Since after the 2007 bestseller, the 4-Hour Workweek by Timothy Ferriss, people have started realizing the importance of outsourcing. Having a virtual assistant is as handy as qualified, experienced typical secretary, personal assistant and/or office administrator combined.
There are services, like TimeSvr, that go a step ahead and provide team of virtual assistants in competitive price. Your virtual assistants can perform number of tasks off your desk and let you focus on the work that's more important and worth your time. If you are still wondering what virtual assistants can do for you, below is a list of 60 Tasks Your Virtual Assistant Can Do and you would love to outsource.
§ Tasks Your Virtual Assistant Can Do.
1. Do myriads of brain-numbing online research for you.
2. Transcribe voice memos you record on your phone, and then email them to you.
3. Look for contractors/plumbers/pest control in your area.
4. Organize your day and week using something like Google Calendars and then sending you an email/text/phone reminder before each meeting/engagement.
5. Unsubscribe you from pesky mailing lists that just won’t stop.
6. Search for best doctors in your area that accept the insurance you have.
8. Pay your bills online.
9. Convert PDFs into Word documents/spreadsheets.
10. Plan your event and check availability of your friends for dinner.
11. Find directions for you. Create Google maps. 12. Find the lowest air fare for an up coming trip. Also, book your flight.
13. Find you an apartment or house when you move cities.
14. Set up your email list.
15. Manage comments on your blog, forum or video - You can avoid dealing with the spam and have your virtual assistant do it.
16. Manage your online library stuff - Place books on hold, order them. 17. Search articles.
18. Online Flights Check-in. Send you boarding passes online so you don't have to wait in a queue.
19. Comparing and contrasting hotels in an area and present you with a categorized list of the top rated, their features and then book the one you want for you.
20. Manage your Facebook account and fan pages.
21. Bulk follow/unfollow from your Twitter. Obviously its time consuming doing it yourself.
22. Respond and retweet interesting things on your Twitter account.
23. Find “things to do” for your next vacation trip.
24. Register you on several website. Create new sign-ups.
25. Basic web/graphics designing.
26. Set up meetings for you with the spots you like the most and double check your budget to make sure you can afford it.
27. Research the best school for children.
28. Help you set up your website/blog.
29. Perform recurring tasks that you have to do daily but you really need some one who can do it.
30. Go through your business or personal voicemail, handle basic matters and forward any pressing issues on to you.
31. Place orders on your behalf.32. Call your clients to confirm/arrange appointments.
33. Update you with weather forecast.
34. Find product reviews.
35. Upload/manage photos to Flickr, Picasa, Photobucket etc.
36. Help you balance your business budget using free tools.
37. Delete Facebook friends that aren’t, really your friends.
38. Organize your email and delete the unwanted “archived” messages you have that are keeping your mail box down.
39. Respond to email/ticket support requests for your business.
40. Check your twitter account for new followers. Decide whether to follow them back, or not.
41. Create several templates for sending out letters.
42. Transcribe podcasts, or anything audio/video for that matter.
43. Create flyers.
44. Manage your shopping lists.
45. Send flowers to your loved one on valentine's day, wish people on your behalf.
46. Motivate you when you are down.
47. Organize your ideas and thoughts into an actionable lists.
48. Update addresses/contact lists.
49. Make V-cards and contact csv files for you to import.
50. Create invoices.
51. Track your delivery orders.
52. Remind you for ANYTHING.
53. Give you wakeup calls.
54. Do market research for a new product or business.
55. Make excel sheets, charts, diagrams etc.56. Follow up on business leads.
57. Create charts and graphs out of your spreadsheets.
58. Prepare Powerpoint presentations.
59. Do data entry (of course, you don’t want to be doing that)
60. Send out emails that say “Hi, this is ’s assistant” which always impresses friends and family ;)
P.s. The list is not limited to the tasks mentioned above. Of course, there are many more you may outsource.