10 tasks you can outsource to a Virtual Assistant
There are plenty of tasks a Virtual Assistant can take off your hands. Whether it's professionally or personally, VAs want to support both you and your business.
So here are 10 tasks you can outsource to a VA:
1. Sorting a cluttered inbox
Sometimes emails can pile up and make you overwhelmed. VAs can tidy your inbox with no problem. We can unsubscribe, filter, and delete emails.
2. Setting up autoresponders
Having autoresponders is great because it reassures that the email has made it to the inbox, and in my opinion, it looks professional. VAs can help set one up and change it as and when you would like, e.g., out of office.
3. Following up with clients or customers
Having follow-up thank you emails is a great way to show your clients you care about them. It will make them feel valued, and they will want to use your services again! A VA can create a thank you email template and send it to clients when they have booked or used your services.
4. Inputting important professional or personal dates into your calendar
The dates could be anything like meetings, events, work meals, birthdays, etc. (the list could go on!). All you have to do is email the dates, times, and people attending the events or meetings to the VA, and they can put it on your calendar and invite all the attendees.
5. Scheduling your social media
There are so many platforms to keep up with and post on. A VA can take all your content and schedule it so it is all posted across each social media account. All you have to do is email the content and say when you would like it posted, and they can do the rest!
6. Caption writing
Do you struggle with writing captions for your posts? Sometimes having another mind can help; a VA may be able to think of a caption you never would’ve thought of writing.
7. Lead Generation
VAs can help you find potential clients and start conversations with them across different platforms. They can engage with individuals who are your target audience, research them, and generate leads on your behalf.
8. Data Entry
Whether it’s notes from meetings, inputting data into spreadsheets, etc., data entry is very time consuming. Outsourcing a VA to do this for you will help you utilise your time by doing other things.
9. Blog Writing
Blogs are a great way of generating traffic to your website. If you want a blog but don’t know what to write, a VA can help!
10. Creating graphics for your social media posts
Outsourcing your graphic creation to a VA who specialises in graphic design will help you save time, as they’ll likely be quicker at it.
This is only a handful of what VAs can do; there are so many more tasks that can be outsourced. If you look at your to-do list and think, ‘I wish someone else could do that, then that’s a task a virtual assistant can tackle!
