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Rona Wheeldon is a very good VA  (Virtual Assistant) who is here to show us just how useful it can be to have a VA in your home business. Getting too tied up in admin and not enough time for sales and strategy? This is the feature for you.

Shrink your to-do list

Check out the list of all the things VAs can do and have a think about whether you should be doing these jobs, or if you’re better off outsourcing to someone else.

1. A Virtual Assistant can email you a reminder so you don’t forget important occasions.  For example, birthdays, wedding anniversary, etc. Plus, remind you when you need to start writing your monthly newsletter!
2. As they network regularly, a Virtual Assistant can recommend other small businesses you may benefit from using.  E.g. Business: book-keeper, accountant, marketing consultant, logo design & branding agency, coach, IT support.  Personal: mortgage advisor, cleaner, caterer, photographer, complementary therapist, financial advisor.
3. A Virtual Assistant can publicise events for you by posting details on relevant forums and websites.
4. Give your Virtual Assistant access to your online diary and they can arrange meetings for you, send confirmation emails and even confirm your meeting the day before for you.
5. A Virtual Assistant can call people who’ve attended your events and ask for feedback.  As they are calling independently, people are more likely to be honest.
6. Having typed up your report for you, a Virtual Assistant can save you the time and energy of getting your report printed and bound by liaising with your local printer – all you do is pick up the reports and pay.
7. A Virtual Assistant can research a topic, company, industry or person for you on the internet and provide you with a report of their findings.
8. Going to a meeting? A Virtual Assistant can book hotels and car hire for you, plus type up an itinerary with maps and routes.
9. A Virtual Assistant can save you time by sourcing a company who can convert your videos to DVDs.  E.g. a training video.
10. Think it’s about time you started to use Twitter? A Virtual Assistant can set up a Twitter account for you, show you how to use TweetDeck or Hootsuite....and if you don’t have time, even tweet for you!
11. A Virtual Assistant can transcribe phone interviews that you’ve recorded, so that you have a hard copy of the conversation.
12. Keep on running out of paper for your printer and envelopes? A Virtual Assistant can order your stationery for you and arrange for it to be delivered straight to your office.

Rona Wheeldon, The Organised PA 
www.twitter.com/organisedPA