If you
don’t enjoy certain admin tasks, the likelihood is you will probably not be that good at them
For most people these are the
activities you dread, like itemising your travel receipts and submitting
your expenses. By hanging on to tasks
like this, you are holding yourself back and wasting time which could otherwise
be spent on generating revenue for your business. The sooner you delegate them,
the better.
Even if you
are good are certain tasks, you can still delegate them. Tasks
such as posting to Twitter or Facebook may be delaying you and
preventing you from completing more high profile work you know deep down will
benefit your business.
On the other
hand, if you love certain tasks, but you aren’t particularly
good at them, you need to ask yourself whether or not you could become
competent with the right training. If
you’re prepared to put in the effort and have the time to do the training, get
good at these tasks, otherwise delegate them!
If you don’t think
about taking on a Virtual Assistant because you think you
can’t afford one, remember that “resources always follow vision.” Also, to be an effective leader you have to
be good at delegation.
Here are some more examples of just
some tasks you can start to delegate to a VA to save you time in your busy day:
Cleaning up email address books of duplicates
Often, due to device syncing problems, you might end up
with several versions of the same contact. Your VA can easily trawl through
them to ensure the details are amalgamated and therefore easily uploaded to
your newsletter program.
Sorting through Linked In digests
We all know that LinkedIn can be a great tool to help you
to connect with like-minded people to get ahead in business. In order for you to participate in
conversations you want to participate in your VA can identify these for you.
Regular Research
Tell your VA which products you want to promote this month
and ask him or her to carry out some online research and to draft a blog to be
linked to your website and other social media profiles.
Calendar Appointments
It can take many phonecalls and emails to finally confirm an appointment, particularly if more than two people are involved. Ask your Virtual PA to take the headache away and advise you of the date and time when all parties have confirmed they can make the meeting.
Spice up your Tweets
Your VA can take photos of products or items which can
enhance your Pinterest pages and Tweets. If he or she uses Hoot Suite too your posts can be
pre-programmed, a double whammy time-saver for both of you!
Online Grocery Shopping
Once your VA gets to know you and how you like to live, he or she can even organise your online grocery shopping via companies like Ocado
Check back soon for more time-saving tips from Virtual Assistant CJ VirtualPA
