Check out the dozens of ways good virtual assistants can help with your projects.

Many popular ways they can help include:

ACCOUNTING AND BOOKKEEPING

* creating and sending invoices to clients
* posting / logging monthly transactions into spreadsheets / bookkeeping software
* balancing and reconciling account statements and books (credit cards, loans, checking, savings, Paypal, eBay, etc.)
* sending payment reminders
* bill paying (for workers, contractors, suppliers, utilities, etc.)

ADMINISTRATIVE / SECRETARIAL SERVICES

* scheduling, confirming & rescheduling appointments
* backing up data regularly
* Completing daily To Do tasks
* regular reminding of important tasks and dates
* sending out the appropriate cards or gifts for special events
* managing lists of necessary office supplies and ordering refills
* coordinating and following up with travel plans
* coordinating other workers / outsource / virtual assistants and other helpers

DATABASE AND CLIENT MANAGEMENT

* keying in data into spreadsheets / database (business cards, telesales info, etc.)
* sending introductory, sales, referral, follow up and other business communications and materials (example: to new prospects, leads, clients)
* sending scheduled materials out as well (holiday promos, birthday cards, etc.)
* tracking marketing efforts and summarizing the results in a report
* contacting your leads and lists for missing contact information
* sending faxes
* emailing newsletters (ezines), announcements and broadcasts

EMAIL & MAIL SERVICES

* reviewing mail and email for sorting and deleting
* responding to help desks / support and other communications
* forwarding & tracking items to you and / or your clients
* order fulfillment, preparing packages and mailing out items

ONLINE SERVICES

* setting up and maintaining blogs, websites, forums and other means of online presence
* establishing and growing your newsletter / ezine and subscription database
* posting announcements and newsletter / ezine issues to your subscriber base / list
* completing Internet research
* writing, recording, editing, revising and submitting content to publishers online & off (articles, press releases, audio, video, podcasts, etc.)

PERSONNEL SERVICES

* writing, revising, posting online and printing out of resumes and cover / introduction letters
* reviewing candidates’ resumes and summarizing each for your review
* helping plan, create, coordinate and instruct about your products, services, business procedures, etc. with helpers / workers, staff and client training.

PRESENTATIONS

* preparing PowerPoint presentations
* preparing workshop / seminar participants beforehand with materials
* working after presentations with follow up materials
* summarizing results in a report

PRODUCT CREATION & MARKETING SERVICES (ONLINE & OFF)

* creating of private label rights (PLR) materials; i.e. ghostwritten items that you can slap your name and branding on and call your own: ebooks, reports, articles, blogging, videos, audio, podcasts, etc.
* marketing for your products, services and events keeping in your budget range for promotions online and off
* placing follow up faxes, emails, sales calls
* creating and mailing feedback and other surveys and questionnaires
* gathering testimonials, tracking the responses
* blogging, forum posting, using eBay, Craigslist, Social Networking, MySpace, Squidoo, OnlyWire and many other means to spread the word online.
* summarizing project work in reports

PRINTING AND PUBLISHING

* designing and printing brochures, matching letterhead, business cards and other marketing items
* creating designs for and ordering labels, letter head, flyers, pens, pencils and other promotional items
* crafting content & / or gathering it including interviewing, researching stats and quotes, laying out, printing and mailing newsletters / ezines (online & off)
* designing, printing and mailing out awards, certificates, handouts, CDs and more for workshop & seminar attendees

RESEARCH

* researching travel plans, destinations, hotels, car rentals and more
* researching affiliate programs, joint ventures and partners to team up with for your projects and then following up and reaching out to them to hook up.
* finding info for catering, presentations, speeches, apparel, and more
* fact finding for your reports, quotes, stats, articles, ebooks, presentations, speeches, videos, audios, podcasts and more…
* learning about decorating, entertainment, party / host gift ideas
* gathering clips of published articles (online and off)
* performing library research

TELEPHONE AND FAX SERVICES

* receiving phone calls & faxes to allow you more time to do other things
* forwarding important messages via email, text messaging or other means
* retrieving voice messages and replying and / or coordinating responses with your team so that you know that things are taken care of while you are busy elsewhere with other things

TRANSCRIPTION / WORD PROCESSING SERVICES

* using word processing to key in / type letters, articles, ebooks, memos, etc. from recordings or other note formats
* typing of reports, video and audio scripts, workshop / seminar notes and more from recordings or other note formats
* extra services like editing, proofing, spell and grammar check, conversion of documents (to Adobe PDFs, PowerPoint slides, Microsoft Word, for example.