Maneet Puri |
Maneet Puri is the director of LeXolution IT Services, a professional Knowledge Process Outsourcing Company based in India that provides its clients with efficient administrative
support and business support functions. Apart from this, the company
also provides a host of other virtual assistance, data entry, data processing and management services. |
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Virtual Assistance Services For EntrepreneursManeet Puri
April 07, 2009
Virtual assistance is an emerging service by many KPO service
providers. Virtual assistants are skilled professionals who work on the
assigned processes over the internet without being physically present
at the office premises. You can virtual help for just any kind of work,
from specialized web needs to regular data processing tasks. Virtual assistance offer advantages to entrepreneurs, especially the
ones who struggle with the intention to do everything by themselves.
When it comes to hiring virtual assistance, many entrepreneurs believe
that the investment costs would exceed the revenue generation. However,
thats not the case. During the course of the business, you
will realize how immensely helpful the services of a virtual assistant
can be. In fact, with a little of their help you can actually make more
money. Not only do you get things done speedily but also save time to
invest in other tasks. Here are some things that a virtual assistant can help you with. Following Business Leads As an entrepreneur, you will have with you a stack of business cards
that would have been collected over time but never followed up. Each
business card is actually a lead for your business. And following them
will definitely get you business. They are your industry audience after
all. Hire a virtual assistant who can personally follow up each of the
cards and contact them to inform about your business. This will not
only save you time but you can be assured that your prospective clients
are being followed up regularly to become actual clients. Promotion of Products and Services Your business will only succeed if you advertise and popularize your
products and service over the internet. And the most effective way you
can do this is by hiring a virtual assistant to post the marketing
material regarding your products and services to other websites Affiliate Management Affiliate programs are one of the most powerful marketing techniques.
However, it requires dedication and persistence and can get quite
overwhelming if you manage it all alone. A virtual assistant who has
enough experience in the field can carry out the process diligently and
get you increased revenues. Email Marketing Another
efficient way of marketing your products and services online is through
online marketing. And just like the former, it requires enough
persistence as well. Hire a virtual assistant who can manage all the
email marketing campaigns for you while you can concentrate on more
revenue generating channels. Blogging & Social Networking Blogging
and social networking are two great ways to carry out an informal
dialogue with your industry audience and get you valuable insight into
their needs and preferences. However, it can very time consuming to
update your blog regularly and participate actively on social
networking websites. . Hire a freelance blogger and delegate the
responsibility of maintaining the blogs. Event Planning Planning an event, be it a meeting or conference can be a daunting task
that involves a lot of coordination and planning. Virtual assistants
can help you plan an event by contacting all the point persons and
informing them about the same. Moreover, they can also post the event
details on various websites to increases its visibility. This will
increase your list size and boost the chances of potential sales.
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