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What Tasks Can a Virtual Assistant Do? (The ones that eat up your time!)

Alyson Scott • Sep 04, 2021

What tasks can a virtual assistant do? In a nutshell, the daily jobs that eat up your time and take you away from the work you love.

If you find you resent your business and the time you spend working, it could be because the mundane tasks are piling up and pulling you away from the work you enjoy.

If you are considering joining the 80% of businesses planning to outsource in 2021, a VA could be for you. A virtual assistant can take on some time-consuming tasks and help your business grow !

What Tasks Can a Virtual Assistant Do?

A VA can take on the tasks you don't like to do, the functions out of your wheelhouse, and the duties that eat up your time.

What you outsource depends significantly on what you enjoy doing in your business and what you're best at – play to your strengths and outsource the rest!

While the skills and qualifications of every business assistant differ, there are a few tasks that most VAs offer:

Content Creation and Research

If you spend a lot of time creating blog posts, slideshows, or videos, a virtual assistant can take that off your plate. VA's can research, write, and post content for you.

Consistent content creation helps you:

drive traffic to your website
increase your search engine ranking
get you in front of your ideal clients
make connections
provide value
position you as an expert in your field
showcase the benefits of your product/service

Social Media Management

Many virtual assistants are specialists in social media management – be sure to vet out someone who is a pro.

Social media tasks a virtual assistant can take on for you:

Content creation
Scheduling posts
Engaging with your followers
Analyzing stats and reports
Intentionally seeking out and connecting with the people who might be interested in your products/services.

Administrative Work

Admin work is what most people envision when answering the question, "what tasks can a virtual assistant do?" A VA can do the same things as an in-office administrative assistant; they just do it remotely.

Calendar management
Data entry
Answering phone calls
Organizing tasks and to-do lists
Booking travel arrangements
Prepping for meetings or presentations

Finance Tracking and Organization

If you struggle to organize your receipts and get to your accountant every tax time, a virtual assistant can help keep you organized. While a VA isn’t a bookkeeper or accountant, they can maintain budgets, record expenses, and track invoices to keep your finances in line.

Setup of Tools, Apps and Systems - that make your life easier!

There are so many handy tools that can organize and automate some of the time-consuming tasks in your business. But how do you know which ones are right for you? A great virtual assistant has already tested them out and can assess which ones can benefit you.

AND they can help you get set up and give you a lesson on how to use them.

Customer Service

There are many customer service tasks that a VA can handle with a little bit of training – answering phones, preparing quotes and proposals, setting appointments with clients, and returning emails.

Email Management

If your inbox is overflowing, a virtual assistant can sift through, weed out spam, and filter your inbox.

They can also handle your email marketing campaigns and manage your email lists

To sum up, the answer to “What tasks can a virtual assistant do?” is pretty much anything you’d like to pass off!

If you are thinking of working with a VA, craft a list of jobs you’d like to outsource, prioritize, and look for someone with the talents you need.

Each virtual assistant specializes in certain areas. Be sure to find one that is the best fit for the jobs you have.

For more info on what a VA can do, check out my post, 54 Things a Virtual Assistant Can Take Off Your Plate.

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