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. As a result, this is the perfect task to outsource to my assistant.

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Sarah Leah is the founder of Secretary in Israel, which she has been running since January 2008. Prior to starting Secretary in Israel, Sarah Leah worked in marketing and had also founded a nonprofit. Sarah Leah currently resides in Jerusalem.