Do you find it difficult to keep up with everything that’s going on in your business? Have you considered hiring help, but aren’t sure what tasks to delegate? You will be surprised at how much work a virtual assistant can do for you. Here is a list of tasks to get you started.

1. Social media management

With almost 4 billion active users across social media channels, social media marketing is one of the most effective ways for businesses to gain quality traffic, establish an online presence, and ultimately boost sales. Isn’t being on social media pretty much a necessity these days?

Here’s a list of things your virtual assistant can support you with:

• Creating social media accounts across the various channels
• Managing and building your audience
• Creating a social media calendar and scheduling posts
• Monitoring engagement and community management
• Measuring analytics and reporting on areas of improvement

2. Research

With any company, business owners should gather information about potential customers and study new technologies or products in similar industries. A virtual assistant can take care of these research-related tasks by:

• Keeping an eye on competitors
• Doing research based on instructions and specific projects within the company
• Research best practices and market opportunities

3. Administrative tasks

36% of managers spend 3-4 hours per day on administrative tasks, such as responding to emails, booking appointments, following up with clients – it’s no wonder small business owners list “managing my business” as their most common personal stressor.

Here are some tasks that you can delegate to your virtual assistant:

• Email and diary management
• Invoicing and payments
• Bookings
• Bookkeeping
• HR tasks
• Proofreading

4. Website design

Perhaps you have an outdated website, or you are wanting to turn your blog into a fully functional online store. There is no need to hire a full-time employee to do this, virtual assistants specialize in many fields and one of them is website design and management

• Website builds
• Website management
• Copywriting
• Blogging
• E-commerce
• Search engine optimisation
• Video and photo editing