Why Entrepreneurs should hire a Virtual Assistant?

Hiring a General Virtual Assistant

Chris Ducker, author of Virtual Freedom, lists down tasks that entrepreneurs, authors, coaches, speaker, or any business owners could outsource or delegate to help them becoming more successful in their career.

25 Tasks to Outsource to a General Virtual Assistant (GVA)

1. Email Management/Filtering

2. Setting up Autoresponders (Aweber, Mailchimp)

3. Booking appointments with clients

4. Following up with clients/customers (sending thank you and other reminder emails)

5. Receptionist duties (answering occasional calls)

6. Calendar Management

7. File Management (organizing files using Dropbox etc)

8. Database building (e.g. Updating email or contact list on your CRM)

9. Research on certain topics for blogposts, newsletters, or others

10. Personal errands (purchasing gifts for loved ones / family members online)

11. Hotel and flight booking

12. Transcription (transcribing voicemail, video or audio, podcasts etc.)

13. Taking down minutes of meetings

14. Creating basic reports (reports on weekly tasks, deliverables, sales)

15. Preparing Slideshows (PowerPoint Presentations)

16. Liaison between you and other team members

17. Recruitment (source for other team members like writers or graphic artists)

18. Set-Up Social Media Accounts (Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Youtube)

19. Manage and update Social Media Accounts

20. Manage your Blog (Basic WordPress Skills)

21. Publish posts on your blog (content you provided)

22. Filter and reply to comments on your blog

23. Answering support tickets (with the use of Zendesk)

24. Blog commenting (to increase links to your site)

25. Participating in discussion forums or message boards (more promotions!)

Let’s be realistic. We cannot do all the tasks by ourselves. We need to delegate. Like the saying goes, “In order to become more productive, let others work for you.” Even a small-sized business owner needs to have at least one (1) assistant to be able to carry out the administrative tasks of the business’ day to day operation. So it is really important to have a partner in carrying out the office administration of the business that could handle even the smallest task/activity. It will save time and mostly cost-effective.

Most of the virtual assistants can handle these tasks but it is still recommended that a General Virtual Assistant (GVA) to be hired has experience and underwent training to ensure a 100% success and smooth carrying out of GVA tasks.

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