| As a business or executive coach assisting clients | | | | client database can be converted and uploaded to |
| with work/life balance issues, it's important that you | | | | the email service provider you will use. You then |
| walk the talk of wise time management. Since you | | | | provide the VA with the copy and the VA will draft, |
| most likely suggest clients delegate more tasks to | | | | edit and proof before sending the final draft for your |
| their staff and utilize their time effectively, it's | | | | approval. Once finalized, the VA can set up the launch |
| essential that you do the same. Using a virtual | | | | date and then provide you with bounce, opt-out and |
| assistant is one way to model effective management | | | | click through reports. |
| for your own clients. Below are 5 tasks you can | | | | 5. Teleseminar Reservation Processing. You would like |
| easily delegate to a Virtual Assistant which will allow | | | | to start conducting monthly teleseminars or perhaps |
| you to generate additional revenue and focus on | | | | even an in-person workshop but have held back |
| growing your practice. | | | | because you just feel overwhelmed with all the |
| 1. Bookkeeping Services. A VA can assist you with | | | | details. The VA can assist you with processing the |
| your month invoicing using QuickBooks, preparing | | | | registration payments, maintaining the registration list |
| manual invoices or setting up the client for automatic | | | | of participants, making sure conference call |
| billing through your merchant account. | | | | information is emailed to the meeting attendee, and |
| The VA can also assist the coach with monthly bank | | | | for the in-person workshops, can prepare name |
| reconciliations and preparing monthly Profit & | | | | badges and assemble handout materials for |
| Loss and Balance Sheet financial reports. It is | | | | distribution at the meeting. This will now give you the |
| important for you as a business owner to review | | | | time to really focus on the presentation and those |
| your financial reports each month. This will allow you | | | | resource materials. |
| to see which services are profitable for you. | | | | 6. BONUS TASK: Assessment/Survey Management. |
| 2. Scheduling and Confirming Appointments. The VA | | | | Do you have clients that you put through various |
| can access your calendar remotely or you can set up | | | | assessments? Perhaps you have created your own |
| a Google Calendar which easily syncs to your Outlook | | | | on-line assessment tool, the VA can set up the client |
| calendar. The VA can assist with scheduling client | | | | and their direct reports and peers in the system and |
| meetings and also confirming existing client sessions. | | | | then manage the process to make sure the |
| 3. New Client Welcome Packages. You just signed on | | | | assessments are completed in the timeframe needed. |
| a new client - you can email the client information | | | | The VA can also order assessments through outside |
| sheet to your VA who can put together your New | | | | assessment companies and help with the |
| Client Welcome Package and even mail it directly to | | | | management of those accounts. |
| the client for you. Most VA's do store client supplies | | | | It is important to communicate to the VA what |
| at their office such as letterhead, business cards, | | | | tasks you really feel overwhelmed with or perhaps |
| binders, special paper, even books and CD/DVD | | | | just don't like to do. The VA will work with you in |
| products. The VA can then add the new client to | | | | finding ways to easily transition those tasks. The |
| your eNewsletter subscriber list and their birthday can | | | | next stage will be the letting go, which is hard for all |
| be entered into your calendar for sending out | | | | small business owners - this is your business, you |
| birthday cards. | | | | have been doing most or all of these tasks yourself. |
| 4. eNewsletter. If you have been thinking about | | | | You have found the perfect VA to work with so |
| sending out a monthly eNewsletter, the VA can set | | | | just start off with smaller tasks and once you start |
| up your template in your email marketing program | | | | seeing the benefit and the extra time you now have, |
| such as Constant Contact or Vertical Response. Your | | | | those other tasks will be much easier to let go. |