{"id":1998,"date":"2017-08-22T18:38:04","date_gmt":"2017-08-22T18:38:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smarttofinish.com\/Blog\/?p=1998"},"modified":"2017-08-31T13:32:18","modified_gmt":"2017-08-31T13:32:18","slug":"tasks-you-can-delegate-virtual-assistant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smarttofinish.com\/Blog\/2017\/08\/22\/tasks-you-can-delegate-virtual-assistant\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 6 Tasks You Can Delegate to Your Virtual Assistant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We get it. You built your company from the ground up, and you have been wearing many hats to make your business a success. You\u2019ve been doing your own marketing, bookkeeping, design, and the like, and it\u2019s starting to become impossible to help your business grow. It\u2019s hard to turn over control of your daily business tasks to anyone else. But when you learn how to let go of the reins and find tasks you can delegate to a virtual assistant, you will find that you can get back to what you love doing: running your company. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you\u2019ve never hired a virtual assistant before, you might not know what sorts of tasks they are capable of doing. Virtual assistants are more diverse in their skills than ever before. With that in mind, we\u2019ve put together a list of the top 6 business tasks you can assign to a virtual assistant to get you started. We\u2019ve divided them up into different categories: administrative tasks, marketing, design, website setup and support, research, and writing\/editing: \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Online Business Support<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Invoicing and bookkeeping<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Calendar management<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Travel arrangements<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Managing emails and phone calls<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Project tracking (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamwork.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Teamwork<\/a>, Asana, etc.)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Marketing<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Social media scheduling, posting, and managing ad campaigns for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a>, Twitter, etc.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Email marketing campaigns<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Customer relationship management (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/smarttofinish.com\/Blog\/our-services\/infusionsoft-support-services\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Infusionsoft<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sales funnel creation and management (Clickfunnels, Leadpages, etc.)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Client management<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Design<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Web page design<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ad design<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Banner design<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Logo design<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Infographics<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Business plans<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ebook cover and layout design<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PowerPoint design<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Website Setup and Support<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/smarttofinish.com\/Blog\/our-services\/wordpress-design-management-services\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WordPress<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SquareSpace<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wix<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Research<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SEO<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Competitor analysis<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Project-related searches<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Report data<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Writing and Editing<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Blog posts<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Reports<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ebooks<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Proofreading<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And this is just a sample of what a virtual assistant (or better yet, a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/smarttofinish.com\/Blog\/contact\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">team of virtual assistants<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) can do for you. It\u2019s up to you to decide which business tasks you can delegate to a virtual assistant (or virtual assistant team like we have here at <a href=\"https:\/\/smarttofinish.com\/Blog\/\">Smart to Finish<\/a>). But once you start delegating tasks, we promise you won\u2019t ever look back! <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We get it. You built your company from the ground up, and you have been wearing many hats to make your business a success. You\u2019ve been doing your own marketing, bookkeeping, design, and the like, and it\u2019s starting to become impossible to help your business grow. 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