It’s really nice that more and more people are becoming aware of what a virtual assistant is, and are learning to outsource more of their secretarial and administrative tasks. But, for those of you who have not yet discovered how to use a VA, here are some more ideas.
Your VA is your executive assistant. Whether you see her or not, she’s your right hand woman. (Most of my clients like to work with me in person, at least some of the time, to develop the personal relationship.) You can have her create a marketing plan for your business, send out flowers and/or cards for your clients’ birthdays, and blog, Twitter or Facebook on your behalf.
We’ve had a client have us call his customer base on their birthdays, or at least on the week of their birthdays, to add that special personal touch.
We’ve processed mail for clients, by picking up the mail for them, getting it opened, paying their bills, handling routine requests, and scanning/emailing items that the client needed to see.
Are you hopeless at getting your email caught up, your signature set up, your filtering taken care of? We can take care of all that.
We can take care of your travel arrangements.
Have your VA set up catering for your next event. In fact, she can probably set up the next event.
I’ve often told prospective clients, “If you’d give it to your office manager or executive assistant, give it to your VA.” Yes, you probably can take care of all the little things that go into making your office run smoothly – but why do you want to take up your valuable time doing it when a VA can do it more quickly and efficiently, and free up YOUR time to build your client base!
