New website content is important to staying relevant in search results, so regular updating is necessary for any business website. It can also be quite time consuming if you’re trying to do it all yourself. There are many ways a Virtual Assistant can help your to keep your website up-to-date. It may be that they specialise in copywriting, graphic design, website design or it may be that they are competent in HTML and understand how to update pages.
Making updates to text and/or images
A Virtual Assistant can easily update the text or images on your website. Most Virtual Assistants will be competent with WordPress, Wix and Weebly. Many also have a working knowledge of HTML and know how to FTP pages. Get your Virtual Assistant to perform regular updates such as weekly specials or new products as needed.
WordPress
Your Virtual Assistant can help you not only design your site and/or blog, but also edit and add the posts, including scheduling them when appropriate. A Virtual Assistant can moderate and monitor comments on your website. As well as ensure legitimate comments are approved and responded to promptly while keeping spam off your site.
Coordinating designers, copywriters, graphics
If your website requires more than just a few changes, your Virtual Assistant can coordinate the stakeholders who are working on your website. One of the most time consuming parts of any major website update is the coordination of the project. A Virtual Assistant will keep track of all your due dates and distribute information to everyone who needs to see it. To make sure that your project is completed smoothly and in a timely manner.
Automatic updates
A Virtual Assistant can set up automatic RSS feeds, twitter feeds and news feeds to regularly update to your website, blog, CMS. In fact wherever you want to share information a Virtual Assistant help with solutions to automate as much as possible.
Security
It’s important that updates to your CMS and it’s plugins are done regularly to keep your site secure. Backups are also vitally important, because even with the best procedures, problems will occur. Ask your Virtual Assistant to schedule regular updates, and to check that backups are performed regularly.
These are a few of the ways a Virtual Assistant can help you keep your website up-to-date. If you have different needs, or would like assistance in other areas, discuss them with a Virtual Assistant today.
