Entrepreneurs and Dyslexia

Is Dyslexia causing problems and issues with running and planning your business?

Have you ever fancied having someone to help with answering your emails and composing your letters/responses?

Are you concerned that your response emails might not always make sense or worry about those words that don’t get picked up on your Spell Checker?

Is it taking you too long to read and answer your emails/correspondence – do you feel that it slows you down, causing irritation, when you really want to concentrate on the creative, planning, growing side of your business?

Are you immediately put off reading lengthy big documents, emails with long paragraphs and small writing? Missing out on information that could be really useful to your business…

There are a lot of people in business who have this common disability that need help with the day to day obstacles of reading, creating and answering their emails and enquiries – so that they can concentrate and channel all their energies on what they do best.

It can be easily done over the phone with the help of a virtual assistant – talking and explaining specifically what you want to say/reply to the person in the email. The composed reply email can be sent back to you as a word document so all you need to do is copy and paste, and send the reply email from yourself.

Any lengthy emails and documents that need reading and understanding and making sense of, as a conversation rather than reading material is easily done.

It can be made much better and clearer when spoken, taking away the stress and irritation which comes with having dyslexia.

How do I grow my business without having money available to spend on recruiting sales people?

Does this sound familiar…

How do I grow my business without having money available to spend on recruiting sales people?

You are a small business that seriously wants to grow, offering more services and products and employment to people

Wages are generally one of the biggest outgoing costs a business pays out

Banks are still causing issues with regards to providing overdrafts and loans to businesses that desperately need help to survive

So how do you find the finance to grow?

A common role most essential in any business is the ‘Sales Person’

If the business doesn’t have the available money/funds to pay the Sales Person in the first few months (settling in period before new sales start to come in) - how do they push the business forward to raise awareness and make more sales?

What current products or services does the business already sell, that doesn’t require the extra hire of a Sales Person?

Does the business have something else in place that generates the extra revenue?

You could look at hiring a Freelance Sales Person on an hourly rate instead?

You’re more likely to be in control of how much you can and can’t afford to spend each month instead of worrying about employment costs, paying all the extras on top.

Or you could try the commission only on a trial.

Once new jobs/sale of your products starts to come in - this should generate available money to spend more hours on the Freelance Sales Person.

As long as you watch your finances and make sure enough money is coming in to pay the Freelance Sales Person - this should work.

How I first started Virtual Administration

I started Virtual Administration in 2006 providing hourly rate virtual admin support to businesses – everything from general typing of reports, creating emails and mail merges, through to article writing, website editing, populating spreadsheets and databases and creating PowerPoint presentations.

With 18 years experience in business and local government administration - this was the obvious choice in career.

I could see a gap in the market where businesses and entrepreneurs who couldn't afford to employ a full time or part time administrator, didn't have the office space or spare office equipment and desperately needed to off-load the day to day admin tasks, to enable them to concentrate on what they loved doing in their own business.

Three and half years later I’m now training people UK wide to become freelance home working virtual assistants, helping them to build their own client base while working round the family commitments.

Virtual Working is definitely the future and of course saves businesses thousands of pounds in salary costs.

It’s a fantastic opportunity for people from an admin/secretarial background to use their expert skills and knowledge – as well as providing businesses and entrepreneurs with professional high quality business support.