The need to build a business with a virtual team is a natural consequence of globalization. This is an important component of the free market. Virtual assistants, service providers or independent contractors function as an extended arm from our clients and mingle with their work and their team smoothly.
Building your business with a virtual team leads to many advantages.
You increase your capacity a lot of folds because you have skilled and highly educated people to help you with marketing, execution, administration, business intelligence and whatever you always do but don’t know how and when to do it.
You pay just what you get. You don’t pay the time spent looking busy, gossiping, taking a break or an unproductive time. Another aspect that is not realized by many people is that you also do not pay taxes, insurance, space, equipment, office supplies, holiday times or other suburban benefits. What you pay for is the result.
If the relationship does not work, there are no additional costs associated. Unlike the concerns related to ending an employee, the virtual team comes without commitment. I always say it’s like switching from staples to the max office. When you decide it doesn’t work, continue to the next one.
There are more values and experiences related to virtual providers. Providers may have engineers, management consultants, published writers, researchers and people with international experience technology for decades in the industry all available at affordable rates. Many business improvement strategies and performance are given during team meetings because providers already have experience working with businesses like yours.
Here are some tips on how to build your business with a virtual team.
Identification of the area where the assistant or virtual team will be useful
The business process consists of activities that are time to be billed and high-value or cannot be billed and low value. Using virtual providers for high costs, activity contributes low value will not only save your time, but also save your money in the long run.
Choose your virtual provider very carefully
The internet has allowed anyone to pose as an expert and pretend to have resources that they did not have while hiding their real intentions. Cyberspace is full of artists con-after night that has a lot of false identity and geographical addresses if there is.
The first thing to do is ask for testimonials and references that you can verify. See prospective prospective skills and values. Talk to them and measure themselves their knowledge and claims. Give them a small task before moving to a larger one that can affect your business process. It is even possible to start with a trial period.
Don’t just look for the lowest price
You know what they say, “You get what you pay for”. The cheapest price is not always the best choice for you. A successful provider tends to have sufficient business and will not provide services at the lowest level. In addition, even if he agrees, everyone who has provided a better price to the same provider will have your preference for allocating skilled people from the team to you and according to your work priority.
Give clear instructions and special milestones for each task
Don’t assume anything. Give a very detailed step-by-step instructions accompanied by a follow-up phone call or with a screenshot or video catch that shows the screenshot. Also, set deadlines for each activity. Show sample previous works that are similar. Ask some job samples done to show that they have a good understanding of what you want. Most of the quality problems come from do not provide clear instructions and provider doubtful to ask questions because you have not encouraged them to do it.
