A virtual assistant is a multitasking professional who can be of assistance to a tradie. Given the demands of their job, tradies are often drowned with pressing deadlines, juggling work with clients and admin. It is so much better if a tradie can focus entirely on the job on hand and allow a virtual assistant to get the essential needs sorted out for them. Here are seven things a virtual assistant can do for tradies like electricians, plumbers, builders, cleaners, carpenters, cabinet makers, painters etc:
Answer the Phone
Having someone to answer the phone, to return phone calls or to remind you of an impending call you must make will always make life simpler. The added advantage is that your office and how you manage it will be portrayed to be professional, organised and sorted.
Book your Appointments
A virtual assistant can book your appointments, plan your schedule within the confinements that you put in place and can maintain a calendar to help you stay ahead of time. Modern technology of today makes your calendar viewable to yourself and your virtual assistant at the same time.
Social Media Management
There are so many social media sites and social networking has become a typical way to market your business. Managing social media has become a job in itself! A virtual assistant can manage your entire social media presence. They can plan, schedule, post, share, and escalated all your social media for you.
Invoicing
When a job is completed and you need your customers invoiced a virtual assistant can create, email or mail out all invoicing on a daily basis.
Debtor Control
A virtual assistant can follow up on overdue accounts by organising a schedule for debt collection. An upcoming reminder and constant reminders of an overdue debt can be just what a small to medium size business needs to ensure a regular cash flow.
Website Creation
A virtual assistant can create and design your website giving you another form of marketing and leads through google searches which is commonly used every day.
Website Maintenance
If you already have a website, you can have it maintained and managed by a virtual assistant, from regulating the content to following up on activity and stats. These days websites need to be monitored all the time, traffic must be tracked every day, and one must also engage and interact with clients and followers through their website.
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