How a Virtual Assistant Can Help Your Business During the Coronavirus Pandemic

We’re living in unprecedented times. Unemployment has spiked, businesses are closing, and “social distancing” has entered the global lexicon. What’s next for businesses like yours? Unfortunately, only time can tell.
But we do know that there are some key issues that every businessperson across the world has to think about:

• Small business owners are going to be faced with tough decisions. Do you scale back your full-time workforce? Do you scale back their hours? 
• Even in open businesses, social distancing is changing how we interact. How do you make up the time lost and keep the business running in a remote economy?
• How can you leverage low-cost investments to help ensure the business remains profitable while your employees are furloughed, working from home, or working reduced hours?

One potential answer: virtual assistants (VAs).

• If you know that your business can’t maintain its usual staffing, VAs can help you keep the business afloat while you work to buoy your company.
• No matter what your current policy is with full-time employees, one thing is clear: you can best serve them by making sure they have a business they can come back to.

Virtual assistants who help with marketing, administration, communication, sales, data, and research can help keep the business afloat, even if you’re not able to lean on full-time employees with your reduced revenue.
These will be tough times for employees who depend on your business. But if you can grow a more flexible workforce through the use of VAs, you might just be able to weather the storm.