We are halfway through summer, a joyful time with sunny bright days, and beautiful scenery to explore. Businesses in the U.S. are fully open or are preparing to come back after more than a year of lockdowns and trying conditions. For restaurants, retail, entertainment, and service industries the opportunities to bring back customers can be like a breath of fresh air. If you’re a business owner in one of these industries, you are probably excited and nervous at the same time. You may need to quickly scale up your services to accommodate all of the people who are anxious to go back to shopping, traveling, dining out, and seeing live performances. Yet, you may have lost some (or all) of your staff due to pandemic cutbacks or attrition. The news is full of stories about businesses that cannot find enough staff for jobs such as serving and cooking food, washing dishes, taking tickets, and managing the exterior of a property. You may be trying to fill all of these roles yourself, particularly while coming out of lockdown and trying to make up for lost time and revenue. Although certain jobs require staff to be physically present, there are many ways in which having a Virtual Assistant (VA) can help. Keeping a small retail or service business going at any time requires administrative responsibilities as well as having staff on the ground.
- VAs can help with hiring and managing staff schedules, bookkeeping, marketing, emails and more.
- VAs may be experienced with running your type of business behind the scenes so that you can be physically present for your staff when needed
- VAs may even be able to allow you to take some time off and take advantage of the summer to get outdoors, attend special events, and spend time with your family and friends.
- VAs are there to take things off your plate so you can enjoy your work, celebrate this summer, and be successful with whatever goals you have.
You deserve congratulations on re-opening or keeping your business going during some very difficult times. If you’re ready to talk about your needs, you can learn more here. 