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One of the very first things I did after buying a website was to hire a virtual assistant. A virtual assistant is a person you contract to do administrative and other tasks for you. You never have to meet face to face. Virtual assistants perform tasks in their own home offices using their own equipment.

I hired a virtual assistant because, as a new website owner, I was completely overwhelmed with what needed to be done so I could start earning money from the site. At that point, I was getting very little sleep (for various reasons) and was stressed out. Besides, my virtual assistant knew much more about website maintenance and promotion than I did. One thing I learned from office work is to outsource tasks that you are not good at.

Was it a wise decision to hire a virtual assistant before I even started making any money from the site?

I think so. Not only did my virtual assistant complete the task faster than I could have (while I caught up on sleep and tended to my family). She also gave me advice on how to improve the site’s profitability. Sure, I ended up spending much more for the site than I had expected. But in the long run, it’s worth while.

The bottom line is, now that the site is more profitable, it will take me less time to recover my investment — including the virtual assistant’s fees — than if I had done the work myself.

Too bad we cannot predict the impact of hiring a virtual assistant to our profits!

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