Research can be hugely time-consuming but is an absolute necessity when making informed decisions and presenting evidence.

Love it or loathe it, thorough research is the bedrock on which good decisions are made. After all if you do not have all the facts to hand how can you be sure you have made the right decision?

Business research can take on many forms and is an important part of growth and establishing a place in the market.

Studying shopper habits to promote sales, investigating more efficient production methods, finding more effective software or analysing competition all take dedicated research.

Finding the time to do that research and to do it well can be incredibly challenging. Here are five reasons why it makes sense to ask a virtual PA to take on that research project on your behalf:

Deadlines

The search for answers can appear endless – and indeed that search could be endless without a strict timeframe and objectives being put in place and followed.

In asking a virtual PA to undertake research on your behalf the organisation that underpins a successful research project will immediately be put into place. A deadline will be set from day one and a clear time for completion set.

It’s business as usual

Busy running your own business already? It is easy to feel like there is not enough hours in the day and the commitment to time required for a research project can add to daily demands. Let a virtual PA undertake the research that will let your company grow without distracting from the hard work of running a business.

Focus

A virtual PA will be able to dedicate the uninterrupted time needed to complete a research task well. Getting distracted by phone calls, meetings and staff concerns is only to be expected in a busy office and will certainly disrupt research.

Admin skills

Finding the facts is just one part of a research project, compiling that into useable data is another. With excellent typing and organisational skills a virtual PA will present the complete package.

Speed

A virtual PA knows where to look for information, is adept at handling and processing information and data swiftly, well-versed in creating spread sheets and can quickly transcribe audio recordings. This makes compiling research a far quicker process. Rather than struggle to decipher audio from a focus group or convert data let a virtual PA get the job done quickly and efficiently.

For help completing, or getting started, on a research project get in touch to find out how New Dawn can help.