This document discusses administrative consultants, who provide virtual administrative support to clients. Key points include: - Administrative consultants are independent contractors who specialize in tasks like correspondence, bookkeeping, form development, and event planning to support clients remotely. - Hiring an administrative consultant can save businesses money compared to hiring employees, as consultants charge hourly rates without additional costs like benefits or office space. - Rates for administrative consultants typically range from $15-70 per hour and they work on either a pay-as-you-go or monthly retainer basis depending on a client's needs.

1. Administrative Consultant
“Virtual Assistance
At Your Fingertips”

2. What You Will Learn
• Take-aways
– What is an Administrative Consultant?
– What are the benefits of Hiring a Consultant.
– What kind of work and services do consultants do?
– What do Administrative Consultants typically charge?
– Final Thoughts

3. Jobs That Won’t Return
• Many unemployed will find the types of jobs they once had simply don't
exist anymore.
– This is particularly true of secretaries and mailroom clerks that advances in
information technology have made less necessary
– The ranks of people doing office and administrative work have fallen 10.1%
since the recession began," says Massachusetts Institute of Technology
economist David Autor.1
• Automation of office and administrative tasks and elimination of
secretaries in the office has led many in that field to apply their skills
‘virtually’ by starting their own virtual home-based business.
• However, day-to-day tasks still need to be done.
– More time spent on daily tasks means less time is spent on growing and
expanding businesses.
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read more at http://finance.yahoo.com/career-work/article/108558/even-in-a-recovery-some-jobs-wont-return

4. What is an Administrative
Consultant?
• Administrative Consultants are THE Administrative
Experts!
– They specialize in providing you with the right-hand
administrative support and guidance you need to keep your
business organized, humming along smoothly and moving
forward. They are agents of your success!
Used with permission from the Administrative Consultants Association

5. What is an Administrative
Consultant? (cont)
• Highly skilled, professional, independent contractors
• A person who supports a client, across the board, administratively
and personally without being geographically
present in the client's location.
• Help small businesses expand their
business instead of dealing with administration duties.
• A cost-effective alternative because you only pay them when they
work.
• And – services are tax deductible
– ( Please refer to http://www.irs.gov/publications/p535/ch01.html for more information
about tax deductions).

6. Who Are They?
• Entrepreneurs who own and operate solo businesses (also
known as a solopreneur).
• Micro-business owners who provide administrative and
personal support while working in long-term collaborative
relationships with only a handful of terrific clients.
• Offer additional creative or technical services
for additional fees.
• Using phone, fax and email, they support clients
without having to step foot inside the clients' offices.

7. Where do AC’s Work?
• From their own offices – anywhere in the
world - that's one of the reasons their
service is so convenient.
– Because they are running their own businesses,
• Furnish their own equipment, software and tools.
• Most of your work together won't require anything more
complicated than simply emailing or faxing each other.

8. Who Hires an AC?
• The simple answer:
– Consultants (marketing, sales, • What professions can you think
management, corporate, of where a small business owner
etc.), would need support? The list is
– coaches, limitless!
– professional speakers,
– CPA's,
– attorneys,
– writers,
– photographers,
– authors,
– professional athletes,

9. Is an AC Right For You?
• Your success is dependent upon your clients’ satisfaction. Can
you deliver fast enough?
• Demand is growing, but do you have the support system to
handle it?
– Ask yourself if you:
• Skip appointments because you run out of time?
• Have lots of projects, but, aren’t sure where to begin?
• Find producing superior quality in high quantity
burdensome?
• Find details are getting you down?
• Falling further behind as each day passes?
• Want to get your old life back, but can’t because
of the paperwork?
– These are all signs to help you identify if you need an
Administrative Consultant.

10. Why Hire an AC?
• A few of the best reasons business owners choose to
work with Administrative Consultants:
– Want skilled administrative support, but don't have the space or
equipment for an in-house assistant;
– Prefer to work alone and don't want another person in their "space;”
– The administrative workload isn't large enough to justify the expense
of an in-house assistant.

11. What’s so Great About
Hiring an AC? (cont)
• You only pay for time on task.
• No office space, equipment, furniture, supplies, or training is required.
• Your Administrative Consultant is always available to handle your seasonal
or special, one-time projects.
• Knows your business and brings that knowledge to each and every
assignment (temporary staffing solutions can’t provide that kind of
consistency and reliability).
• Self-employed so you don’t have the burden of employer social security
taxes, FICA taxes, worker’s compensation insurance, and unemployment
taxes.

12. Benefits of Hiring an AC
By Getting the Right Help
Less Stress More Energy
More Focus Stronger Foundation
Increased Profits
More Time Faster Progress

13. Benefits of Hiring
an AC (cont)
• Benefits (cont.)
You won’t have to pay a secretary to actually be in your physical office
location.
• You won’t have to pay benefits
• You will not need to place only one area of responsibility on your
secretary—virtual assistants are experts in multiple areas.
• You’ll be able to utilize all forms of digital services, including social media
and websites, blogs, etc. Some virtual assistants can set these up and
manage them for you.
• You’ll ultimately save a lot of money because you will be free to focus on
your company affairs, rather than babysitting everyday tasks.

14. What Kind of Work
do ACs do?
• An Administrative Consultant's core practice consists of
administrative or clerical tasks.
– However, many Administrative Consultants offer additional specialties
that fall under various other categories, such as marketing, website
development or maintenance, creative and technical services, etc.
• They do the administrative work that would normally take your
time, energy and attention away from the work that makes you
money.
– You get a higher caliber of administrative
knowledge, expertise and service than
you would generally find in a temp, or
even an employee in many cases.

15. What Services are
Available?
• Services can include, but are not
limited to:
 Writing, Editing, and Proofreading  Simple Desktop Publishing
 Correspondence  Brochure & Flyer Design
 Mail Merge & mass mailings  Bookkeeping /Quickbooks
 Excel Spreadsheets,  Simple Newsletter Design
 Data Entry & Database Management  Business Card Design
 Forms Development  Event Planning
 PowerPoint Presentations  Travel Arrangements
 Transcription  Travel & Expense Reporting
 Special Project Coordination  Internet Research
 Executive & Personal Assistant Services  Scheduling
(local only)

16. Do AC’s Do Other Things?
• Every Administrative Consultant brings unique talents to the
table.
• Many Administrative Consultants offer additional services
that complement their core administrative support services.
– Virtual Assistance is, first and foremost, administrative in nature.
– Not all Administrative Consultants can/will do web design,
bookkeeping, copywriting, or graphic design. ( These services should be
discussed with your Administrative Consultant during your initial consultation.)

17. What do AC’s charge?
• Rates are set independently.
• Hourly rates can range from $15 up to $70
an hour (sometimes more), depending upon
the expertise and services required.
• Consultants can work on individual projects,
(Pay-as-you-Go); or monthly retainer.
– Your Consultant may also offer other types of
discounted packages which can be discussed
during your initial consultation.
YOU GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR

18. Why Do Rates Seem High?
• Statistics show that employees actually cost 2 to 2-1/2 times
their rate of pay when one factors in the following costs:
– recruitment
– base salary
– employment taxes
– mandatory insurance
– benefits
– space
– Equipment
• Variables are more difficult to price:
– time lost on socializing,
– the risk of lawsuits,
– personality conflicts.

19. How Can Consultants
Save You Money?
• By hiring an Administrative Consultant, you pay considerably
less and eliminate the expense of hiring an employee.
• Contracting out (or outsourcing) is a cost-effective way to
handle office and administrative tasks.

20. Final Thoughts
• In today’s economy, Administrative Consultant’s are the wave of
the future
• You’ll pay considerably less for an Administrative Consultant,
thereby saving you money in the long run
• When you outsource, you eliminate the expense of office space,
equipment expense, employee oversight, payroll and employee
benefits.
• Your Consultant works with you as your 'partner‘ - helping your
business succeed.
• Overall, a Consultant is the professional you call when you need
skilled administrative support and hiring an employee is not an
option.

21. “Virtual Assistance
-
At Your Fingertips”
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