What can a Virtual Assistant do for you? Here’s the list of services.
Technology Setup
General V.A. Services
Author Services
Communication and Presentation
Product Promotion and E-commerce
Websites and Blogs
Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
TikTok
YouTube
Podcasts, Vlogs, and Livecasts
Personal Assistance and Estate Management
Technology Setup Services
- Setting up a text message that triggers when someone makes a purchase on your website
- Purchasing, setting up, and backing up cell phones, laptops, and desktops
- Selecting and setting up client database using CRM (Customer Relationship Management software)
- Researching new apps and software when a change is needed
- Setting up and organizing cloud-based file sharing
- Training employees on new software
- Purchasing web domains (URLs)
- Ordering NFC dot or card for tap-to-transfer of contact info
- Finding and setting up Zapier integrations to improve your information flow
General V.A. Services
- Documenting your companies Standard Operating Procedures in a system like Notion
- Asking clients for testimonials on LinkedIn, Yelp, Google, Shopify, Amazon, etc.
- Reserving business name accounts on social media channels, to be sure no one else does
- Setting up Google analytics accounts
- Updating/monitoring software subscriptions
- Setting up email auto-responders
- Setting up automated appointment scheduling and linking calendar availability to company website
- Ordering company merch for employees or trade shows
- Researching and registering for conferences
- Travel planning
- Preparing for conferences and trade shows
- Ordering supplies and snacks for the office
- Designing and setting up attractive email signatures, with a click-to-call link for mobile users
- Designing, sending, and summarizing customer surveys
- Creating and updating spreadsheets for tracking business metrics
- Managing and maintaining client database
- Posting jobs and doing a first-pass on applicant resumes
- Onboarding new employees (Zoom, Slack, Google Workspace, etc)
- Onboarding new clients
Author Services
- BookFunnel setup and updates
- Using my Publisher Rocket account to help optimize Amazon pages and ads
- Setting up social media accounts and profiles: Instagram, TikTok, Facebook Page, LinkedIn, YouTube, Twitter, and Pinterest
- Liaising with editors, cover artists, marketers, reviewers, etc…and managing projects as needed
- Creating social media content: ideas and graphics
- Set up Goodreads author page, and Goodreads giveaways
- Posting social media content in proper sizes and formats for all platforms
- Creating Amazon affiliate link, so you get paid for other purchases people make after using your personalized buy link
- Updating website and setting up SEO best practices
- Adding email signup forms (with or without a freebie incentive to sign up) and syncing those to your email marketing platform (like MailChimp, Flodesk, Constant Contact, ConvertKit, Klaviyo or MailerLite)
- Creating landing pages for email signups with your freebie
- Advising on best practices for marketing
- Working with review services as needed: including Kirkus and NetGalley
- Applying for book festivals
- Researching local bookstores for signing events
- Developing and placing paid ads
- Researching book topics
- Executing your publisher’s or vendor’s marketing plan
- Early reading of your manuscript draft
- Researching literary agent manuscript wishlists
- Email newsletter creation and list management. Welcome flows. Sales funnels.
Communication and Presentation Services
- Email marketing strategy. Writing, formatting and/or sending email newsletters and other marketing emails. We are MailChimp Certified and a MailChimp Partner. We’re also effective with Kajabi, Flodesk and Constant Contact.
- Advising about email list management. (CAN-SPAM act fines can cost you up to $46,517 per email.)
- Advanced email marketing audience segmenting, A/B subject line testing, content testing, and optimal send time implementation, for maximum email opens and click-throughs
- Copywriting for websites, slide decks, blogs, landing pages, social media marketing, and speaking engagements
- Proofreading, fact-checking, and editing
- Creating or editing presentation templates in PowerPoint, Canva Pro, Google Slides or Keynote (PowerPoint certified)
- Uploading and formatting blog posts including links and images
- Repurposing content: adjusting material for multiple channels to get 5+ posts from one idea
- Creating PDFs, workbooks, transcripts for classes, workshops, or podcasts
- Creating graphics and Infographics
- Searching for and/or editing photos used in social media
- Answering inquiries from website contact forms
- Managing social media strategy, creation, and scheduling
- Sending postcards and buying mailing lists
- Creating and marketing lead magnets
- Transcribing videos
- Creating slide decks and carousels
- Public speaking support: itinerary confirmations, rider reminders, sizzle reels
Product Promotion and E-commerce
- Shopify setup and updates
- Designing and ordering physical products to sell on your website
- Posting articles, special products, and special events to blog and social media accounts
- Submitting physical product information to the relevant journalists, where appropriate
- Connecting e-commerce store to email management software, to track conversions via email marketing
- Setting up browse abandonment email, abandoned cart email, please-review email, cross and -upsell emails, and nurturing a list.
Websites and Blog Services
- Searching for domains, searching for similar names on social media, and purchasing domains
- Reviewing website pages and looking for broken links and outdated info
- Managing and updating WordPress, Squarespace, or Wix websites. We are a Squarespace Circle member. We also participate in a monthly Squarespace Mastermind.
- Managing and answering blog comments
- Using ADA compliance checker tools (to help meet federal accessibility requirements and avoid large fines)
- Reviewing and critique current website for improvements
- Adding internal linking to website, to improve Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
- Looking for ways to speed up website (saving just milliseconds can improve bounce rates)
- Training sales team
- Testing current sales systems and automations
- Secret shopping via phone or online chat
Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Services
- Setting up SSL certificates (site should say https, not http on all pages, so Google doesn’t delist or de-prioritize the site on search results pages)
- Researching keywords
- Creating blog posting schedules
- Categorizing blog posts
- Using tools like Yoast or RankMath to optimize your site
- Loading blog posts into a social media scheduler
- Creating/researching interesting topics and images for blog posts
- Updating and optimize alt description for images
- Finding popular blog posts in various niches and generate post headlines
- Confirming if site has been indexed by Google
- Scanning the top three media request sources daily, for free press opportunities with backlinks to your site
Facebook Services
- Setting up a business Page
- Clicking “like” when anyone responds favorably to client posts, and interacting with followers and commentors
- Posting relevant comments on others’ posts, to increase authority and visibility on target hashtags
- Creating Facebook banner art
- Uploading videos to business pages
- Creating graphical and video posts
- Writing posts
- Scheduling updates and posts on Pages
- Administering Facebook Groups: approve membership requests, remove troublesome members, moderate comments, write posts, write guides, pin featured updates
Twitter Services
- Scheduling tweets
- Posting relevant comments on others’ posts, to increase authority and visibility on target hashtags
- Creating graphic quotes and tips to tweet
- Changing banner to reflect current promotions
- Updating link in bio to reflect current promotions
- Pinning tweet to feature current promotion
TikTok Services
- Post videos with appropriate covers, captions and keywords
Instagram Services
- Setting up a business page
- Posting images daily
- Posting relevant comments on others’ posts, to increase authority and visibility on target hashtags
- Interacting with new followers
- Creating quotes and tips graphics
- Using LinkTree or similar for conversions
- Researching optimal hashtags
Pinterest Services
- Posting images
- Creating quotes and tips graphics
- Interacting with followers
- Designing and posting Rich Pins on Pinterest for your blog and podcast
- Creating boards to organize content
LinkedIn Services
- Setting up a business page
- Interacting with followers
- Posting relevant comments on others’ posts, to increase authority and visibility on target hashtags
- Reporting on how your LinkedIn business page is performing as compared to the competition
- Posting articles, regular posts, videos, and carousels
YouTube Services
- Set up watermark and branding
- Post videos with appropriate covers, captions and keywords
- Create and organize channels and featured video
Threads Services
- Post graphics and videos with appropriate captions and keywords
Podcasts, Vlogs, and Livecast Services
- Researching podcast names
- Researching topics
- Researching guests and their potential reach
- Marketing via email and social platforms to increase reach and visibility
- Following up with guests: sending thank you note and/or gift, providing them show link, and any relevant marketing materials so they can promote the episode themselves on their social media, requesting backlinks
- Preparing guest bios, interviewer questions and listener questions
- Scheduling guests
- Finding sound bites for audiograms and marketing messages for social content posts
- Creating script and interview prompts
- Writing show notes
- Writing description of each episode