In my previous post, we had a brief introduction about Knowing Virtual Assistant and how they can help you with your Business.
You might be thinking of hiring a Virtual Assistant, but you don't know exactly what kind of services or job you can avail from them. So let me help you find one that suits your requirements.
Virtual Assistant Specialized Task
Here are some guidelines of what a Virtual Assistant can do based on their specialization.
1. GENERAL VIRTUAL ASSISTANT or #GVA
This is the most suggested Virtual Assistance for every entrepreneur in their business before any other. Though GVA’s cannot handle the tasks of other virtual assistants like the social media manager, SEO specialist, web developer, graphic designer, content writer, etc. but they can definitely help you to have more time in your workday, alleviating entrepreneurial stress and allowing you to start working on your business instead of being trapped working in it. Some of the tasks that you can outsource to a General Virtual Assistant are:
· Email Management/Filtering
· Setting up Autoresponders
· Booking Appointments with clients
· Sending thank you and other reminder emails to clients/customer
· Receptionist duties
· Calendar Management
· File Management (organizing files using Dropbox, etc)
· Database building (updating email or contact list on your CRM)
· Research on certain topics for blog posts, newsletter or others
· Personal errands (purchasing gifts for loved ones/family members online)
· Hotel and Flight Booking
· Transcription (transcribing voicemail, video or audio, podcast etc)
· Taking down minutes of meeting
· Creating basic report (reports on weekly tasks, deliverables, sales)
· Preparing slideshows/Powerpoint Presentation
· Liaison between you and other team members
· Recruitment (source of other team members like writers or graphic artists)
2. SOCIAL MEDIA MANAGEMENT and MARKETING or #SMM
· Set Up, Manage and Update Social Media Accounts (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, etc)
· Promotions and Marketing Plan
· Content Planning
· Facebook Ads
· Youtube Optimization
3. WEB DESIGNER
· Website Creation, Design and Optimization
· Keyword Research for the website
· Adding and Landing pages
· Adding posts and content in websites
4. CONTENT MARKETING
· SEO Writing
· Article Writing, Spinning and Marketing
· Content / Blog Post Creation / Guest Blogging / Ghost Blogging
· Manage and Publish posts on your Blog
· Filter and reply to comments on your blog
· Press Release Writing
5. SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMIZATION or #SEO
· Blog commenting (to increase links to your site)
· Participating in discussion forums or message boards (more promotion!)
· SEO Writing
· Press Release Writing
· Newsletter Writing
· Copywriting (Don’t Suggest Sales Copy)
· Directory Submission
· Site Analysis
· Keyword Research
· SEO Campaign Plan
· Competitor Analysis
· Landing Page Set-up/Creation
· WebMaster Submission
· Sitemap Submissions
· On-page/Off-page optimization
· Social Bookmarking (Digg, Stumble Upon, Reddit, Digg, Delicious)
· Creating a Social Bookmarking Tracking Sheet
· Forum Participation / Moderation
· Creating Backlinks / Link Building
· Weekly / Monthly Google Analytics & Traffic Reports
· Monthly Keyword Ranking Reports
6. GRAPHICS DESIGNS
· Designing Logos, Banners, Icons, eBook Covers and Headers
· Designing Infographics Images (Content Provided)
· Designing Websites, Creating Mock-Ups
· Designing Landing / Sales / Opt-In Pages
· Basic Video Editing (Splicing Intros & Outros with Raw Footage)
7. WEB DEVELOPER
· Support and Develop WordPress (PHP) Websites
· Install WordPress PlugIns and Themes
· WordPress Theme Customization
· WordPress Functionality and PlugIn Enhancement
· Site Maintenance / Security and Troubleshooting
· CRM Integration & Social Media Integration
· Payment Gateway Integration
· Install and Support an Email Ticketing System (eg. ZenDesk)
8. AUDIO/VIDEO EDITOR
· Basic Editing of Audio Files
· Removing Background Noise from Audio and Video
· Adding Intro’s and Outro’s to Videos
· Basic Photoshop / Image Editing (Not Graphic Design)
· Powerpress (Podcasting WP Plugin) Installation
· Podcast Setup on iTunes
· Podcast Insertion on Blogpost
9. EMAIL MARKETING
· Creating a New List in Email Marketing Software
· Adding and Removing Subscribers from Lists
· Creating and Scheduling Broadcast Emails to Promote Content
· Editing Follow-up Emails and Auto-responders
· Creating Email Newsletters
· Editing / Proofreading Emails
10. LEAD GENERATION
· Building Lists
· Email Handing and Responding
· Generating Leads via Social Media
· Generating Leads via Google and SERPs
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