What is a Virtual Assistant 

August 1, 2022

By  Jeff J Hunter

Discover how a virtual assistant can revolutionize how you do business. Let us improve your business process to keep you focused on what matters.

WHAT IS A VIRTUAL ASSISTANT?

Leverage a virtual assistant to increase productivity, and save you time, AND money!

Alright, so you’re ready to change what you’re doing because you’re out of time or you’re stuck. So what is a Virtual Assistant and what can they do? If you have no idea what it is or how you would use a virtual assistant, this is for you.

You will need a basic understanding of how to leverage ‘help’ in your business before you can use a Virtual Assistant to its full potential.  Every business owner knows and experiences how much work it is to grow a business.  It can be excruciating laying all the groundwork ‘in the trenches as we call it.

YOU DO TOO MUCH

You get your hands dirty, do your reconnaissance, and put out all the fires.  You wear every hat from technical, to marketing, hiring and customer acquisition – you do every email, video, and phone call yourself.

It gets hectic and tiring, and you begin to wonder if you’ll ever see your ‘to-do’ list shrink.  Meanwhile, you try to prioritize all of the important things from the not so important. It’s not for the faint-hearted, and if you’re not careful, burnout is sure to creep in. Or for those unfortunate, it all hits you over the head at once; leaving you with feelings of self-doubt.

In the life cycle of your business, I’m sure you’ve found that there are several things you wish someone else could be doing for you.  Well, of course!

FOCUS ON THE BIG PICTURE – GIVE US THE REST

In order to focus on the bigger picture and concentrate on the growth of your business, you sometimes need to bring your head above water.  If you’re drowning in website design and stuck on social media, you’re not using your time efficiently as a business owner who desires growth and larger profits.

A virtual assistant is someone who can free up your time for tasks that grow your business and help make you money.  A virtual assistant is like having a remote employee who works from a different location. They specialize in one or many skills and talents, and you turn these tasks over to them.

A virtual assistant can learn any program or tool and operates within the parameters you set.  There is no limitation to the duties you can give a virtual assistant.

OUR VIRTUAL ASSISTANTS CAN LEARN ABOUT YOUR BUSINESS

Another great thing about having a virtual assistant is that you can ask them whenever you need something done, within the framework of the hours established in your contract with them.  This means that you don’t have to hire a full-time or part-time employee, which could be a waste of resources.  There’s no hiring or firing; it’s as simple as utilizing the service as you need to.

Enter the virtual assistant.  Once you own the fact that you cannot do it all yourself, and you wish to grow and make more money you can now reach out to the experts in the areas where you need help.  There are several tasks that are common to the majority of businesses that can easily be handed over to someone who can be dedicated to those areas.

WHAT IS A VIRTUAL ASSISTANT AND WHAT CAN THEY DO?

12 ways that are commonly used to leverage the skills of the virtual assistant:

SOCIAL MEDIA ASSISTANT

This job can have many facets such as strategic planning, setting up and maintaining profiles, running campaigns, and day-to-day operations that would normally keep you tied to your computer screen or device.

WORDPRESS / OPTIMIZEPRESS DEVELOPMENT

Our team of talented web developers and digital artists can bring your business to life. We can do logo design, and WordPress design, and help with marketing automation.

SEO VIRTUAL ASSISTANT

If you’re not optimized, you could be missing thousands of eyes on your website.  Whereas having an SEO specialist gets your rankings higher and your site showing up more frequently in searches is vital for the health of your business.

VIRTUAL ASSISTANT TEAM

In this case, you could allow several virtual assistants to work on several tasks together.  This is powerful when you need to expand quickly and have a lot going on.

REAL ESTATE VIRTUAL ASSISTANT

If you need to focus on clientele and not so much on the administrative and mundane duties of the office, then you’ll love the time this VA specialist can free up for you. Let us maintain your listings, and post those photos!

VIRTUAL SALES ASSISTANT

If you ever need to follow up on leads or have someone assist with sales reports, this may be a perfect service for you.

MARKET RESEARCH

If you have competition, you need to do your research and a Virtual Assistant is a perfect person to conduct targeted and timely information to help you reach your target market.

EBOOK PROMOTION

If you have an eBook or plan to write one, the promotion that a Virtual Assistant can do will ensure you reach people who you would not be able to reach otherwise.  Who knows, you may even get it to #1!

SEO BACKLINK BUILDING

To increase your credibility and exposure to Google, backlinking still adds immense value to your site as people search for your business’s services or products.

ONLINE RESEARCH VIRTUAL ASSISTANT

Love to stay at the computer for hours researching? Well, if not, then the online research can be given to someone who can do the surfing and reporting all for you.

WEB DESIGN VIRTUAL ASSISTANT

Never finished that WordPress site? Maybe you have a new project to start? We can help you launch your website from start to completion.

BRANDING, GRAPHIC DESIGN, & MORE

Anything else? Branding several documents? Looking to update your website or do a complete makeover for your e-commerce site? If you need something is done that can be done from the computer, you’re probably in luck because that’s the beauty of the Virtual Assistant.

Getting Started is Easy

While the idea is simple, the value of having you as the business owner free to do high-level business-growing activities is priceless.  Check it out and realize your business’ full potential by leveraging this incredible service today.

If you came asking “What is a Virtual Assistant” you already know that your time is valuable. We made getting started with a virtual assistant here at VA Staffer very simple. First, we’ll evaluate your current business processes and identify tasks that we could take off your plate. You’ll be assigned a dedicated Project Coordinator to work with you and assign the proper team members for your various projects.

Ready to take your business to the next level?

Digital Marketing Strategist with background in Information Technology, Project Management, and Business Process Outsourcing. An expert in content marketing, search engine optimization (SEO), and dependent on Virtual Assistants to survive.

Jeff J Hunter

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