If you’ve thought about hiring a virtual assistant, but you’re not sure what you would have them do, here are a few ideas on how a virtual assistant can help save you time.
1. Research 📚
Creating content is necessary for growing your online visibility, but requires a significant investment of time. Conducting research is the most time-consuming aspect of content creation. Just think how much more you could get done if you could have someone else do the research for you.
A virtual assistant can handle all aspects of the research phase of content creation, from keyword research that will help your content show up in online searches, to identifying the best blog post topics that answer the questions your target audience is looking for. A virtual assistant can even research your target audience for you so you know what questions they’re asking and where they’re hanging out online.
Information is key to any successful content marketing campaign and a virtual assistant can help you achieve success by finding information faster and at a lower cost than hiring a full-time employee to do it for you.
2. Proofreading and Editing 📝
All it takes is one typo to send prospects away from your website – it looks unprofessional and can lead potential clients to look elsewhere for services.
At the same time, small typos and grammatical errors can be easy to miss when you’re editing your own content. Because you know what you meant to say, your eyes often skim over the mistakes, no matter how hard you try to catch them.
A virtual assistant can help with the proofreading and editing phase of your content creation to give your content that polished look that tells prospects you’re a professional who means business. Sometimes, all it takes is a second pair of eyes to catch the small mistakes you missed, and a virtual assistant can be that extra set of eyes.
3. Social Media Marketing 👋🏼
Like content creation, social media marketing is a necessary part of growing your online visibility and your position as an authority in your industry, but it’s also extremely time consuming. Whether you need someone to set up your social media profiles for you, or you want someone else to handle the daily slog of constantly posting updates for your business on social media, a virtual assistant can manage all that for you while you focus on the more vital task of serving your clients to the best of your ability.
Software that allows you to schedule social media posts in advance, such as Buffer or Hootsuite, are helpful, but it still takes time to create and schedule all your social media posts for the week or month – and as a small business owner, that’s time you don’t have. By hiring a virtual assistant to do it for you, you save time while growing your brand’s online visibility, which makes the hourly rate you pay your virtual assistant a worthwhile investment.
Time to Get Started ⏳
Have another task you want your virtual assistant to handle for you? Don’t be shy about sharing it in the comments below.
If you’re looking to hire a virtual assistant so you can spend less time on menial tasks and more time making money, schedule a quick discovery call to find out how to get started. And download the Free Outsource Checklist to find out how you can get the most out of your virtual assistant.
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