You know how sometimes there just aren’t enough hours in the day to get everything done? In most nonprofit organizations, that’s the case. A neat way to get some help is to hire a Virtual Assistant or VA.

I have a couple of VAs who help me in my business.  Each gives me a few hours a week and each has specific skills.  One handles most of my techie stuff (help with my website, blog, etc.) and the other helps me with administrative stuff and everything non-techie.

Think about times when you could use extra help.  Could you use help getting press releases or your newsletter out?  Or help handling registration for an event?  Or help with grant research?  Someone who is skilled in these things working from their own home and communicating with you via telephone and email could save you a lot of time.  Many VAs offer services that are very affordably priced (think $25 to $50 per hour depending on their skills).

My VA Terri lives fairly close to me and has been a huge help to me this summer.  Not only has she handled things like mailing out books, researching things on the internet, and helping me launch my e-zine, but she has accompanied me to a couple of full-day events to sell my books.  Twice I’ve been invited to speak and been offered a vendor table to sell books. I knew there was no way I could do both. Enter Terri. She did a great job of manning my table for me and we had a great time in the car talking about managing our businesses.

You can learn more about Terri at www.avirtualbiz.com.