Smarter Office Blog

We’ve all heard the saying, “Jack of all trades, master of none.” As a small business owner, it’s a statement that might make you chuckle a bit — you’d love to be a master of one single thing, rather than try to learn about all of the minutia of running a company.

Congratulations! You’ve launched your new business and now it’s time to get operations humming along smoothly. So, what’s the next step? 

Too much to do and not enough of you to go around? Too many distractions (think email, social media, text messages) keeping you from checking things off your to-do list?

Recently, a new type of assistant has emerged — virtual digital assistants (VDAs). VDAs are “automated software applications or platforms that assist the human user through understanding natural language in written or spoken form”.

Accountants spend endless hours looking for ways to save money for their clients. Unfortunately, many fail to recognize some effective ways to cut their own operational costs. By allowing accounting entrepreneurs to offload critical tasks, a virtual assistant can drastically increase productivity and allow professionals to focus on the things that matter most.