Benefits of a Virtual Office

Can you remember learning all about your profession at college or university? Or going through a lengthy apprenticeship? Or even building up your business from nothing? Whichever route you took, it no doubt involved months and months of hard work. But it was worth it, because you’ve achieved expertise and you’re in demand.

So why are you spending half the day responding to emails, making calls and chasing invoices?

It’s because you don’t have the staff to do it for you.

And why is that? Lack of premises, the burden of costs and extra administration are common reasons. And they are good reasons, too, especially for smaller companies.

Or perhaps you normally have the staff but you’re short because of holidays, sickness or maternity leave. Whatever the reason, the fact is that you are doing tasks that don’t bring in any money. With only 24 hours in a day, the time you spend doing them can’t always be made up with early starts, late nights and weekend sessions. And if you try, it impacts upon your social and family life and even your health.

Thanks to virtual assistance, you just got bigger

Enter the virtual assistant! These heroes of business and personal management can take on the jobs that are slowing you down and seamlessly integrate themselves into your daily tasks. Take Time employ staff from a wide range of disciplines that make up the operation of a modern business.

As and when you need us

One of the reasons you’re doing all these non-core tasks is because they don’t take long enough to justify employing someone. Look at it this way: if you need a window fixing, you hire a glazier – you don’t employ one full-time just in case a window breaks. It’s exactly the same with other small and infrequent jobs. It saves money. Plus, attempting to tackle jobs you’re unfamiliar with can result in time-consuming re-dos.

Isn’t it expensive?

If our services were not highly competitively priced, we’d be out of business. In other words, if we were more costly to our clients than employing staff, it would defeat the object. So you economise in two ways – in the amount you pay per hour and in the number of hours you employ staff for.

Buy in some expertise

How many of the jobs you’re taking on yourself are you actually qualified for? Next time you’re proofreading a letter to an important client, for example, ask yourself if you are 100% sure you understand the rules of grammar, punctuation and syntax. Having jobs done by professionals in their fields maintains quality and ensures accuracy. And don’t forget that people who do these jobs for a living will also be much quicker and will therefore improve your turnaround. If you spend more time on the Help page than you do on the spreadsheet, it’s time to hire some expertise.

Maximise your profits

You are in business to earn a living. Customers pay for your time. The more time you spend working on profit-making tasks, the better.

Speed up your work

Imagine you’re doing a job that involves a bit of research and writing, an hour of spreadsheet work and some data entry. And while you’re doing this the phone is ringing and the inbox is filling up. If this all sounds like 7 hours’ work, it’s because you’re doing it all yourself, end to end. Now imagine that they are being done simultaneously. Suddenly it’s down to two hours. Cue the next job!

Make our services your services

Because you can rely on Take Time to do your job on time and on budget, you can even incorporate our services into your quote. It’s just the same as a mechanic incorporating parts as well as labour into a quote. It won’t cost you a thing, but will let you take on much larger tasks than would otherwise be possible.

Saving your time, money and reputation

So as you can see, sending some of your work to Take Time means you can do more work, do it better and do it quicker. That’s why our clients use us. And it’s the way we do business ourselves – keeping our costs down and passing on the savings to you.