The 2020 pandemic brought many companies into a digitalized way of working and the employees experienced the benefits of flexible work hours and commute. This has led to more than 136,000 searches for “Virtual Assistant” on Google every month, in addition to 10,600+ searched on how to become a Virtual Assistant.
So, I will provide you with the ultimate list of virtual assistant services to help you figure out if being a VA is something for you.
Can you become a Virtual Assistant, or VA?
Absolutely! I would ask why you have a doubt? Grab a cup of tea, and let’s talk this over.
Being a Virtual Assistant, or VA, is a great modern job for many people, as it provides the flexibility many businesses still haven’t evolved into offering their employees. So, in that way, it is a great way to take charge of your own work-life and time.
However, we should also talk about the challenges it can come with. It sounds great to be your boss, but it does come with all the exciting challenges of running a business. That part is not always for everyone.
When you become your boss, it is your responsibility to learn how to register a business, do your taxes right, plan for personal insurance and be ready for the bad times and the good ones.
What does a Virtual Assistant do?
Work on your own time while sipping cappuccinos and smiling all the way to the bank. Of course, this might be a little exaggerated, at least in the beginning. However, it does give you excellent flexibility, and if you start doing this besides your current job, you might need the coffee.
You are, in essence, a sort of Temporary worker for hire. You can work entirely for yourself or signup as a freelancer on one of several available Virtual Assistant Websites.
It is hard to specify a few and select tasks that you will always do because it all depends on your level of experience in the area you wish to offer your support. Consequently, most of what you will do is tied to tasks that businesses either don’t have the skill or time to do.
The hourly salary of a VA in most western countries starts around $14 and up to $95 depending on what area you are servicing. Most VA’s that charge below $14 are from countries with low salaries and don’t worry about that. Therefore, focus on where you live and make that a strength to make sure you always get a livable salary out of your work.
The Most Common Tasks for a VA
- Accounting and Bookkeeping
- Content Creation
- Customer Support
- Data Entry
- Database Management
- Email Management
- Generating Reports
- Order fulfillment
- Social Media Assistance
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The Most Common VA Niches
- Administrative Virtual Assistant
- Copywriter & Transcriptionist
- Customer Care Virtual Assistant
- Graphic Design Virtual Assistant
- Technical Virtual Assistant
- Translation Virtual Assistant
- Travel Virtual Assistant
- Virtual Bookkeeper
- Digital Marketing Virtual Assistant
The Ultimate List of Virtual Assistant Services
In addition to the ultimate list, we grouped all the services into the most common VA niches.
Administrative VA
- Affiliate or Partner Manager
- Appointment Setting
- Arranging Interviews
- Blogger Outreach and Relationship Development
- Book Speaking Engagements
- Creating PowerPoint presentations
- Data Entry
- Event Planning and Management
- Form Preparation
- Generating Reports
- Grant Proposal Management
- Guest Post-Screening
- Helping Launch eBooks or Programs
- Hiring and Training New Team Members
- Interior Design Advisor
- Managing Blog Editorial Calendars
- Monitoring YouTube Content
- Order Fulfillment (Physical and/or Digital)
- Ordering Supplies
- Ordering, Packaging, and Sending Client Gifts
- Organizing Cloud Files
- Organizing Email Inboxes
- Organizing G-Drive Files
- Packaging and Shipping Products and Gifts
- Personal Assistant
- Personal Shopper
- Product Launch Management
- Re-purposing Content between Media
- Recruit New Potential Team Members
- Reputation Management
- SAP Data Entry
- Scan and Organize Paper Documents
- Skip Tracing for Realtors
- Updating House or Land Listings for Realtors
- Uploading YouTube videos
- Writing Job Listings
Bookkeeper VA
- Creating Project or Business Budgets
- General Bookkeeping
- Handling Payroll
- Making Collections calls
- Managing Payments and Invoicing
- Processing Orders and Refunds
- Startup Viability Budgeting
Customer Care VA
- Answering Phone calls
- Assisting with Teleseminars
- Calendar Maintenance
- Client Onboarding Tasks
- Community Management
- eBay Sales Support
- Event Support
- Following up with Leads/Clients
- Giveaway Management
- Live Webinar Assistance
- Managing Blog Comments
- Managing Online Communities
- Managing Social Media Comments
- Monitoring and Responding to Emails
- Monitoring Voicemails
- Offline Customer Service (inbound/outbound phone)
- Online Customer Service (email, chat, social media)
- Sending “Thank You” to Customers
Graphic Design VA
- Branding Services
- Creating Graphics for Blog Posts
- Creating Slides for Webinars or Workshops
- Creating Social Media Graphics or Pins
- Creating Visual Brand Identity or CVI
- Design Thumbnails and Headers for Video and Social Sites
- Designing Business Cards, Logos, Leaflets, Flyers, etc.
- Designing eBooks
- Creating Printable for People to Sell or Promote their Businesses
- Emoji and Animations Designer for Twitch Partners etc.
- Ezine Magazine Creation
- Photo Editing
- Photography for Websites and Promotional Materials
- Product Design for On-Demand Shipping like T-Shirts etc.
- Find Photos for Blog Posts, Social Media, etc.
- Storyboard Designing
- Vector Tracing
Digital Marketing VA
- Blog Post Promotion
- Brand Pitch Deck
- Creating and Managing Facebook Accounts
- Creating and Managing Instagram Posts
- Creating and Managing Pinterest Accounts
- Creating and Managing Promoted Pins
- Creating and Managing TikTok Accounts
- Creating Facebook Ads
- Creating Press Releases
- Creating Social Media Polls
- Designing Social Media Graphics
- Direct Mailings
- eBook, Course, and Membership Promotion
- Email Automatization
- Lead and Sales Generation
- Managing Facebook Groups
- Marketing Strategy
- PR Distribution
- Prepare and Distribute Press Releases
- Preparing Slide Presentations
- Product Launches
- Promoting Live Events
- Responding to Social Media Messages
- Scheduling Messages in ManyChat
- Scheduling Pins via Tailwind
- Scheduling Social Media Updates
- Setting up and Managing LinkedIn Accounts
- Setting up and Managing LinkedIn Groups
- Setting up Sales Funnels
- Social Media Assistance
- Social Media Marketing
- Software and Game User Testing
Research VA
- Brainstorming Ideas for Blog Posts, Products, etc.
- Competition Research
- Contractor Research
- Creating SWOT Analysis
- Education Research
- Event Research
- Hashtag Research
- Joint Venture Research and Follow up
- Keyword Research for Etsy, Pinterest, Google, etc.
- Licensing Research
- Market Research
- Patent Research
- Political Research
- Product Price Comparison
- Product Research
- Researching and Applying to Affiliate Marketing Programs
- Researching and Condensing Information
- Researching and Summarizing Industry News
- Researching Guest Post Opportunities
- Researching LinkedIn Groups
- Researching Podcast Guests
- Researching Programs and Resources
- Researching Publishers
- Researching Speaking Opportunities
- Running Promotions
- Skip Tracing for Leads
- Software and Program Research
- Software Research
- Solution Research
- Sponsorship Research
- Travel Research
- Vendor/printer Research
Technical VA
- Ad Management
- Amazon Seller
- Analytics Reporting (Google Analytics, Email, Social Media, etc.)
- Author Assistant
- Blog Management
- Business Strategy
- Creating and Managing Affiliate Programs
- Creating and Self-Publishing Books for Authors
- Creating Digital Magazines
- Creating Landing Pages and Squeeze Pages
- Creating Online Quizzes
- Creating Surveys and Online Forms
- Database Creation and Management
- Online Course Creation
- File Conversion
- Formatting Blog Posts
- Formatting eBooks
- Light Calculations and Photometrics
- Managing Customer Databases
- Managing Ecommerce Sites
- Optimizing Blog Posts with Images, Links, and CTAs (Call to Actions)
- Podcast Editing
- Podcast Submission
- Project Management
- Setting up Digital Product Delivery
- Setting up Goals in Google Analytics
- Setting up Membership Sites
- Setting up Newsletter Opt-in Forms and Sequences
- Setting up or Migrating Email Lists to a New Email Service Provider
- Setting up Secure Websites (SSL)
- Setting up Spreadsheets
- Setting up UTM Goals to Track Website Traffic
- Shopping Cart Installation/maintenance
- Streamlining and Automating Systems
- Tracking and Fixing Broken Links
- Troubleshooting, IT support
- Updating Websites and Plugins
- Video Editing
- Web Design/Maintenance
- Webinar Set up and Promotion
- Website Coding
- Website Security and Backups
- Website SEO
Translation VA
- Translate Documents
- Translated Transcription
- Translation of Product Text
Travel VA
- Booking Accommodations
- Booking Flight, Hotel, and Car
- Planning Itineraries
- Planning Unique Excursions
- Researching Discounts and Travel Offers
- Researching Travel Destinations
Copywriter & Transcriptionist
- Collecting/Editing Testimonials
- Creating or Updating Standard Operating Procedures (SOP)
- E-commerce Product Descriptions for Shopify, Amazon, Etsy, etc.
- Proofreading and Edit Blog Posts, Newsletters, Books, Websites, etc.
- Email Marketing Copywriting
- Ghostwriting
- Grant Proposals
- Legal Writing
- Letter Writing
- Podcast Scripting
- Taking Meeting Minutes
- Transcription
- Translation of Products and other Text
- Website and Sales Page Copywriting
- Writing and Updating Resumes/CVs
- Writing Article/Guest Posting Submissions
- Writing eBooks, Books, Newsletters, Email Funnels, etc.
- Writing or Editing Audio or Video Transcriptions
- Writing Engaging Social Media Content
How do you use this list of services?
As you can see, there are many services you can offer as a VA.
Go through the list, select the services you are interested in, and maybe already have some skills. You can combine services into packages, charge per task, per project, or even offer a monthly retainer.
Write down what your services will look like and research how the market seems, competition, opportunity, and supporting courses that might help you get even better If you need it.
Evidently, you will reach a point where you feel good about the services you have selected. When you reach that moment, I recommend that you try it out. Join some Facebook groups and offer your help for free and test it out.
This gives you the chance to tweak it as you go and be able to underpromise and overdeliver when you are ready to offer your services at a cost. As a result of this testing, you will also have a few genuine testimonials to use when you launch.
And remember, just because you start with one service doesn’t mean you’re stuck offering that service for the rest of your career. You can always pivot to others or add additional services.
I hope you find your path and get to sip all the beach Mai Tais you want when working from your laptop.
