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Business & Personal tasks; that you can outsource to your Virtual Assistant

So you have a Virtual Assistant or are planning to have one, 90% of the times; you already have certain plans or tasks in your mind that you are planning to outsource. But trust me there is much more your virtual assistant can do for you. In this post we will try to have a broad look at all the areas that come under the boundaries of virtual assistance.

First we will look into tasks that you can assign under Business category:

The majority of people that hire virtual assistants in their business, and when it comes to business assistance; then of course it depends upon the type of business you have. For example: if you are selling online consumer products; then outsourcing in areas like; customer care, daily orders processing, managing internal and external communications etc. You can outsource the majority of the work and you can just keep the main tab on it.

However if you have business which is physically located; then scenario will be little different, and you can target tasks by looking in to the base (if it can be managed completely virtually and does not require any physical interference.) And it could be any business process; "Training" is something that you don't want to miss out, if you don't wish to see any screw up by your Virtual Assistant. It is quite important to remember that your Virtual Assistant's performance can go up and down based on how you deal with them. So having some amount of knowledge in this area before you could start shooting tasks is always advisable.

For more information on this topic you can check out my Blog on "Hiring Virtual Assistant – Things you really need to know".

Let's first look in to some basic "Business Tasks" that you can outsource to your virtual assistant without providing any specialized training.

• Setting up daily appointments for you: You can have your virtual assistant schedule your daily appointments; to perform this task perfectly, all he/she need is little knowledge on your time management and of course access to your calendar.

• Making business presentations: This is also one of common task which you can assign to your virtual assistant, and it could save a lot of time for you. You can have your virtual assistant prepare the presentation based on your preference and then you can give final touch up yourself to make sure things are properly lined up in your way.

• Assigning Business related researches: There is a wealth of information online. If you take time to mine the internet for information you can use in your business, you can really make good business decisions. So having your virtual assistant do this task for you could save you lot of time and can keep you updated in your business market and with your competitors.

For more information in the area of Research; you can check out my Blog "Deep/Hidden Internet Research".

• Managing your calendars and email accounts: Let your virtual assistant manage your calendar so that you don't get any problems with your schedule.

• Giving you business meeting reminders: Something seems very common but it could certainly help you in being more conscious towards small but important things; that sometimes you tend to ignore. You can have your Virtual Assistant gives you business meetings, events or other related reminders; for this purpose your VA doesn't need to give you call. He/She can send you short text messages; using any online free text message service. Trust me it really works!!

• Website Management: you can have a VA handle all tasks associated with your Blog or website.

• Gathering content for the preparation of your office meetings, speeches etc.

So these are some of very common tasks which can be outsourced under any business. Now we'll look in to some other business important aspects and tasks that you can look forward to assign to your Virtual Assistant under these business categories:

• Admin Assistance: Under Admin assistance there are large number of common tasks that you can assign to your Virtual Assistant; some of them are:

*Translation; *Speeches; *Transcription; *Data Entry; *Word Processing; *Document Formatting; *Customer Interactions; *Customer Responses; *Answering Service; *Data Management; *Reports & Presentations; *Travel Planning; *Event Planning; *Bookkeeping; *Affiliate Product Research; *General Office Help; *Spreadsheet Management etc.

• Sales & Marketing: One of important part of your business, and the main lifeline. Some of the common Sales & Marketing tasks that you assign to your Virtual Assistant are:

*Article marketing; *PR writing; Draft auto responder emails; *Research references articles to be put in your email newsletter; *Create and manage accounts in social networks; *Customize and manage your YouTube channel; *Research keywords; *Submit your business to web directories; *Post ads for your company in online classified ads; *Submit your press releases to paid and free press release sites *Assisting in Lead Generation *Telemarketing; making promotional calls etc. *Ad Campaigns *Signs, Displays & Marketing Collateral *Performing Bulk Mailings task for you. *Preparing Sales Brochure Design *Assisting in Public Relations Sales & Marketing *Preparing and Managing Newsletters *Classified Ad Submissions etc.

• Financials & Accounting: Again needed in every business. So let's see what all tasks you can assign to your Virtual Assistant under this category:

*Balancing checkbooks *Preparing your taxes or any other personal bookkeeping tasks *Managing Financial Analysis *Assisting in Financial Forecasting *Preparing Financial Reporting *Preparing Financial Statements *Basic Accounting work *Accounts Payable/Accounts Receivable *Bookkeeping *Budgeting & Forecasting *Business Analysis *Business Planning *Data Interpretation *Inventory Management *Investment Research *Job Costing *Payroll *Tax Preparation

• Technical Support: If your VA is good in technical support, that could save you lot of time and money, as in today's competitive market; maintaining online presence is must, but at the same time it is hard and costly, so let's see what all a techno sophisticated Virtual Assistant can do for you and what all different variety of tasks that you can assign to your VA under technical support

*Website Designing *Programming *Preparing E-commerce Website *Preparing HTML Emails *Search Engine Optimization & Search Engine Marketing *Creating company or personal Blogs *Online Forms & Applications *Assisting you in Social Networking Applications *Database Development *Arranging Web Content *Creating Web Banner Ads *Logo Designing *Graphic Designing *Document/Book Design *Professionally Designed Product Catalogs *Photography/Image Editing.

• Social Media Management: Social Media Marketing Can Play a Vital Role in Business Success; do you know "93 percent of social media users believe a company should have a presence in social media". Let's see what all tasks you can assign to your virtual Assistant under this area:

*Digg Submissions *Facebook Updates *HubPages Development *MySpace Updates *Sidewiki Monitoring *Social Bookmarking *Squidoo Development *Twitter Updates etc..

So these are various business tasks that you can assign to your Virtual Assistant, and now we'll look in to some of the personal tasks that you can outsource and could make your way to the smart techno life.

• Paying bills online.
• Outsource time and energy consuming tasks like online tutoring for your children.
• Outsource specific tasks like organizing a formal event, getting that special chocolate cake delivered at the right time while you are getting your hair done.
• Help you to keep track of birthdays and anniversaries, and remind you of them before time.
• Help you to plan that special event or birthday party. Your Virtual Assistant can send out invitations, receive RSVPs, coördinate catering, etc.
• Your Virtual Assistant can tape your favorite TV shows, and send you the video.
• Gather research for important events for your children... What's the best soccer program, or summer camp?
• Schedule your vehicle to be serviced.
• Help with vacation plans, and book the reservations.
• Buy products online for you, and have them shipped.
• If you're on vacation, your VA can take and handle your incoming phone calls.
• Write miscellaneous emails that need to be sent out.
• Order flowers and have them sent for special occasions.

And there is much more, in fact most of the things that you do in your personal and business life; if you see somehow you can outsource them. So the tact of living smart life is in your hand, all matters is how much you can utilized.

About the Author

Vik manage full time Freelance virtual assistance service called "Vlancing", Vik has introduced this concept after practically observing the area of Virtual Assistant while working with one of pioneer company in this industry for several years. Vlancing act as powerful resource for medium businesses and personal needs, with an ultimate goal to provide people with utmost easy and techno virtual assistance services in much affordable range,

For more information, please visit: http://www.vlancing.com

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