51 Essential Services Virtual Assistants Can Do

Summary: Companies need virtual assistants in more than just one area of their business to help make things run more smoothly and effectively.

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Working from home to earn a living income is a desire many have, but finding a legitimate job that produces an income can be hard. Virtual assistants can do many different things for many different businesses. They are competitive professionals that provide support services through Voice Over Internet Protocol (VOIP) with minimal supervision. Here are 51 different virtual assistant services that can be done by virtually anyone. What you decide to do ultimately will depend on your strengths and skills:

1. Data entry
2. Direct mailings
3. Affiliate manager
4. Accounting
5. Research
6. Online customer service such as social media, chat, email
7. Offline customer service such as outbound/inbound phone
8. Phone answering service
9. Article/Guest posting submissions
10. Blog assistant
11. Personal shopping
12. Real estate services
13. Travel planning
14. Event planning
15. Ezine Creation
16. Transcription
17. Pay per click management
18. Document coding
19. Content writing
20. Keyword research
21. Proofreading/editing
22. Podcast editing and submission
23. Blog management
24. Website design
25. Appointment setting
26. Tracking website analytics
27. Graphic design
28. Project management
29. Author assistant
30. Desktop publishing
31. eBay sales assisting
32. Resume/CV writing and editing
33. Translation services
34. Lead and sales generation
35. Book speaking engagements
36. Search engine optimization
37. Online profile creation and optimization
38. Reputation management
39. Online ad management
40. Follow-up with potential customers or joint venture partners
41. Order fulfillment in either physical or digital
42. Oversee new team members
43. Recruit new potential team members
44. Upload photos to online sharing sites
45. Webinar set up and promotion
46. Shopping cart management
47. Prepare and distribute press releases
48. Proposal management
49. Product launch management
50. Convert documents to PDFs
51. Standard operating procedure (SOP) creation

No matter the type of virtual assistant work you provide, the options for mixing and combining more than one service are endless. You can provide different services every day, giving you as much variety in your job as you desire, or you can keep it simple and stick to one service.




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