What a Virtual Assistant Can Do for You and Your Business
There are many different ways a Virtual Assistant can support your business. Before we look at some sample tasks you can hand over, it is worth thinking about the importance of hiring a VA. The main thing to think about is that with a VA’s help, you'll be able to stop spending so much time on projects that are time consuming and drain your energy, and instead focus on those things you enjoy doing. You'll probably even find that once you hand over those tasks you don't like and which you found so time consuming, your VA will probably not spend as much time as you did on them!
Here are some of the basic things a VA can do for you:
Client support
E-mail management
Article submission
Press release submission
Schedule calls
Maintain databases
Send invoices to your clients
Email marketing - setting up/sending mailings for you through software like Mailchimp, Constant Contact, AWeber, etc
Content management
Social media management
Internet research
Travel planning (reserving flights, booking hotels, etc)
Blog commenting
This is just a small list of some basic tasks a VA can do for you in you. Of course there are things that require more skill that you can also hand over to a VA, such as:
Web design
Graphic design
Website updates
Technical support
Shopping cart maintenance (like Infusionsoft, 1ShoppingCart, etc)
Kindle publishing
Set up and manage webinars
Writing sales copy
Project management
Bookkeeping
SEO
Audio/Video help (editing, creating, etc)
PowerPoint
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Again, this is just a small list of some of the tasks that require more of a skill set, but that can also be handed off to a trusted VA. This list is definitely not exhaustive and there are other jobs that can be outsourced as well.
