When I first hired a virtual assistant I was very skeptical about it. I didn’t have the time in the day to get through my work let alone spend time trying to train someone who wasn’t even in the same room as me how to help me.
Then one day I looked at the 300 plus emails in the two inboxes I had to manage on top of all my other work and I knew I just couldn’t do it alone any longer.
Once I’d gone through the interview process and found my outsource virtual assistant I have to say I was bewildered at how this was ever going to work. Thankfully, my VA trained me with a little bit of help and after two months of working together daily and making processes, we were flying!!
Hire a Virtual Assistant
Hiring my own virtual assistant literally changed my working life and gave me so much room for the most important parts of the business. Rather than going through 300 emails that took up 90% of my day, I had 22 to attend to that my new VA wasn’t sure how to deal with.
Now, 4 years later I wouldn’t know what I’d do without her! My outsource VA and I work together all day communicating tasks and where we’re at, what needs to be done and what’s been dealt with.
We’re a pretty big company now servicing 9 countries around the world and my VA literally looks after all the day-to-day accounts, reconciling Xero, invoicing once a month in 9 different currencies using 6 different payment platforms.
She is my right hand who sets up my work for the day making sure I don’t miss deadlines or meetings. She even goes through the first round of recruiting weeding out applicants who don’t meet up to standard before they get to meet with me.
If you’ve ever thought what it would be like to hire a VA and had doubts, I’d love to say mine is a success story and you should absolutely go for it. For a fraction of the cost for a local resource, I have a Virtual Assistant who can do exactly the same things and more, with greater reliability and a much more enthusiastic engagement.
If you’re looking for a Virtual Assistant in Australia, reach out and let’s chat.
