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Small Business Owners Sustain Competitive Edge With
Virtual Assistance
Widespread use of the Internet and other communications
technologies is translating into smart economics for small
business owners and the innovative entrepreneurs who support
them. Virtual assistants build cyber relationships with clients
who want to spend less time administrating and more time doing
what they love.
Lethbridge, AB (PRWEB) May 24, 2005 -- For the small business
owner, the only thing more challenging than achieving success is
sustaining it. Administration and planning activities can start
to overwhelm the entrepreneur’s ability to generate revenue from
something that was once a passion. A virtual assistant, however,
can end the downward spiral for those who feel victimized by
their own success.
A virtual assistant, or “VA,” is an independent contractor who
provides administrative, technical, creative, or consulting
services to other businesses, usually from a home office. VAs
support their clients via the Internet, phone, fax and email.
Most VAs effectively partner with clients from a distance,
eliminating the need for onerous commutes and meetings.
In Canada, a VA may charge $35 per hour or more depending on his
or her skill level, professional experience, and the client’s
specific needs. This is considerably cheaper than using
conventional hired help. Benefits and overhead alone can
increase employees’ compensation by eighty-five per cent of
their salary.
According to Industry Canada, thirty-three per cent of
self-employed men and women work more than fifty hours per week.
As a business grows, so do the demands on the entrepreneur’s
time, cash flow, and ability to manage stress. Not only does
productivity suffer, but work-life balance also takes a hit.
Outsourcing to a virtual assistant can help the small business
owner restore a sense of normalcy and control within his or her
personal and professional life.
Karri Flatla, Lethbridge business woman, wife, and mother, saw a
need in the business community for skilled writing support and
enterprise planning. Drawing on her university degree and
breadth of work experience, she launched snap! virtual
assistance inc. Already accustomed to working at home as the
part-time business manager of her husband’s consulting firm,
Flatla knew she had something special to offer as a virtual
assistant.
She also knew that asking business people to “go virtual” would
not be an easy task. “Building relationships is what this
business is all about,” states Flatla. “Even the savviest
entrepreneur will need and want outside support at some point.
And a fresh perspective is simply invaluable in business.”
To find out more about this cutting edge industry, or to find
out how snap! virtual assistance inc. can help your own
operation, visit snap!’s website at www.snap-va.com.
About snap! virtual assistance inc:
snap! virtual assistance inc. is a business and project support
service firm that specializes in writing support, business
planning and analysis, and Internet research. Editing,
proofreading, spreadsheet design, and forecasting are a few of
the services snap! can accomplish virtually. snap!'s mission is
to facilitate high impact communications and enterprise planning
that enables small- and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) to meet
or exceed performance targets.
Contact:
Karri Flatla, Principal / Virtual Assistant
snap! virtual assistance inc.
403-394-6699
http://www.snap-va.com
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