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Are You Spending Your Time Wisely?

Struggling to increase your production? Don't have the time to follow up on all of your leads? Can't afford a full time assistant but still want to increase your production? If you answered "yes" to any of these questions, then you might want to consider hiring a Virtual Assistant!!

VA's are well-trained support professionals who work as independent contractors from their own office and provide a host of customized services. Although their services may seem a little expensive at first, the level of expertise they bring to the job is well worth it. Even better, you're only charged for the time you use. Because VAs are independent contractors, you don't have to worry about workman's comp or any other the other challenges you face when you hire a traditional "employee" assistant to work in your office.

What types of services can you expect from your VA? Since VAs are not usually licensed, they will not be able to show property or attend closings. Where a great VA shines, however, is in keeping you in front of buyers and sellers while they attend to the chores you hate to do. Here's a list of just some of the things a VA can do for your business.

  1. Put together and publish your Email Newsletter
  2. Post your new listings to the web including setting up your virtual tours.
  3. Keep your website up-to-date and respond to web inquiries.
  4. Set up the autoresponders on your website so you can be more efficient in responding to web leads.
  5. Conduct lead follow-up and help you stay in touch regularly with your referral database. Most VAs have no problem tracking hundreds (even thousands) of people in your database.
  6. Monitor which aspects of your business are profitable and which aspects are losing money. This can include everything from evaluating your marketing spend to making sure the services you pay for are competitive.
  7. Keep you abreast of the latest trends and ideas on the web to give you a competitive edge against other agents.
  8. Oversee your transactions including coordinating inspectors, repair people, and closings.
  9. Set up appointments.
  10. Complete CMAs
  11. Coordinate closings
Be a resource in solving your problems. The best VAs belong to organizations such as the International Virtual Assistance Association (IVAA) www.ivaa.org or www.AssistU.com. When one of them has a challenge and doesn't know where to find the answer, they put it out to the group. Instead of one person helping to solve your problem, you literally have access to hundreds. If you're concerned about the cost or are nervous about delegating activities, start slowly. Your VA is actually trained how to coach you to work best with them. In most cases, your VA is ready to take over what you hate long before you're ready to let go of it. As you let go of all those headaches (your VA usually is very good at doing what you absolutely hate to do), don't be surprised at how this investment reaps rewards much greater than you could have ever anticipated!

To learn more about Virtual Assistance, contact Z57 and ask to speak with a senior client consultant or click here and we will contact you.

To contact Bernice Ross please email her at bernice@realestatecoach.com.

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