Make Your Start-up Fly with Low Cost Virtual Assistants
September 2nd, 2010 Filed under: Outsource Business — Outsourcing AuthorStart-up companies are not easy businesses to manage, since both eyes, not one, have to be focused on costs and expenses while balancing being a cheapskate and an investor at the same time. There are great ways to save money while trying to break even, and harnessing the options available in the virtual world make sense especially in these times.
For example, if your start-up company is really small, do you really need to rent an office? There are other companies available that keep an office space in a prestigious address and you can sign on with them for a minimal fee. While you still have no need for a permanent office, you can make use of their mailing address, have your calls coursed through them, and make use of their conference rooms if need be.
It’s a win-win situation in the best way possible – you have a ritzy business address while paying fees and rental equivalent to a small office in the suburbs. Plus you have virtual receptionists forwarding your calls to you 24/7, mail room personnel handling your mail, and meeting facilities available just about any time.
And while on the subject of virtual employees, you can have virtual assistants from all over the world handling your business all day and night and all year round. Your business will literally never close.
The best jobs to outsource would be those that don’t require your personal attention, just your moderate supervision. For example, you don’t need to do your books personally, right? You could outsource that job for several hours twice a week, since that’s all the time that it needs anyway. You may already outsource your accounting, and your legal counsel as well. These are people that you don’t need to hire on retainer; try to negotiate a per project payment with them, if possible.
Virtual outsourcing saves you a ton of time and money in more ways than one. The most obvious is the salary cost, since people working in second- and third-world countries naturally expect to be paid for less than those in the first-world countries. Plus, you are not liable for their benefits or any taxes. Neither do you have to answer for sick leave or vacation leave. And best of all? You don’t need to pay taxes on them!
When you have a virtual assistant, the office space they take up is virtual as well. Meaning, you can afford to have a smaller office, which costs you less in taxes, rentals, equipment, and utilities. The money that you can save there will go a long way towards promoting your business. The only key left is which virtual assistant company to work with, we personally have worked with this virtual assistant company and find it great.
And speaking of promotion, you can outsource that too, if you choose. You can hire a marketing firm to conceptualize your advertising campaign and also engage them to do it for you. If you decide to promote in the virtual way, you can also outsource people to create your website, to write for and update your blog, and to manage your social marketing accounts.
With all the benefits in the virtual world, the time is right to have a start-up company!

