101 Services to Offer as a Virtual Assistant

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101 Services to O?er as a Virtual Assistant By
Anupam Rajey
VIRTUAL ASSISTANT
101 SERVICES TO OFFER AS A VIRTUAL ASSISTANT
101 SERVICES
Follow my blog with Bloglovin If youre reading
this blog youre one amongst 54 million Americans
wan?ng to give up tradi?onal careers and take up
freelancing business that o?ers greater freedom
and ?exibility to work when you want to and in
areas of your choice.
A?er all, the idea of working in your PJs from
the comfort of your home sounds fascina?ng for
sure! Heck, you could even work from a beach
while holidaying! Alluring? You bet!
Individuals love it because it allows them the
?exibility to create a lifestyle they want and
saves companies the hassle of going through a
?me-consuming process of ?ltering the right
candidate for full-?me candidate with he?y
salaries which in turn puts a drain on companys
?nances.
Thus there is an unprecedented shi? in which
companies do business. Small/medium businesses
and start-up owners these days prefer to work
with freelancers as it saves them both ?me and
money.
Too many emails to answer, too many mee?ngs to
a?end, too many clients to meet, too much to do
and too li?le ?me as a small/medium business
owner youve probably faced this situa?on or will
face it at some point or the other.
Therefore there is tremendous opportunity for
individuals to o?ering valuable Virtual Assistant
Services to companies and making money in the
process. But theres a catch!
Deciding what type of virtual assistant services
you are going to o?er and the hourly rate for it
is one of the tallest hurdles you encounter while
star?ng o? your VA business.
You are not a superhero who can do everything and
take on a the role of a CEO!
To put it simply, you as a Virtual Assistant will
simply lend a helping to business owners by
assis?ng them with certain tasks that business
owners do not have ?me for. You need to do your
homework well and be aware of your strengths and
weaknesses. Based on your educa?onal quali?ca?on,
skills and past experience you then need to zero
down a speci?c niche or role you would like to
take on as a Virtual Assistant.
S?ll lost or unable to ?gure out what kind of
virtual assistant services you can o?er? Fret
not, youre at the right place! This ar?cle will
give you a run through of 101 Virtual Assistants
Tasks That you can o?er. For ease of
understanding I have segregated the list of tasks
into di?erent func?ons or roles.
Administra?ve Virtual Assistant
Business world over using Virtual Assistant
services outsource administra?ve tasks simply
because they ?nd it repe??ve, mundane and
?me-consuming. Theyd rather u?lize this ?me
concentra?ng on sales and other more produc?ve
tasks that require a?en?on.
Here are some common tasks performed by a Virtual
Administra?ve Assistant-
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Managing/responding to emails and
calls. Scheduling appointments
File management in Google Drive, Drop Box
etc. Dra?ing le?ers/emails
Sending gree?ngs etc on behalf of the
client Preparing presenta?ons and other documents
for mee?ngs etc. Travel booking, reserva?ons etc.
Assistance with personal tasks like doctors
appointments, online shopping etc. Preparing
minutes of the mee?ngs.
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Data Entry Virtual Assistant Services
Any business no ma?er how big or small has to
work with large amounts of data. As a data entry
virtual assistant your job will be to enter data
into the computer database or CRM accurately and
e?ciently.
DATA ENTRY
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Prepare, ?lter and compile the data to be
entered. Checking and correc?ng data so as to
minimize errors. Dele?ng outdated, old,
irrelevant informa?on
Maintaining records of ac?vi?es and tasks.
Interpre?ng data and presen?ng the same in
required formats.
Market Research Virtual Assistant
Future growth plans, strategies for any business
rest on thorough and e?ec?ve market research.
Some of the market research virtual assistant
tasks include-
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Conduc?ng SWOT analysis for the business to
iden?fy future opportuni?es and exis?ng areas of
concern. Dig out data for pricing.
Monitor compe?tors ac?vi?es.
Carry out or undertake compe?tor analysis.
Market research to ?nd out sales data and market,
industry trends etc. Undertake surveys, group
interviews to gather feedback about a par?cular
product and iden?fy consumer preferences. Checking
out opportuni?es online for business
networking. Any other online research tasks that
youd like to be done.
Social Media Management
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Social media is an e?ec?ve medium for businesses
to generate awareness about your product/brand, a
pla?orm to communicate and interact with the
audience. However e?ec?ve social media marke?ng
requires a lot of ?me and e?ort. Therefore the
need for a social media virtual assistant. Here
is the list of tasks that a social media
virtual assistant can do for you.
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Create and manage business pages/pro?les on
various social media channels. Crea?ng a social
media content calendar to plan out what to post
and when. Crea?ng social media posts.
Scheduling posts using tools like Hootsuite /
Bu?er etc.
Managing and responding to comments.
Managing ad campaigns on Facebook etc.
Prepare monthly/fortnightly reports on social
media performance. Monitoring compe?tors social
media presence and ac?vi?es. Researching various
relevant groups and communi?es and being a part
of them to spread knowledge and awareness about
clients product/brand.
S?ll not sure about how social media virtual
assistants can help?
Read How Social Media Virtual Assistants Help You
to Grow your Business
Real Estate Virtual Assistant
Real estate means rounds of discussion, nego?a?on
between par?es, documenta?on, paperwork,
inspec?on, coordina?on with external agencies
etc. Sounds like a lot of work? It is! Thankfully
Virtual assistants experienced in real estate.
Certain tasks performed by real estate virtual
assistant include-
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Marina?ng the database of past and prospec?ve
clients.
Data scraping from websites such as Craigslist,
Oodles, eBay, Backpage etc. Lis?ng on di?erent
real estate websites like Naked Apartments, Rent
Linx, Zillow etc. Sending customary
emails/gree?ngs/introductory message to
buyers/renters etc. Compiling daily reports.
Monitoring and upda?ng correct informa?on on the
website. Lead genera?on using di?erent strategies.
Calling prospects from the database.
Find out informa?on like market price, buyers
price etc to arrive at the correct
pricing. Sending out emailers, auto-responders
about latest deals, discounts etc.
Content Wri?ng Services
Not a very commonly outsourced role as there is a
brand value a?ached to the content produced
online yet with the growth of online marke?ng and
the growing demand for digital content, more and
more businesses are considering about partnering
with good virtual content writers.
Some of the content wri?ng virtual assistant
tasks are-
CONTENT WRITING Not a very commonly outsourced
role as there is a brand value attached to the
content produced online yet with the growth of
online marketing and the growing demand for
digital conten t, more and more businesses
are considering about partnering with good
virtual content writers. Some of the content
writing tasks undertaken by virtual
assistants are
Writing blogs for website. Writing case
studies. Writing PR briefs. Writing video scripts.
Writing business letters/reports etc.
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Crea?ng ar?cles for content publishing websites
like LinkedIn, Medium etc. Wri?ng blogs for
website.
Wri?ng guest posts for link building
purposes. Wri?ng case studies.
Upda?ng website/landing page content as and when
required. Wri?ng PR briefs.
Crea?ng guides/whitepapers/eBooks for
businesses. Wri?ng video scripts.
Crea?ng and planning content for
brochures. Wri?ng business le?ers/reports etc.
Digital Marke?ng Services
Digital Marke?ng is currently a hot topic in
outsourcing and also most demanded by businesses
world over. Some of the services o?ered under
this role are-
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Keyword research.
Link building.
Content op?miza?on.
Ensuring relevant meta tags are in place. Website
analysis and op?miza?on. Crea?ng landing pages
etc. Lead genera?on.
Social bookmarking
Forum pos?ng.
Webmaster set up.
Sitemap submission.
Other on page and o? page ac?vi?es to boost tra?c
and rankings.
Audio/Video Edi?ng Services
Audio and videos have gained immense popularity
ever since digital media has gained
prominence. Some of the tasks are-
AUDIO/VIDEO EDITING
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Edi?ng videos to include your brand name and logo
for be?er associa?on in the minds of the
people. Blending music and background for greater
e?ect.
Uploading videos to Youtube, Twi?er, Instagram,
Vimeo etc. Dele?ng background sounds and noise
from the video to enhance quality. Trimming audio
and videos.
Edi?ng and uploading Podcasts/webinars etc.
Financial and Accountancy
Another one on the list of most sought-a?er
services o?ered by Virtual Assistants. Financial
services are in demand because they require
speci?c knowledge and skills and of course hiring
a full-?me employee for the role can be quite
expensive.
Some of the ?nancial services tasks performed by
VA include-
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Cash management including cash-?ow, liquidity and
investments. Reconcilia?on of accounts.
Crea?ng and managing sales and purchase
orders. Managing revenue and expenditure. Keeping
track of companys debts.
Balance sheet management.
Inventory management.
Maintaining accounts on online pla?orms like
QuickBooks and Peach Tree. Payroll Processing.
Processing bills, payrolls etc.
Website Maintenance Services
Site maintenance is cri?cal as it requires some
knowledge of website maintenance pla?orms and
technical website development skills. Services
covered under website maintenance include-
WEBSITE MAINTENANCE
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Managing security se?ngs.
Adding pages to the website.
Edi?ng and modi?ca?on of design and layout as and
when required. Installing and upda?ng plugins
Se?ng up integra?ons.
Correc?ng 404 errors, broken links etc. Website
load speed.
Other technical glitches that might occur.
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E-Commerce Virtual Assistant
Virtual Assistants o?er tailor-made solu?ons to
help small and mid-size e-commerce businesses
scale up and boost sales. Some of the solu?ons
o?ered by eCommerce Virtual Assistants are-
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Amazon Product Data entry. Amazon lis?ng.
Magento Data Entry.
Shopify Data Entry.
e-Bay Lis?ng.
Catalog processing.
Catalog upda?ng.
E-commerce back o?ce support. Product Descrip?on
wri?ng. Product Image edi?ng and
retouching. Inventory management and upda?ng the
same on the website.
Graphic / Web Designing Services GRAPHIC/WEB
DESIGNING SERVICES
Graphic and web designing services can easily be
outsourced to a VA who is a quali?ed graphic
designing and has experience using various
designing so?ware like Photo Shop, Coral Draw etc.
Some of the common tasks performed by Graphic
designers virtually include-
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Designing Logo, Icons, Banners and cover images
for websites and social media pro?les. Crea?ng
mock-ups for website designs.
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Designing landing pages or ad copies.
This by no means is an exhaus?ve list of tasks
that you can perform as a Virtual Assistant but
it is an extensive list that would serve as
ready-reckoner for services that Virtual
Assistants world over o?er.
You can start by o?ering few of the services and
then expand gradually as you gain
experience. Remember your earnings depend on the
kind of services you o?er and the experience you
carry.
The more specialized your services, and greater
your experience, higher will be the price you can
command. So what are you wai?ng for? Get started
today and start capitalizing on your skills!