Whenever you start up your business you may realise from very early on or come slowly to the realisation that to make it grow you cant do everything by yourself ! And nor should you. If you take the time out to do the maths of how much money you are actually saving yourself by -building your own website -creating all your own social media posts -doing all the bookkeeping by yourself , you will soon realise you arent saving any at all and its time to get someone in who can do it in half the time and possibly half the price.

I thought on St Valentine’s Day it was apt to list the 14 reasons why you might love to hire a Virtual Assistant! And if you have another reason, you can let me know yours!

1. Your virtual assistant is always available even if they aren’t physically sitting beside you

2. Once boundaries are established with your virtual assistant at the start he/she will stick to them

3. Your virtual assistant can be your dumping ground /sounding board for all your ideas

4. You don’t have to buy your virtual assistant gifts for their birthdays/Christmas (unless you want to!)

5. You don’t have to worry about your virtual assistant getting stuck in traffic or bad weather

6. You don’t have to think about making office space for your virtual assistant

7. You don’t have to order a computer or any office equipment for your virtual assistant

8. You don’t have to stress about setting up payroll or pension or sick pay for your virtual assistant

9. You don’t need to employ an HR consultant if things go wrong with your virtual assistant

10. Your virtual assistant will always be faithful and respect your business as much as he/she respects their own

11. As a business owner your virtual assistant understands how challenging and rewarding it is to be a business owner

12. Your virtual assistant will work hard for you

13. Your virtual assistant will not suck your mental space (hopefully) but instead free your time

14. Your virtual assistant because of their wide network can connect you to lots of other fabulous business owners

“How do I love thee, let me count the ways” is a line from the 43rd sonnet of Sonnets from the Portuguese, a collection of 44 love sonnets written by Elizabeth Barrett Browning and you can read the full poem here.

And if you are a virgin at outsourcing to a Virtual Assistant and just dont know where to start,download my 8 step guide on how to find/communicate/work with your ideal one.