my billing was on track, my schedule was customized for me and I had a waiting list of clients with regular follow up systems," Kristen explains.
Brad Farris of Anchor Advisors can relate. He needed help managing his calendar and scheduling appointments, and found Sue Kramer, who he has now worked with for 2 1/2 years. "When I initially hired Sue, I was gaining traction in my business and a busy solo-practitioner with a lot of clients. I was motivated to hire someone when I found that I was spending more than a day a week just managing my calendar, scheduling client meetings and visits with prospects and referral partners. Sue took over my calendar 100% and made me much more efficient. She also became an integral part of how I do business, she found me mailing houses, graphic designers, a bookkeeper, a recruiter, and other professionals that I have used not just for my business; but have also used to grow my client's businesses. She encouraged me to plan client social events and training seminars (that she managed and planned) that have brought me a number of new clients."
When you find a VA to step in and manage these types of tasks on your behalf, you can finally relax and know that your business is in good hands. You can be more productive because you know you are in control, which frees to build stronger relationships with your clients and actually seek out new business without wondering how you will manage a larger workload.
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