You have heard all the great reasons why you should hire a virtual assistant. But you may be thinking “why would I pay someone twice what I pay an in-house assistant?” Is it really affordable to hire a virtual assistant? The answer to that is almost always a resounding YES!
Let me break it down for you. Let’s say you have an in-house assistant and you pay them just $10 an hour. Seems a lot cheaper than hiring a virtual assistant, doesn’t it? However, and I am sure you are aware of this, you have benefits, taxes, unemployment insurance, etc. Add to that the physical environment that you have to provide, including a computer and various other office equipment, an internet connection, the additional utility costs associated with having another person and additional equipment running, and you end up paying a huge amount above that $10 per hour.
Now, consider whether your assistant uses his or her time efficiently. Perhaps it takes them two hours to finish what they could get done in one. Are you paying them to text their friends or send personal emails? Are you paying for smoke breaks and potty breaks? Are you paying them to manicure their nails when you aren’t there? How many of those $10 hours are being wasted? Five? Ten?
If you hire The Prescott Group for your virtual assistant needs, we offer an efficient use of your dollars. You can hire us for a few hours of work or several hours of work. We can often fit into a few hours what an in-house assistant might take all day to complete. When you hire us, the cost of taxes, insurance, computer, electricity, paper, ink, water, and lunch breaks are ours, not yours. The only thing you pay is the per hour or per project cost. If we say it will take us three hours to accomplish something, but it really takes us six, well you only pay for three!
At this point, you may be saying to yourself that you have a great in-house assistant and he or she provides good services in an efficient manner and is well worth the extra costs associated with an in-house staff. Great! That’s when hiring a virtual assistant for a few hours here and there can be a wonderful addition to your already-successful team. We can provide one-time projects, ongoing extra items that your assistant doesn’t have time for or may not understand, or just about anything you can think of!
Contact Chris or Tricia at The Prescott Group today to find out what we can do for you and to explore the ways our business can improve your business. Or you can go ahead and sign up for a few hours on our payments site.
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