What is a Virtual Assistant + How Can They Help Your Business?

Remote businesses and employees are becoming increasingly popular over the years. What is the top remote employee right now? A Virual Assistant! You may be wondering what a Virtual Assistant is or if your business could benefit from hiring own. I’m here to tell you if you have thought about delegating your daily business tasks to someone else, than you are defiantly ready to hire a Virtual Assistant! Let’s discuss what exactly is a Virtual Assistant and How can they help your business.

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What is a Virtual Assistant

A Virtual Assistant (or VA) is a self-employed, remote individual who offers various services to clients. These services are geared towards helping business owners complete daily tasks such as bookkeeping, social media management, and even content creation for bloggers! There are a broad assortment of VA’s from those who are considered “general VA’s” that help with basically anything business related, to those who specialize in one specific category, like a Pinterest Manager.

Creative Virtual Assistant: This VA is in charge of designing and typically has a background or skillset in graphic design. Types of projects include PDF creation, website design, graphic design, and more.

Administrative Virtual Assistant: The Admin focused VA’s who focus on bookkeeping and QuickBooks, data entry, lead generation, appointment setting, database management, and email organization. Some other duties can include billing or basic HR duties.

Social Media Manager: A VA uncharge of creating and scheduling content for your social media channels. This can be specific to one platform or include multiple platforms such as Instagram, Pinterest, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube, TikTok, etc. Generally these VA’s have experience in graphics, writing content, and/or engagement. The ultimate goal of a social media manager is to build brand awareness, ensure growth, increase engagement, and lead to more sales for the brand/client.

Customer Service VA: Manages customer service including customer or client emails and communication, responding to inquires, and assisting with retaining customers.

Data Market Assistant: This VA focuses on website updates, researching SEO, or creating digital marketing strategy.

How Can a Virtual Assistant Help Your Business?

A VA can help you complete all the daily tasks that you are too busy to do (or simply not have a passion for doing). Perhaps you are a blogger who LOVES writing blog posts, but you just don’t understand how to effectively grow your Pinterest account, post engaging Instagram posts, or create “click-worthy” Facebook posts. Instead of getting frustrated and wasting precious time doing things you are not passionate about, hire out and let someone else take over those responsibilities. Watch your following and engagement grow while you do what you love most!

Can You See a Virtual Assistant Helping Your with Your Business?

If you can see a VA helping you with your business, I would love to help you!

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