The question I hear most often when I'm out and about is, "A virtual assistant sounds great! But what can I outsource to her?"
In short, the best thing to outsource is anything that you 1). don't want to do, and 2). is an ongoing/repetitive task.
For example, I don't like booking airplane tickets, but I only fly 3 times/year, so it's not the best task for me to outsource to my assistant because it's not frequent enough. (However, an executive who flies twice/week should definitely outsource this task.)
Sending welcome packs to my clients, which includes sending them a book, a card, and a few other items, is something that I don't like doing and is something that happens every week.
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