42 Tasks a VA can do for you

Have you ever thought about the sheer number of tasks you do repetitively? Many of those tasks can actually be outsourced. Here is a pretty comprehensive list of what you could be outsourcing right now:

1. Website updates (eg: blog updates, price updates, SEO updates, plugin updates, add tags, image descriptions)
2. Perform website backups to prevent data loss
3. Audit your digital presence (see our Digital Health Check)
4. Internal Facebook group management
5. Optimise your Google My Business listing
6. Send review links and respond to reviews on GMB and Facebook
7. Set up funnels for lead generation, customer service, etc
8. Create social media graphics (eg: instagram tiles, stories)
9. Create and schedule social media content – both posts and stories
10. Check finer details of social media posts: locations, hashtags, etc
11. Hashtag research
12. Duplicate social media content to various platforms (eg: Google My Business, LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram)
13. Monitor & report on social media/website performance
14. Set up ads for social media and google
15. Convert social media content into blog content (or vice versa!)
16. Add content to a newsletter template
17. Create/update e-signatures
18. Editing images (compressing size, cropping to the right dimensions)
19. Set up automations & zaps
20. Database management (eg: ensure contact info is up to date, add tags, update personal profiles)
21. Contact members for member features and compile information provided
22. Edit videos and podcasts (eg: add intros, outros, cut videos, create videos with a selection of still shots)
23. Send out press releases and follow up
24. Competitor research – monitor social media, pricing, events and activities, sign up to their newsletters
25. Event planning (eg: send invitations, manage rsvps, checklist of items needed, run sheets)
26. Travel planning (eg: flight/hire car/accommodation research & booking, route planning, dinner reservations, activity booking)
27. Updating insurance policies
28. Chase invoices & payments
29. Set up direct debits for clients
30. Process payroll, allocate bank transactions, reconcile bank feeds, etc
31. Schedule meetings into your calendar and send reminders
32. Screening and managing emails (make sure you have answers to all your FAQs)
33. Answering phone calls, handling enquiries, leave voicemails
34. Research projects & data entry
35. Transcribing interviews, podcasts, webinars, voicemails, etc
36. Set up projects in your task management system (eg: Trello, Asana)
37. Proof-reading documents
38. Dropbox/Google Drive organisation and renaming documents etc
39. Research tasks
40. Create/update policies (eg: covid-safe policies, meeting room policies, etc)
41. Purchase office supplies
42. Personal errands (eg: researching/buying/sending gifts/cards, scheduling appts, chasing up lost orders etc)