Contributed post.
If you’ve given any thought to virtual assistants, it’s not unreasonable to wonder why you would pay someone to handle simple tasks you can easily do yourself. But there are several good reasons you may want to consider.
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Why would you need a receptionist to answer your business’ phone when you can do it yourself? Or when you’ve got a team of eager employees who can easily do it?
If only business, and life, were that simple. All sorts of events can keep you from answering the phone.
You may be in a meeting. You might be completing a project with a deadline looming. You could be travelling. You may have left your phone on silent and missed the call. These things happen.
But when you’ve missed an important call from a customer or possibly a prospect looking to spend money with you, that little missed call becomes a big deal.