12 tasks you should delegate to a Virtual Assistant

When your company grows, it's probable that your operational workflow also increases, along with the need to hire more staff. Having your specialist employees handle detailed-oriented, time-consuming, and repetitive tasks could lead to a complicated work environment.?

However, the costs of hiring long-term on-site support can be high, and high costs aren't always an option when you're trying to grow your business in a lean way.

What is a Virtual Assistant?

A Virtual Assistant is a remote worker that offers administrative and executive support for you and your company. They have existed since technology allowed to delegate operations, but the trend of this role had a strong rise during the pandemic.?

Virtual Assistants can work from anywhere and can handle a wide variety of tasks with a limited commitment on the employer's side. They represent a cost-effective solution for companies of all sizes and many industries.?

What does a Virtual Assistant do?

There's no limit on the tasks a Virtual Assistant (or Remote Team) can handle. Once they get onboard with your company, they can be as specialized as any on-site employee with the extension of lowering your operative and contracting costs.?

Here's a list of 12 tasks companies of all sizes should be delegating to a Remote Team or VA.

1- Scheduling / Rescheduling meetings

Most Virtual Assistants are hired for administrative work. Handling your calendar and scheduling meetings is a load that you shouldn't be investing your time on.?

2- Lead follow-ups

When it comes to sales, nothing feels as time-consuming as contacting leads regularly to get them to sing. Focus on closing and let someone else handle the follow-ups.

3- Emails?

Not everyone has the correct tools, amounts of patience, or enough time to take proper care of their email. When your communications aren't adequately organized, you will waste valuable hours trying to find specific emails. Let a professional VA help you with that.

4- CRM maintenance

Your customers should be your number one priority and your main source of growth. Imagine getting your report from a qualified manager instead of handling the CRM yourself.

5- Organizing your online docs and files

You know that keeping your files organized will save you lots of time, but we tend to procrastinate when facing an overwhelming number of cluttered files. Let a VA take care of this and focus on more high-level tasks.

6-?LinkedIn Management

Get an expert communicator to expand your connections with up-to-date social media resources, follow up on leads, and more.

7- Online research

Expand your company's scope by having a researcher condensing information on the internet and turning it into accurate data for your business.

8- Lead generation

Gaining the interest of potential customers is hard work. It could take lots of time and effort to deliver results. Let a specialist give you a hand with your lead generation needs.

9- Social Media Management / Community Management

Most brands take advantage of Social Media to expand their marketing efforts. But nowadays, if you want to compete in the online market, you need to be creative and consistent with your Social Media platforms. If you don't have the time to do so, it's time you consider delegating.

10- HR tasks

Employee records, staffing needs, payroll... If you feel most of your valuable time goes to looking for your staff, get someone to handle it remotely.

11- Customer service

Your clients deserve the best attention, but it comes with a cost. Hire a Virtual Assistant or Remote Team to handle that load.

12- Chasing invoices

Don't work yourself up. Hire someone to set payment terms expectations early and work on multiple follow-ups to make sure your clients comply.

Any other task you could teach to a professional that can be handled on a computer or the phone!

How to get the right virtual assistant?

Ever made a hire that wowed you at an interview but just didn't work out? Yep, we know lots of business owners that have been there. Staffing solutions are not always easy, but luckily there are Virtual Assistance agencies that can provide remote placements that suit your needs.

At Valatam , we save small businesses time by taking care of the whole sourcing and recruitment process, as well as putting all candidates through a 1-month trial to assess their hard and soft skills for a successful/qualified fit.

Employers are also free to stop the service at any time and have a refund for any unused hours.

Start delegating and succeed! ?? Contact us to learn how you can get a professional Virtual Assistant.