When you first started your business what was your goal?

• To help your clients?
• To make more money?
• To do what you love?
• To achieve a better work/life balance?
• To work flexible hours to suit your lifestyle?
• To spend more time with your family?

Has running your business made your dreams a reality? If not, what has got in the way?

The big question, do you run your business or does your business run you?

If your business runs you it may be time to outsource some of your workload to the Virtual Assistant.

Here are 5 signs that you may be ready to work with a VA.

1. You’re working all hours to get through your ever increasing to-do list without actually making any money.
2. You’re struggling to meet deadlines for your client workload.
3. You’re having to learn new skills which aren’t centred around your core business activities.
4. You’re wasting your expertise on the day to day running of your business.
5. Your personal life is suffering.

If you think it’s time to start working with a Virtual Assistant there are three steps to working out what support you need.

1. Write a list of all the tasks you currently do.
2. Select the ones which are the best use of your time and expertise.
3. Select those which are the biggest time drains or the ones that give you the biggest headaches.

Chances are you could outsource many of the tasks identified in step 3 to a virtual assistant, allowing you to concentrate on those which are a better use of your time.

I hope this post has been helpful to you.

Coming soon… How to find the right Virtual Assistant for you and your business.