What does a Virtual Assistant do?

Your company is growing, that's great news, but all of a sudden you are overwhelmed with millions of tasks. 

• Booking meetings, flights, cars
• Ordering supplies
• Answering general information emails, we all know how quickly our general mailboxes can fill up
• Formatting presentations and reports
• Editing presentations and reports
• Answering and updating your Twitter, Blog, Facebook, LinkedIn, Google+ accounts (to name just a few social media sites you may be on)
• You need some graphics to make your presentation more professional do you really have time to search the web for the right one.
• etc, etc

Sounds like you definitely need help, but not ready for a full-time position, or maybe you don't have the room for someone yet.  Then you may want to look at a Virtual Assistant.  There is a Virtual Assistant for every task your company may need. 

• Bookkeeping has been outsourced for years
• Office Help:  documents, presentations, reports, resumes, spreadsheets
• Social Media:  creating your accounts and updating them
• Scheduling:  keeping track of your calendar for meetings, conferences, flights, etc
• Recruitment:  Screening, reference checks, searching for candidates
• Data Entry:  not just entry but also keeping your database up to date
• Transcription Services

You need to make a list of what you need help with (I know another task to add to your never ending list).  That list needs to be sorted into general administration and specialized administration tasks.  Chances are that your Virtual Assistant won't be able to design you a great webpage, get a professional for that, but they will be able to maintain and update it.  Editing and proofreading is another task that you may want to make sure that your Virtual Assistant is qualified in the language you are using.  The best Virtual Assistants become an employee of your company without the expense of being an employee.  The more they do for you the more knowledgeable they will become.  And you can keep adding tasks to their list without them complaining about their work load. 

Try a Virtual Assistant and get on with business while leaving those mundane tasks to a professional!!!