The words virtual assistants and VAs are often associated with the term admin assistants. However, there are a LOT of virtual assistants out there, and each one has specific expertise, whether it is working for a certain industry or doing specific tasks. The problem with associating virtual assistants with the administrative role is it limits one’s perspective of a remote worker whose knowledge is data entry and spreadsheets alone.
While most virtual assistants started as administrative assistants, and some still work as one, most VAs have expanded to a different niche. Many VAs have expanded niches for different reasons: some to adapt to the client’s needs, some to cater to a more specific market, and most to set apart from the competition, and to increase profitability.
So, how can a virtual assistant support your coaching business?
Now you have an idea of what a virtual assistant is, now we will explain how virtual assistants for coaches differ from other virtual assistants and how they can help coaches build and grow their business.
Have you heard of the saying delegate your weakness and do what you do best? Coaches and consultants see the need to fit in the new era of the marketplace to deal with the challenges brought about by the pandemic. The future seems brighter post-pandemic but business owners still need to cope with the existing problems before the COVID-19 outbreak.
As a coach, here are a few of the difficulties you are probably facing at the present and what a virtual assistant can handle to help you move forward.
Getting your business out there.
As a business owner, slash coach or consultant, how much do you spend promoting your business? Fortunately, in the digital era, increasing a business’s online presence is easier and more accessible. Virtual assistants can promote your coaching business through different social media channels and websites.
Focus.
There are so many conflicting challenges in every expanding venture that overwhelm business owners of all types – including coaches and consultants. And when they do begin working on anything, they are stressed because they do not have enough focus on a task. One of the most significant duties of a life coach and business consultant is to assist clients to identify and focus on their goals to reach their maximum potential. But how can a coach or consultant help their clients when engulfed with stress and anxiety, stealing away focus?
As a business owner and a coach, you have two aspects to take care of. One is the business side of your firm and the actual practice of coaching. You likely became a coach because you wanted to work directly with people. Your heart was in the right place to help them out only if you give them the one-on-one attention they deserve. But to run a business, you have to split your time between running and keeping your business open and doing the thing you do best. – coaching.
A virtual assistant can fill in the gaps for you so you do not have to shoulder everything by yourself.
Email and calendar management.
Life coaches and consultants constantly calendar and emails to better cater to diverse clients, each with its unique set of demands. How can you remain on top of things while simultaneously giving your undivided attention to the unique demands of each client? A virtual assistant who works with coaches should be able to manage your schedule to guarantee that there are no overlaps.
Tasks you can delegate to a VA
Suppose you are a life coach or a consultant and hired a virtual assistant to help you get your work done. Below are the duties you can delegate to your VA to make your job.
Marketing and social media
Your clients are always the priority and marketing is an aspect you are likely to overlook especially if you have a healthy number of clients. A virtual assistant, as mentioned above, can manage your social media, lead generation, and overall marketing.
Follow-ups
The “personal touch” is one of the crucial services coaches and consultants provide to their clients. A virtual assistant will ensure that your customers get updates on schedule changes and approvals on your behalf. A virtual assistant can also manage appointment follow-ups and incorporate them effortlessly into your schedule.
Records of coaching sessions
If you are an online coach, you probably work on one-on-one and group sessions over Zoom. Downloading the recordings, uploading them to a video platform, password protecting them, embedding them on the client’s website, and sharing them with the clients are mundane tasks but consume a lot of time. A virtual assistant can take over these responsibilities for you.
Bookkeeping and data entry
A virtual assistant may relieve you of some of your least favorite responsibilities – such as bookkeeping, data entry, and expenses tracking allowing you to concentrate on the growth of your business.
VALUE Virtual Assistants provide the most adaptive, well-organized, and most accessible partner and collaborator your business will ever have. They are competent in a multitude of subjects and have the ability to think outside the box in order to do many jobs.
VALUE Virtual Assistants can match your business needs to VA with the following skills:
- General Administrative Tasks
- Accounting/Bookkeeping
- Customer Service
- Social Media Management
- Content Creation
- Web Development and Design
- Graphic Design
- Real Estate
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