What Can You Delegate To Your Virtual Assistant?

Implementing delegation can be a boost to your business of course, yet it can also be a huge boost to your morale as well as your sanity. Effectively communicating delegated tasks, and letting go of having complete control over the task allows you more time to manage your business as well as establishes trust with your VA. Sometimes as a business owner it can be hard to let go of tasks that you have always had full control of. With letting go, you will find peace of mind when you are working with an experienced, professional VA.

A lot of small business owners are not sure which tasks to delegate to their VA when they are new to using virtual assistant services. My first suggestion is to start small. Start with the task that you just do not enjoy doing, something simple. Do you dislike filing? Become annoyed with repetitive data entry? No time for website updates? Organization falling through the cracks because you just don't have time?

As trust and rapport grow with your VA, you will feel confident delegating more complex tasks to them over time. Long days completing bank reconciliations, editing large documents, keeping track of inventory/staff/clients, creating spreadsheets for more efficient operations will now be a thing of the past! Your time will be spent seeking new clients and growing your business as well as maintaining the client base you currently have!

Here is a few ideas of tasks you can delegate:

• Data entry - Spreadsheets, documents, database, software.
• Bookkeeping - Invoicing, paying bills, reconciliations, tax calculations, budget tracking & reports.
• Digital Filing - Do you have piles of paperwork everywhere that need to be scanned in and organized electronically? This is very time consuming without the right equipment or time to tackle the task!
• Website Maintenance 
• Editing - Documents, transcription, etc.
• Organization - Email cleanup, in-office, files, etc.....
• Marketing - Material creation, ad posting, social media.....

The list is endless based upon your needs and the skill set of your chosen VA and the tasks your specific industry requires! 

Happy delegating!

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Blog created by Colleen Tapia - Owner and Manager of Innovative Administrative Services, LLC
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