Making Your Work Day Simpler!

A Normal Work Day

A normal work day of a business executive starts with managing his/her appointments for the day, following up on previous interactions, paying bills, calling and meeting clients and prospects, managing office finances, creating reports and documenting proposal etc, and all this on his/her own! This calls for serious abilities in self management which are limited when it comes to continuous improvement in productivity, performance and growth of the business. Due to this overloaded non-core activities that they essentially have to do, there is a lack of focus on the core competency of the individual, and leaves room for errors thus resulting in delays, non-conformances in deliveries etc. One may get help from the back office assistant, but not all may want to hire one.

The Back Office Activities:

With reference to the above, the following are some of the normal day"s activities that usually get supoorted by a back-office assistant.

. Creating and maintaining a database list for contacts, mailing, inventory, etc.

. Design and periodically updating web pages

. Design business cards, brochures, newsletters etc

. Planning and arranging meetings, social activities, etc.

. Reporting data "" sales reports, budgets etc.

. Personal and official travel management

. Other desktop publishing activities like letter writings, memos, manuals etc.

Outsourcing the Back Office:

In order to forego the problems of hiring a back office personal or business assistant, many small and large business owners are outsourcing their back office management to an external person or agency, who dedicate their time and resources to manage the activities mentioned above. These are called Virtual Back offices which manages the day to day activities of their clients.

The Virtual Business Assistant:

A dedicate resource at these virtual back offices are called the Virtual Business Assistant. A virtual Business Assistant is a trained professional who has experience in providing administrative support to an entrepreneur or business. The Virtual Business Assistant works as much as any office assistant. The virtual business assistant works out of his/her own premises and provides the service from offsite via offline and online modes of communications.

Benefits of Hiring a Virtual Business Assistant:

The Virtual assistant provides the time and space to focus on core activities like sales and marketing and deliveries while the back office is well managed, that too without any extra cost whatsoever. They can work at conveniently as and when required. They work on allotted periods like a project. Then there is the advantage of cost effectiveness as there are no recruitment costs or other employee benefits to be paid, plus the advantage to retain the services at competitive rates.

Your Very Own Virtual Assistant:

Connexxions group in Gurgaon offers the virtual Business assistant services out of their premises in Gurgaon and Jaipur in India. Their services are branded "VAssist247" and they aim to manage the clients" work-life balance. They offer these services to the global clientele with their teams working on client timelines and time zones. VAssist247 will soon be extended to other regions of the world, primarily Europe and the US, to cater to local clientele to provide ease of access to their very own Virtual Assistant.