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Default Outsourcing: the secret to small business success
When you're a solopreneur, micro or small business every minute counts. By outsourcing your administrative and secretarial tasks you'll free up valuable time and can concentrate on your core business, plus it's easier and more cost effective than taking on staff.

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The three main advantages of outsourcing are:

Reduced overheads

From office space to computer equipment and business running costs, you'll save on them all.

Virtual Assistants provide their own equipment and work from their own premises.

Reduced staff salaries

If you have staff you're paying for productive time AND downtime. All those coffee breaks, lunch breaks and chats by the water-cooler add up, and that's before you add on holidays and sick leave. And if you want your staff to keep up to date with the latest technology you'll need to invest in regular training.

Virtual Assistants are highly skilled and keep themselves up to date with the latest industry changes. Plus, you only ever pay for the time spent on your tasks.

Increased revenue

Add up the savings on overheads, staff salaries etc. and you'll quickly discover that by outsourcing your administrative and secretarial tasks your bottom line will increase.


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Entrepreneurs can spend up to 40 percent of their precious day engaged in necessary but time-consuming administrative tasks.
When they outsource some non-core activities to a Virtual Assistant, they can indeed focus on more lucrative work.
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