| As your business grows and expand, your "to do" | | | | DMs (direct messages) and your replies (posts |
| list grows too. You find yourself with too many | | | | directed to you) to see if there is anything you |
| items on your plate to handle by yourself. Have | | | | need to respond to. |
| you considered outsourcing a majority of those | | | | A Virtual Assistant can also post pertinent |
| tasks to a Virtual Assistant (VA)? To give you an | | | | information about your company and products |
| ideal of which projects and tasks you can | | | | and/or services. Larger companies are starting to |
| outsource, following are some examples. | | | | use Twitter to communicate with their customers |
| Examples of tasks that you can outsource to a | | | | about their products and/or services, in addition to |
| VA are: bookkeeping, scheduling appointments, | | | | getting their feedback. Another feature of Twitter |
| returning phone calls, answering phone calls, | | | | is you have people following you and people you |
| managing e-mails, making reservations, typing and | | | | choose to follow. A Virtual Assistant can research |
| mailing correspondences, creating and managing | | | | the ones following you to see if they are viable |
| your database, updating your website and blog, | | | | potential clients. In addition, s/he can search for |
| etc. These are just a few examples of projects | | | | possible clients for you to follow on Twitter. |
| that can be farmed out. | | | | As you know, social media networking allows you |
| Another task you can outsource to your VA is | | | | to create business relationships, as well as give |
| social networking. As an entrepreneur and small | | | | your prospective clients the opportunity to learn |
| business owner, you are aware of the importance | | | | more about you; therefore, it is necessary for |
| of using social media networking as a marketing | | | | you to spend some time networking on these |
| strategy. You also realize how much time is | | | | social media sites. However, virtual assistants can |
| involved in social media networking. I can spend an | | | | help you save a huge amount of valuable time; |
| entire day on Twitter alone networking with other | | | | time you can use to focus on your clients. Social |
| entrepreneurs. In order to save you some | | | | media networking is just another example of a |
| valuable time, virtual assistants can help you with | | | | task you can outsource to a Virtual Assistant. |
| your networking efforts. Keep in mind, they use | | | | These are just a few examples of projects and |
| the same social media networking techniques and | | | | tasks you can outsource to a VA. With the extra |
| know their way around social media sites. | | | | time you gain from not having to take care of |
| A virtual assistant can set up your social media | | | | those items, you can concentrate on growing |
| profiles at various sites, as well as filter through | | | | your client base. In addition, you will have more |
| posts for any relevant information pertaining to | | | | time to provide your current clients excellent |
| your business. On Twitter, s/he can check your | | | | customer service. |