6 Tips to Effectively Work with Your Virtual Assistant
- Empowering Entrepreneurs
- Feb 29, 2020
- 2 min read
Time and cost are major considerations for every entrepreneur. Where you place them should always have the return towards achieving your goal towards the success you are aiming at. Both time and cost are spent for when you hire a professional or a team to help you out in your business.
Hiring a Virtual Assistant is meant to help you not just in productivity but in giving you more time to focus on the essentials of the business and in cost, it should save you more dollars compared to you hiring a physical office-based assistant. Let’s consider you’ve done the hiring and now ready to start the delegation of project or tasks, how do you maintain an effective relationship with them?
Set clear expectations. And yes, don’t make any assumptions. Virtual assistants can do as many tasks you delegate so long as it doesn’t require them physically to be present. When delegating, give very clear and distinct instructions on the tasks.
Automate where you can. Having a Virtual Assistant means you can actually eliminate manual tasks and use online apps or tools to maximize their productivity. For example you need to transcribe a video, you can get an online transcriber and just have the VA proofread and correct a few words.
Store everything in the cloud. Anytime you need something, you can save both your time in getting the file. Also, this will make sure you can easily transfer files to each other real time.
Compliment a job well done. Praise is important in anyone’s growth so if you tell your VA they did a good job, it will definitely make them feel accomplished and motivated.
Pay on time. Having their wages as contracted will keep them focused at tasks.
Stay realistic. Be real not only in setting deadlines but the fact that they are humans who can’t make magic on every task you send their way.
In every relationship, it helps to be transparent, open and yes, to have fun! So while you maximize the use of your Virtual Assistant, support each other’s personal growth too!
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