Have you considered scaling back some of your in-house functions, from marketing to administration, in order to reduce payroll and overhead costs? There’s a lot that can be accomplished online today, without paying full-time employees salaries, benefits and the overhead it takes to keep employees in house.
Here are three ways you can cut expenses while keeping your operating procedures running smoothly.
- Teleconferencing/Webinars. Rather than hosting a pricey press conference at a posh hotel to announce a new product launch, why not host a Webinar instead? A webinar will permit you to expand your audience beyond what can fit in a hotel meeting room, so you can invite influential bloggers along with the mainstream media. Save travel costs and time.
- Administrative work. A Virtual Assistant can do anything your in-house office manager can do, except maybe pick up coffee and donuts for the morning meeting. Virtual assistants cost less, and many VAs today are also skilled writers, social media experts and consultants, so you’re getting someone with knowledge beyond just running your office. Be careful when hiring a VA—you want someone based in the U.S. who is available during office hours.
- Online bookkeeping. A virtual bookkeeping firm can save you thousands of dollars in real costs, time and headaches every year. When you hire a virtual bookkeeper through AccountingDepartment.com, it is our job—not yours—to train and manage your full-charge bookkeeper and the rest of your accounting department. You’ll save on overhead, salaries, and benefits. And you’ll have the peace of mind knowing your U.S.-based bookkeeper is working when you need them.
