How to Effectively Use Your Virtual Assistant
As a small business owner, your heart is in your business and you work hard to get things done. When you care so much, delegation is difficult! Good for you for taking the important step to utilize a virtual assistant!
Each VA that Alpine Virtual hires is highly experienced and we strive to contract with only the best VAs who are committed to providing you with quality results. (Did you know that we hire only 1% of our applicants?) We want you to know you will be taken care of by the best VAs in the business! Your time is valuable and this decision will allow you to focus on activities that have a greater impact on your life and business!
With that being said, it can be hard to identify which of your tasks you should hand off. Our VAs perform a variety of tasks for small businesses ranging from repetitive, daily tasks to more specialized projects.
Here are just a few tasks that your VA may be able to take on for you:
Email management
Calendar management and booking appointments
Travel management, booking, and planning
Research and vendor comparisons
Project coordination and CRM management
Client/Customer follow up
Personal Assistant work (purchasing, planning food menu, research, making appointments, managing household staff, etc)
File management (organizing files using Dropbox etc)
Transcription (transcribing voicemail, video or audio, podcasts)
Preparing presentations
Recruitment and outsourcing management
Website creation and maintenance
Podcast management
Creating and scheduling social media posts
Copywriting, proofreading or editing documents
Creating and scheduling blog posts (including research)
Marketing newsletters
Creating graphics using Canva
Creating landing and sales pages
Building and updating databases
The list of possibilities is endless!
At Alpine Virtual, we have a diverse team with a wide range of talents and skills, which means that no matter what kind of support you need for your small business, we are confident that we have someone on our team who can help. As new tasks and challenges arise, reach out to the Alpine Virtual Team for additional support.
