You’ve hired an experienced executive-grade virtual assistant — Now What? Delegate, Establish a Relationship, Put Your Superpowers to Use! Here are 101 Ways to Utilize Your VEA:
- Scheduling
- Calendar Management
- Appointment setting
- Protecting Your Time
- Booking Travel
- Planning Travel
- Answering Your Phone
- Taking Meeting Notes
- Project Management
- Personal tasks
- Process Research and Execution
- Expense Management
- Budget Management
- Bill Pay
- Basic Budgeting
- Basic Bookkeeping
- Transferring Funds
- Report Creation
- Client Invoicing
- Payroll
- Email Management
- Creating a List in Email Marketing Software
- Filtering emails
- Finishing Communication From Your Rough Drafts
- Managing Spam
- Cleaning Out Your Inbox
- Online Research
- Board and Committee Follow Up
- Responding to Meeting Request
- Responding to Request to Speak
- Following Up With All of the Contacts You Made at a Conference
- Looking Up New Apps/Technology
- Researching Grants
- Looking Up Conferences
- Help With Conference/Meeting Planning
- Post to Social Media Channels
- Queuing Social Media Content
- Responding to Social Media Channel Comments
- Running a Social Media Contest
- Answer inquiries/messages on Social Media
- Newsletter Management and Updates
- Blog Management
- Researching Topics for Blogs
- Responding to Blog Comments
- Make Doctors Appointments
- Content Management
- Database building
- Search Engine Optimization
- Updating Contacts
- CRM
- Capturing Business Cards to your CRM
- Answering Customer Service Emails
- Sending Out Holiday Cards
- Sending Out Event Invitations
- Sending Out Sales Follow-Up Notes
- Sending Out Thank You Notes
- Holiday Gift Buying
- Reminder Services
- Google Drive Organization
- Preparing PowerPoint Presentations
- Transcribing
- Simple eBook Layout/Formating
- Form Creation
- Document Template Creation
- Deadline/ Deliverables Tracking
- Creating Slide Share Presentations
- Sending Out Newsletters
- Proofreading
- Basic Photo Editing
- File Management Like Dropbox
- Creating Business Cards
- Mail Merge
- Creating Business Social Media Pages
- Basic Audio and Video Editing
- Leaving Voicemails
- Making Cold Calls
- Participating in Chat Support
- Converting, Merging, Splitting PDF Files
- Interviewing Previous Customers for Case Studies
- Creating a Competitor Analysis
- Performing Regular Backups to Insure There is No Lost Data
- Performing Generic Errands Such Buying Office Supplies
- Collecting Documents for Tax Season
- Creating Customer Service Surveys
- Putting Together Welcome Packages For Clients
- Searching for and Contacting Guests Experts For Blogs, Podcasts, and Webinars
- Market Research
- Online File Storage Organization
- Helping Present Online Webinars and Podcasts
- Managing Logins and Passwords
- Posting on Job Boards
- Screening Candidates
- Liaison Between You and Other Team Members
- Managing Your Slack to build a Virtual Community
- Recruitment
- Internal Training
- Updating Salaries
- Making Calls to Team Leaders About Deadlines
- Running an Office Challenge So Employees Can Receive Bonuses
- Completing Background Checks on Potential Employees
- Creating Employee Checklists
What is on your list? What is something you always say, “If I had the time, I would make ___ happen.