Did you know that according to the US Small Business Administration, there are no Canadian statistics on this, and trust me, I’ve looked; the average small business owner spends up to 40% of their time on routine administrative tasks.
Some business owners who have tracked their time actually found they were spending 60% of their own time on administrative work, time that should be spent planning, strategizing, marketing and business development in order to generate revenue.
Now we all know that administrative work is a very important aspect of a small business and it keeps a business running smoothly, but we all dislike doing it.
As a business owner 80% of your time should be spent focusing on building and growing your business not doing your own administrative work.
And let’s face it, we’re all guilty of putting off those dreaded administrative tasks whether it’s because we can’t stand doing them or we simply don’t know how, which ends up taking more time as we try to figure it out how to do it for ourselves.
So we get frustrated and keep putting them off and before we know it we go into our office one morning and there it is that dreaded mountain of admin work that’s screaming at us to get done and we’re so focused on getting these tasks done that the bread and butter part of our business has been neglected and there is no revenue coming in.
The bottom line is your business will never grow beyond where it is at that point unless you get support. The more administrative tasks you eliminate from your plate, the more profitable, streamlined and successful your business will become.
And that’s where the services of a Virtual Assistant can benefit you. Think of a VA as your right hand person helping you to succeed in your business.
Stay tuned to find out how!
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