How many times have you had to stop doing what you do best, whether it’s writing, designing, or meeting with prospects or clients, and you had to do something else because there was no one else to do it? Those time-consuming, nagging projects, like typing, filing, social media or stuffing envelopes, need to be done but you hate doing them. You might not even know how to do them or you might not ha
ve the staff or your administrative assistant is on vacation or ill. You may think that doing it all yourself is saving you money. But just think how much more time you could spend meeting prospects or making those revenue-generating phone calls if you outsourced those nagging administrative tasks to an experienced Secretarial Service. We at Astra Secretarial Specialists provide professional administrative, technical, or creative (social) assistance to clients – usually other independent entrepreneurs and small businesses
We are experienced professionals who know the quickest and best way to complete tasks. Therefore, what may take you hours to complete, may only take us minutes, saving you time and money. With Astra Secretarial doing the work, it enables to you do your revenue-generating tasks that you are trained for. The following is a list of just a few of the duties that can be taken “off your plate” and given a Secretarial Professional:
1. Desktop Publishing: have your flyers, business cards, brochures, letterhead and envelopes designed and printed
2. Internet Research: find material for a book, article or research local business owners
3. Mail-Merge: format letters and labels for a mailing using your client and/or prospect list
4. Phone Calls: schedule appointments, flight and hotel arrangements, follow-up phone calls
5. Social Media: Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn accounts can be set up. Profiles and business pages can be created and updates can be posted daily.
6. Stuffing Envelopes: Complete the mailing by folding and inserting the letters into envelopes, affixing the mailing labels, return address labels and postage and sealing the envelopes.
7. Word Processing: proposals, agreements, letters, forms, interrogatories, orders, documents
With all these responsibilities and possibly others taken “off your plate,” you will be less stressed, more organized and free to do what you do best, which is generating up to 60% more revenue for your business.
