What are some of ways a virtual assistant can help you?

Research

Research work is vital to any successful business. Whether its trends, market data or contact information – there’s always something that needs to be researched. The problem is that it’s easy to fall down the rabbit hole when it comes to conducting research and then you still have to extrapolate the important information and plug it into a presentation. A virtual assistant can be the one to do the digging and sorting only delivering the vital, verified

information to you.

Email Management

How many emails are currently in your inbox? When is the last time you were able to sort them and make sure that nothing has fallen through the cracks? A virtual assistant can do that task for you. Virtual assistants are experts at email management software and they can sort through your inbox for you and flag any messages that need your attention. They can also take on the task of answering any emails that do not need your attention.

Purchasing

Virtual assistants can also handle tasks like maintaining inventory levels, making purchases or paying bills. From renewing a web hosting plan to researching and purchasing the best office desk for your needs – a virtual assistant can save you the time and energy that you would have spent on a purchasing task. Many online retailers also allow you to save credit card information so you don’t even need to share that with your Virtual Assistant – they can just use the card on file.

Documents

There’s many times the paperwork can pile up and the to do list of documents that need to be created becomes overwhelming. If you’re going to be sharing work – make sure your Virtual Assistant has the software you prefer. Cloud software is the best source for sharing documents as they allow instant real time access to the latest version. A virtual assistant can handle proofreading and formatting a document, transferring your handwritten notes into an electronic document, creating presentations or even the tedious task of data entry. If there’s any paperwork that doesn’t need you to be the point person on it – delegate it to your Virtual Assistant.

Social Media

Most businesses are now on social media and use it for their marketing and communication efforts. What many people don’t realize is how much time can be consumed by making posts and responding to comments. Posting on multiple channels, culling articles to share, creating graphics and replying to comments can easily take over 2-3 hours a week. Your Virtual Assistant can handle the research and scheduling and let them be the one to respond to clients. Just be sure to provide your Virtual Assistant with a style guide of do’s and don’ts for your business and a cheat sheet of logins.

This list alone could easily free up several hours every week of work for you