Business owners know how quickly your day can fly by, and you never seem to have enough time. You find yourself spending so much time doing things for your clients that you don’t seem to have time to focus on business development.
Working with a Virtual Assistant enables you to get back your time and the confidence in knowing your various administration tasks/projects are being taken care of while you do the things you love.
Here are some common tasks a virtual assistant can help you get started with. It is important to know that not all virtual assistants offer the same services, so don’t limit yourself to thinking you have to have just one virtual assistant.
DAY TO DAY FUNCTIONS:
- Assisting you with your ‘To Do’ list.
- Preparing correspondence.
- Coordinate mailouts, both hardcopy or electronic.
- Create business forms, templates and ensuring branding is consistent.
- Create your stationery requirements such as letterheads, business cards, compliment slips, flyers, and brochures.
- Be your sounding board for new ideas, events, products, or services.
- Managing your emails.
- Assist with streamlining your office systems to keep you on track, organized and efficient.
YOUR WEBSITE:
- Upload your blogs onto your website.
- Source free images for blogs, or create original artwork.
- Create pages, graphics, and ‘call to action buttons.
- Manage members.
- Source guest bloggers.
YOUR BLOG:
- Write your content.
- Source or create accompanying images.
- Upload to your website and add in SEO components.
YOUR CUSTOMERS:
- Attend to your customer emails.
- Set up ‘canned’ responses for frequently asked questions.
- Prepare an online ‘Client Questionnaire’ and review the returned results.
- Undertake online research.
- MailChimp e-Newsletters | Set up a template, import your list of contacts, and create/compile your weekly/monthly/quarterly e-Newsletters.
- Manage AWeber and Wishlist memberships, and creating newsletters.
SPECIAL EVENTS:
- Create invitations
- Promote your special event, workshops & events.
- Collate RSVPs
- Setting up online ticket buying – Eventbrite / TryBooking
- Coordinate with venues, suppliers on your behalf.
- Preparing documentation and presentations for events.
SOCIAL MEDIA:
- Create your editorial calendar of content for Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest, LinkedIn, and Google+.
- Create original branded graphics for your business.
- Search for avenues to increase your followers and audience interaction.
- Monitor your page and attend to any business private messages.
- Create Facebook Ad campaigns.
AND MORE:
- Create a PowerPoint presentation.
- Create an Excel spreadsheet for a mail-merge mail-out, reports, budgets, etc.
- Create and format Manuals and Workbooks.
- Format your e-book.