For any firm, the hardest thing to do is find excellent workers. You have the right to pursue your entrepreneurial dream, but you need a strong team to make it happen. You must begin to delegate the tasks that impede your business. The top 5 duties to assign to a virtual assistant (VA) are covered in this blog.
Entrepreneurs need to understand how they use their time before beginning the job. You probably don't realize how much time you spend on tasks that are quite simple to assign, like checking emails or scheduling meetings. So this is how we advise you to get started:
Make a list of everything you do and write it down for a week. You can indeed assign this as well! Simply hire someone to spend a week in your shoes.
At the end of the week, take the list and mark all the things you dislike doing. Next, draw attention to the items that aren't generating revenue with a different hue. Lastly, draw attention to actions impeding your real business's advancement.
These are the top 5 things that we advise giving to a virtual assistant. Check out the number of items in the list you created!
1. Email Handling
Examine the emails you haven't read yet. There's probably a large number of them. A business owner spends almost four hours a day going through work-related emails, according to research. You could have spent those four hours on considerably more crucial things. A virtual assistant (VA) will review your personal and professional emails and forward any pertinent ones to you.
To understand how to use the collaborative email delegation system that will help you take back control of your time, download the "Taming The Email Monster!" guide.
2. Managing one's calendar
Your virtual assistant will be in charge of organizing your calendar and helping you stay on schedule. The VA will remind you of your schedule so that you don't forget any important dates, meetings, or appointments. Keeping your calendar well-organized will also make it easier for the VA to monitor your activities and make any required adjustments.
- The gatekeeper
The gatekeeper Gatekeeper is arguably the most crucial role a virtual assistant plays. Without assistance prioritizing, executives can easily become inundated with meetings they don’t need. Your virtual assistant screens call and visitors, typically deflecting ones they determine are unimportant. They are responsible for taking all general phone calls for the office and setting appointments. They are there to filter out the noise, so you only receive necessary information and communication.
Follow up with clients
Adding a human element to your messaging will make people feel more invested in your company. Additionally, you can take little actions that add up to a big difference in your clients' delight. Furthermore, you want to leave a lasting impression on them. Even with perfect services, customers often forget about unresponsive businesses. However, a VA can assist you in launching and carrying out an endeavor to offer regular updates on your work.
Social media management
Social media management One of the biggest drags on time is social media. This is where a virtual marketing assistant can help, especially if you need to create your content. And a virtual administrative assistant can take a lot of routine communication off your plate, too. For example, they can help you answer your direct messages from potential new clients. A VA can also assist with connecting and interacting with people on your personal LinkedIn account—including spending time looking for new connections!Now that you’ve figured out what you need to delegate (remember that three-step process above?) and learned some of the top tasks that a virtual assistant can handle, you probably see why it’s time to hire a VA. So, let us make it easy for you—and save you both time and money!
