A virtual assistant is almost like secretary or an executive assistant for you but without the small details you have to take care of with a permanent employee. For example when you are on vacation, you need not be worried of having to pay your assistant even because you are not fully utilizing his or her services while you are away. A virtual assistant or a VA can assist you with tasks on an as need basis such as making calls, sending out “Thank You” cards to prospective clients, sending out birthday cards to contacts, etc.
Hiring a skilled virtual assistant, even just for an hour or two can save up valuable time on the go. In the current age of multitasking and stress at workplace it becomes quiet hectic for the managers to rightly schedule their daily tasks in an efficient manner. And this is where you need a virtual assistant per se. Technically speaking, virtual assistants commonly known as VAs provide professional services to clients worldwide. They are self-employed and deliver administrative, technical or creative assistance and support. By doing all this, they usually make life a lot easier for the busy executives.
But while choosing a virtual assistant, be sure to do a background check, particularly when they would handle financial transactions, mailing lists, sensitive projects, confidential online files and web properties.
So here is a list of 50 things that you can outsource to a virtual assistant and free up valuable time for yourself to go on that family vacation.
- Checking to do lists
- Affiliate Program Management and Monitoring
- Updating of Websites and Follow Up
- Prepare and send the email campaigns on time
- Organizing the pre essentials like Google Drive, Dropbox etc,
- Creating spreadsheets
- Handling project management activities
- Writing of press releases
- Setting up of podcasts
- Data entry tasks
- Sending out client invoices
- Preparing client presentations
- Writing blogs and formatting them as per your website requirements
- Moderating Facebook comments
- Updating websites with content
- Proofreading of documents
- Transcribe audio/visual files
- Setting up Facebook ads
- Uploading videos to FaceBook
- Creating of auto- responders
- Chase up of late payments
- Managing Business Schedules
- Finding new sales leads online
- Preparing the monthly search engine optimization and Google Analytics reports
- Developing original content
- Building professional rapport and relations with clients
- Regular blogging
- Sending out greeting cards
- Managing events
- Creating newsletters
- Basic book keeping activities
- Creating of Canva images
- Travel planning
- Preparing the minutes of meetings
- E- Book formatting
- Engaging in research tasks
- Engage in personal shopping
- Obtaining Quotes from Suppliers
- Setting up of appointments
- Retrieval of online enquiries
- Updating the data in CRM
- Initiate hiring using reference checks
- Charitable group management
- Preparing contracts and proposals
- Monitor online discussions for the brand
- Engaging in reminder services
- Managing spreadsheet formulae
- Managing credit control
- Customer service management
- Apply for jobs on your behalf
Overall, it makes sense to try out a virtual assistant.
Email us at info@mdsonline.co.in to test our Virtual Assistance Services. If you like the trial you can avail our VA services at rates as low as $5 per hour.
