What can a Virtual Assistant do for you? Here’s the list of services.

Karen Zachary providing virtual assistant services.

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 

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