Many small business owners are turning to Virtual Assistants to help manage their workload. By outsourcing certain tasks it will free up your valuable time. Having trouble deciding what sort of tasks you can outsource? We've put together a list of the top 4 tasks you should outsource to a virtual assistant:
1. Social Media Management
Developing a cohesive social media strategy among all platforms is time-consuming. After the strategy is developed you're still going to need to continually posts. It's recommended a minimum of 3 times a week, but generally, you should post several times a day. The more you post, the more opportunities people have to interact with your page. The more people interact with your page, the better visibility, brand awareness you have across all platforms!
2. Onboarding
Are you hiring new Real Estate Agents, Team Members, Salesmen, regularly? Hire someone to manage their onboarding paperwork, account setups, training. It will save you so much time!
3. Calendar Management
Do you have a lot of paper that you keep track of? Do you have a busy schedule with a lot of various dates that you have to remember? #Hiring a virtual assistant to confirm your appointments, schedule your appointments, remember important birthdays and anniversaries and manage your calendar for you will save you time! Plus you won't forget your top client's birthday ever again!
4. Compliance (Real Estate Specific)
Do you manage a large team? You probably spend hours reviewing contracts to verify they're in compliance. If you use a digital filing cabinet or require contract documents to be submitted virtually, then you would benefit from having a virtual assistant review the contracts for all the required #compliance guidelines.
As a business owner, you should make a list of all the tasks you're responsible for in a day. Of that list, which ones bring in money or grow the business? If you're spending more than 40% of your time on tasks that don't do one of those things, then you need to consider outsourcing those tasks!