The Virtual Assistant Blog
Helping business owners run a successful business
Small business sales management – How to develop a strategy
In order to make your business work, you have to sell something. You have to sell it at a profit and you have to sell a certain amount of it. You might have more than one thing to sell, and you might have a range of prices, offers and channels. But you still need to...
Media marketing management tips: Finding the best curated content
If you really want to give your audience the content it wants, don’t feel you have to create all that content yourself. When you look at the really successful accounts you follow, you’ll see that in addition to their own content, they also share great content from...
Top 30 jobs you can put on a virtual assistant task list
Running your own business? Not enough hours in the day to complete all the admin tasks on your desk, plus actually get some business through the door? Wondering if you’ve even made the right decision to start up on your own? Thinking that it might be time to draw up a...
How a travel virtual assistant can make your life easier
On top of managing your business, arranging travel can be a headache. Whether it’s for a key meeting or simply some time off away from work, find out how a travel virtual assistant can help take away the stress of travelling to let you focus on being on top form. More...
Top ten tasks to outsource for small business and entrepreneurs
If you are an entrepreneur or a small business owner, you understand how valuable time is. One way to deal with a shortage of time is to outsource your everyday tasks so you can focus on more important parts of your business. As the saying goes — do what you do best...
Why use a lead generation service?
Getting good leads is vital to business success. And it’s not just about finding the right people to talk to; it’s about understanding what they want from your business, how you’re going to talk to them, how you look after them during their buying journey and how you...
Choosing an audio transcription service – what to consider
Transcription is a particular skill and care needs to be taken when looking for providers who specialise in transcription services to ensure you get the service you both require and are expecting. If you don’t either have the skills, resource or equipment in-house it...
How to segment your lists to transform your email marketing service
Email marketing is here to stay. Just think about your own inbox and what persuades you to click to buy more of what you love – or what your business needs. The best marketing emails are the ones that are instantly relevant to you. And that’s down to the email...
The easy way to make amazing images that boost social media marketing content creation
Good visual content helps your social media fly. You know it yourself, from scrolling down your timeline – attractive, engaging images make you more likely to stop scrolling and see what’s going on. If you’re not a graphic artist, you might be worried about how to...
Why outsource website management
Running a business website can be complex and time consuming. To be effective your site must be well designed, full of useful content, well promoted and free of technical errors. So you need to have a business website maintenance strategy that keeps your website...
How to delegate work effectively to a virtual assistant
Learning how to delegate work effectively can be challenging, but the rewards of enhanced productivity and cost savings can be significant. Delegating also allows your business to focus on core objectives instead of non value added repetitive tasks. The biggest...