Our website address is:, a site owned and operated by Chris Ducker & 4C Media Limited. Have you outsourced these types of GVA tasks before? How’d it go? Got anything to add to this list? Go right ahead. However, I am here to tell you that I have seen GVA’s handle all of these types of tasks with ease and confidence after some basic VA training, a little understanding and a slither of patience from their Virtual Bosses! So, be nice. It’s silly (and a little ignorant!) to assume that one person will have experience handling all of these types of tasks.
The most important thing here is to realize that not everyone will be perfect at handling ALL of these tasks right out of the gate. Use my ‘3 Lists to Freedom’ exercise to create your own, personalized list! Obviously, some of these tasks will require training, especially ones that involve the use of online tools. These are just some examples of the type of tasks someone in a General VA role can accomplish for you. Here’s a video version of the list, with a few more goodies thrown in! Participating in discussion forums or message boards (more promotion!) Blog commenting (to increase links to your site)Ģ5. Answering support tickets (with the use of Zendesk)Ģ4. Filter and reply to comments on your blogĢ3. Publish posts on your Blog (content you provided)Ģ2. Manage your Blog (Basic WordPress Skills)Ģ1.
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Manage and update Social Media AccountsĢ0. Set-up Social Media Accounts (Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Youtube)ġ9. Recruitment (source for other team members like writers or graphic artists)ġ8. Liaison between you and other team membersġ7. Preparing Slideshows (Powerpoint Presentations)ġ6. Creating basic reports (reports on weekly tasks, deliverables, sales)ġ5. Transcription (transcribing voicemail, video or audio, podcasts etc.)ġ4.
Personal errands (purchasing gifts for loved ones / family members online)ġ2. Research on certain topics for blogposts, newsletters or othersġ0. updating email or contact lists on your CRM)ĩ. File Management (organizing files using Dropbox etc)Ĩ. Receptionist duties (answering occasional calls)ħ. Following up with clients/customers (sending thank you and other reminder emails)ĥ. Setting up Autoresponders (Aweber, Mailchimp)Ĥ. 25 Tasks to Outsource to a General Virtual AssistantĢ. They help you ‘buy more time’ in your work day, alleviating entrepreneurial stress and allowing you to start working ON your business, instead of being trapped, working IN it, instead. However – the fact is that GVA’s are a Godsend. NOTE: GVA’s cannot handle tasks that would be taken care of by other types of virtual staff, such as web development and programming, graphic design, video and audio editing, content writing and SEO tasks. In case you’ve never worked with GVA’s before, this is the one role that I suggest every entrepreneur fill’s in their business, before any other. With this in mind, even though I’ve discussed working with virtual assistants before, I decided to put together this post today to give you ALL a kickstart in the right direction – and that direction is a General VA. However, from speaking with hundreds and hundreds of entrepreneurs over the last couple of years on the subject, the biggest reason why they procrastinate and not pull the trigger with outsourcing, is because they really don’t have a clue what tasks they would outsource in the first place! It’s just plain smart to leverage your time with talented workers on your team, than try and do it all yourself. Fast!Īnyone that’s ever visited my blog before will know that I am a huge advocate of outsourcing and working with all the different types of virtual assistantsavailable, right now, at your arsenal. It’s a dangerous, downward spiral that most entrepreneurs suffering from what I regularly refer to as ‘Superhero Syndrome’, will eventually encounter – if they don’t change the way they are doing things. One of the biggest reasons why entrepreneurs nowadays struggle to grow their businesses is because they are simply wearing too many hats.