I’m sure that most business owners would say that having more time to do what they do best rather than doing admin would allow them to make some pretty awesome improvements in their businesses. However, finding the time can be a real problem.
When considering hiring a Virtual Assistant, I suspect that many business owners consider how long it would take them to perform a task rather than how long it would take the Virtual Assistant.
With this in mind, here are 30 things a Virtual Assistant could do in under one hour that would free you up to do what actually makes you money.
30 Things
- Data entry approximately 75-100 contacts into an excel spreadsheet
- Research a prospective client
- Check your email and sort, answer and forward incoming messages as required
- Respond to around 10-20 emails on your behalf
- Create a newsletter template on MailChimp
- Update content on 1-5 website pages (depending on number of changes to be made)
- Research ideas or facts for your next blog post
- Write a blog post from dot points you’ve provided
- Find images for you to use in blog posts and social media
- Post approximately 5 blog posts (including adding images, and checking both spelling & grammar)
- Find the best price on a needed service or piece of equipment
- Create a basic PowerPoint presentation
- Type up handwritten notes from a meeting or seminar
- Create and run a mail merge to create labels for envelope addresses or nametags for your event
- Find a venue for your next event
- Research accommodation and travel options for an upcoming trip
- Book your flight, accommodation and car rentals for a business trip
- Invoice 5-10 clients
- Balance a monthly bank statement
- Email follow-ups to chase 10-15 unpaid accounts
- Review your calendar and create a to-do list for tomorrow
- Order supplies and arrange delivery to your office
- Organise to place Staff Wanted ads for your business
- Filter and summarise job applicants
- Proofread a document of around 5 pages
- Type around 5-10 pages
- Create a letterhead for your business using your existing logo
- Create a quote or tender document using a template and information you’ve supplied
- Convert Documents such as letters and proposals to PDF for emailing out
- Type a letter to a client
Of course, that’s not an exhaustive list, but it should give you an idea of some of the things a Virtual Assistant could do in one hour to give you time to get more involved with your core business.
If you’d like some more ideas on ways a virtual assistant can help you, check out my previous How A Virtual Assistant Can Help posts
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