Expand Your Virtual Assistant Services Uses Subcontractors

By 1ClickProfitSt | August 12th, 2010

How do subcontractors help you offer more virtual assistant services and obtain more clients?

As you build a successful home based business, you will get to a place where you simply don’t have enough hours in your day to deal with all of the projects you want to work on. You will also realize you are missing some of the skills required for all of the tasks your clients want to have you handle.

Have you already had to turn away new clients or agreed to a project you were not competent in with unsuccessful results? All virtual assistants encounter these challenges at some point, so do not let it discourage you.

Here are three ways subcontractors can be a good boost to your business:

1. Subcontractors Can Help You Get More Done

Why not let a subcontractor support you with extra work you can’t do?. For instance, let’s say you arrange 20 hours of work in one week for clients. By hiring a subcontractor, you can schedule in more clients for another twenty hours of work that week.

Your subcontractor will charge you a smaller amount than what your client is paying, as a result you will make a profit on the tasks your subcontractor performs for you. You are basically turning over projects to your subcontractor, overseeing their work and communicating directly with your client.

2. Subcontractors Have Skills You Lack

Hiring subcontractors with a complementary skill set can also help you expand your virtual assistant services. If you specialize in blogging or search engine marketing, you could use a subcontractor who specializes in web design to improve your client’s website or build a new site.. This situation allows your client to stay with you, the Virtual Assistant they trust, while allowing you to meet more of your client’s needs. This means more money for you, money for the subcontractor and happier clients.

3. Using Subcontractors Mean Less Paperwork

Subcontractors also come with a nice set of benefits that you wouldn’t get from using employees. Subcontractors handle their own equipment, office and are already well trained in their services. The subcontractor is also responsible for her own taxes, sets her own hours and is typically self-motivated. You only pay her for the actual work she does and you are also usually not her only client. You can usually count on a good subcontractor to provide top quality work because, like you, they are also a business owner and want to protect their reputation…as well as yours.

You do need to be sure you are using a proper legal contract with a subcontractor.

A disadvantage to using an employee is you will have to provide office space, equipment, training and additional expenses beyond their salary. While there are excellent employees, there are also plenty who are not nearly as motivated as you to build your business and protect your reputation.. You would also need to set her hours and pay her for the hours she is “on the clock” even if she’s reading a book half the time. In other words, if there is no work, you still have to pay the employee While an employee can be an outstanding asset for your business, they also come with extra hassles like training, discipline, and time consuming paperwork for payroll and taxes.

These are just three key reasons you ought to consider hiring subcontractors to expand your virtual assistant services and grow your business.

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