In my own practice I need a specific kind of VA because I want a VA who wants to work with another VA… not a coach or author or online business owner, etc.
I’m not looking for a VA to handle my client work! No, no, no! I want to do that all by myself. I am searching for a VA to help me with my own personal business work. I already have a business coach and mentor for myself, a book-keeper and an accountant (God only knows what that would look like if I did that myself), and I have an IT/Web VA that manages my website security, updates, plugins, and major changes.
Here are the tasks I am thinking of delegating:
Filing and managing my document retention process:
- Auditing files and folders
- Burning archival content to disk or drive
- Creating Archive folders and archiving content
- Eliminating content
Getting my blog out:
- Adding SEO to it according to my process
- Tagging Photos
- Posting the blog
- Sharing on social media
Non-bookkeeping record keeping:
- Monthly sending and following up on invoices.
- Logging payments.
- Sending electronic receipts as needed.
Handing email and voicemail for me (non-client related):
- RSVPing for events
- Preparing responses for me to send on my return after a quick review.
- Eliminating junk mail and unsubscribing from lists I don’t need.
Helping me stay up on what is happening in my communities and networking:
- What upcoming events might be valuable?
- Where can I add my insights and help others?
- What conversations are happening out there that I might be of value to that I may have missed?
- Who needs to be followed up with and who might be a good new connection I can make?
Helping me track and document my continuing education and professional development.
- What do I need to take to that educational seminar?
- What do I need to read before I go that could be helpful?
- What upcoming seminars in my area might be of value to me?
- What upcoming events might I want to travel to in my interest areas?
- What new certifications might be obtained to serve my clients better?
- What is the agenda? Is there a portion of the day that I don’t need?
- What do I need to do to obtain a certificate of completion?
- Is the course tracked in my continuing education system?
Helping with my internal processes:
- Auditing them with me.
- Updating documents.
- Finding lost time and loopholes.
- Proofreading
- Testing processes for improvement.
Helping manage external work:
- Re-branding
- Content updates
- New products and services
- Videos and Clip Art (this stuff takes me forever!)
- Auditing my business listings out on the web and updating annually.
Step 2 on my path? Getting a clear list of what I want a VA to do.
Does this list help you think about what you could have a VA do for you? What could you add to my list?
I would love to hear about your list here… would you share it with me?