Ways Votiko’s Virtual Assistant Can Help Your Company
The biggest advantage of hiring a virtual assistant to support your start-up or business is that he or she will be able to perform the same tasks as a full-time employee for a fraction of the price. They can add a fresh kind of enthusiasm and keen work ethic to your firm, similar to interns.
The biggest disadvantage of VAs and interns is that they are typically students or recent university graduates with little experience. However, contrary to popular belief, many business duties may be completed with little or no experience, and these tasks can even be critical to keeping your firm viable.
In this blog, we’ll go over ten easy yet crucial projects or jobs that you can assign to any industrious VA, regardless of their degree of experience.
Market research:
A virtual assistant can help you with market research for your company. They will surely be used to undertaking research for university assignments or their thesis as students or recent graduates. As a result, you can have a dependable and intelligent person who knows how to find information and deliver it in a way that anyone – you, your coworkers, or your clients – can understand. There are now a plethora of apps and web-based tools available to assist your VA in creating professional presentations and charts to illustrate their findings.
Social media management:
Social media management is arguably the most popular responsibility given to virtual assistants. For all organisations, social media has become one of the most significant marketing and consumer contact platforms. Every organisation is required to update and manage their social media channels on a regular basis, whether it be Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, SnapChat, or Pinterest. Because most VAs are young and have a good understanding of the many internet trends and platforms, they are the ideal choice for this job.
Blog writing:
Online blogs are becoming increasingly popular for businesses, in addition to social networking. They are entertaining and drive traffic to your website, resulting in more consumers for your business. A virtual assistant can help you set up your blog and write engaging articles on a daily or weekly basis. You can offer the themes and direction, and the VA will conduct all of the necessary research and compose a first draught for you to review before publishing. A virtual assistant may even be better at writing and editing than you, giving your company an advantage.
Data entry, cleansing, and analysis:
Data entry, cleansing, and analysis are all things that need to be done. Have you ever found yourself doing a lot of copying and pasting or wasting hours of your time gathering data? This can be a tremendous waste of time for you and your company, thus a virtual assistant is essential. It is still meaningful job to accomplish, thus the VA will contribute to your business, no matter how monotonous it may appear. It’s also a low-skilled work, so finding a good VA to complete it should be simple.
Translation:
If you’ve ever contemplated entering a foreign market or working with foreign clientele, you may require document or web page translations. It’s possible that the translations will be from English to a foreign language or vice versa. Because VAs work remotely, you may simply find a willing VA from a country that speaks the target language to assist you with translations. The only thing you’ll need to make sure of is that they can communicate in English, but as English is such a widely spoken language, this shouldn’t be too problematic.
Recruitment:
If you manage a business that requires employees or volunteers, a virtual assistant (VA) can assist you in finding qualified individuals. They can sift through a large number of applications to locate the ones that satisfy the criteria. They can then conduct preliminary interviews over the phone or over Skype, and if they are suitable or have potential, they can pass them on to you. Your virtual assistant can help manage recruitment processes, human resources, and job postings.
Transcribe your audio, video, or podcast recordings:
The task of trancribing audio or video meeting sessions is simple. All you need is a good ear and a keyboard to get started. This is a fantastic method to incorporate your virtual assistant with your company. It also keeps them up to date on company activities so that they may provide updates on existing projects, such as deadlines or past decisions made by you and your team. All you have to do is explain them how to capture minutes in the format you prefer and wait for them to adjust and figure out how to transcribe efficiently.
Website design:
Website design and coding are skills that many VAs and freelance web developers have. Although coding has become a popular ability, there are a variety of web design tools that are quite simple to use. For a firm to be accessible and relevant to clients, it must have a website. A virtual assistant can help you put up a website, renovate an old one, or administer it and track web activity.
Organizing documents:
A solid filing system is essential for a firm to run smoothly. If you don’t maintain and clean your filing system on a regular basis, it can soon become untidy and unorganised. A VA who is detail-oriented can help you organise your files. Your VA’s remote location will not prevent them from being helpful because most files are now saved in internet storage drives.
Answering calls and taking messages:
It should go without saying that any assistant (virtual or not) is expected to act as a receptionist who answers the phone and takes messages. A virtual assistant can help you with this because they can use online calling platforms like Skype to handle your phone line. They can also help you organise your calendar, make appointments, and manage your email accounts.
As you can see, many activities do not require prior experience, thus hiring a virtual assistant to complete them is a viable option. Even though these jobs are typically mundane, they are essential to the success of a company. They can also be time-consuming, so delegating them to a virtual assistant (VA) will allow you to focus on more pressing business problems.
Votiko is a London-based social enterprise that connects solopreneurs and SMEs with outstanding virtual assistants from countries with high unemployment rates to help them expand their businesses. Get in contact with us or sign up for our newsletter to learn more about Votiko.
