There’s no doubt that blogging is time consuming. Fortunately, there are a lot of ways a Virtual Assistant can help with your blog and make it a little less onerous and time consuming for you. Here are 35 really simple things that a Virtual Assistant could do that will make blogging easier for you.
Planning
- Help you create a blog plan
- Document future topics
- Create an inspiration file
- Keep track of posting schedule
- Add writing time to your diary
Technical
- Set up a blog in your CMS
- Create categories for posts
- Create tags for posts
- Make sure that your branding is consistent
- Create formatting standards
Writing
- Research popular topics
- Check spelling and grammar
- Transcribe content that you’ve dictated
- Collate sources
- Track the topics you’ve used
Graphics
- Find an appropriate image for each post
- Create an infographic
- Create a diagram
- Crop images as needed
- Resize images
Posting
- Format your blog post
- Check SEO using Yoast or similar
- Insert images and diagrams
- Add tags and categories
- Schedule post as needed
Sharing
- Share post to Facebook
- Share post to Twitter
- Share post to LinkedIn
- Add post to your next newsletter
- Share on any aggregators you use
After posting
- Monitor comments on your blog
- Respond to comments needing a simple answer
- Notify you of comments needing a more in-depth response
- Monitor social media comments
- Keep statistics on likes and comments
A lot of tasks in the blogging process are fiddly administrative tasks. By getting a Virtual Assistant to help, you can eliminate the time wasting bits and concentrate on developing better content. So, if you’re finding it hard to fit blogging into your calendar, talk to a Virtual Assistant about getting some help. You don’t even need to stick to these things, decide what you dislike doing the most and get someone who can help out with those things.
If you’d like some more ideas, check out my previous blog posts
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