101 Things You Can Outsource To A Virtual Assistant

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101 Things You Can Outsource To A Virtual
AssistantBy Rachel Rofe

• Overview
• In this episode, I go over 101 tasks that Ive
  personally delegated to MyFancyHands.com.
• This is meant to help you see what YOU can be
  delegating in your life.

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The way that the service works is you pay a
monthly fee and you get a certain amount of tasks
that you can request for assistants to do every
month. All the assistants speak perfect
English. I've been a member for over five years,
and I'm always so happy. It's like every time
when I go through and check out my finances, it's
one of these monthly things that I have no
problem paying, because I get so much return for
it. Fancy Hands has a dashboard where you can
go through and check out the different things
that you've requested
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Some of the things that I've requested. I've
asked them to find a highly rated eye doctor in
my area. So when I moved to Vegas, I had them go
and find three to five of the highest rated
doctors. Any time I do anything like this, or
dentists, or whatever, but my last one was eye
doctor, and then book an appointment. I tell them
exactly when I want the appointment. And they
actually sync to your calendar, so that's great.
If you have another virtual assistant, you can
ask them for that.
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I asked them recently to cancel a monthly
catalog. Don, my boyfriend, was getting a monthly
catalog from this printer supply place. It was
like hundreds of pages, and I thought it was just
a big waste of paper, so I had them call and get
that cancelled. I had them find a retreat within
four hours, so somewhere that I could go to relax
that would be within four hours of where I live
and under 200 a night. They found several
places. I had them report people on Twitter for
stealing my course. There are people that will go
and buy my course and then try to resell it, and
basically steal it and try to resell it so I had
them reported.
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I had them go and get prices. We recently had an
event in my home where people would come. We were
just helping them with their business.
Afterwards, we all went out dancing. I had My
Fancy Hands go through and get prices for where
we could go and get a table at a club for our
mastermind. I've had them contact the Boulder
Chips. I recently got these baked vegetable
sticks from Costco and I hadn't seen them again.
So, I had them actually contact the company
Boulder and ask where I could find more.
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I'm just going through the most recent to the
oldest tasks that I've had. There are business
tasks and there's personal. Track a U.P.S.
package I hadn't gotten. Find uplifting
communities in Bucks County. My sister lives in
Bucks County, Pennsylvania, and she was having
problems finding some people that she really
liked being around. So, I had My Fancy Hands
research great people to be around, great
communities. They found meet ups and they found
all kinds of different things that my sister
could join. I just told them what my sister's
interests were and what she was and wasn't into,
and they found great things.
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Find a car battery within ten minutes of where I
live. Call Whole Foods to find . . . there's this
cheese that I saw on "Shark Tank." It's like a
vegetable cheese. It's not really cheese. It's
called Heidi Ho. It's like a spreadable cheese.
They called different Whole Foods to find one
near me. By the way, it's awesome. It's so good.
I use it and it's made of red bell pepper and
different things. It simulates cheese. It doesn't
taste exactly like cheese, but it's a great way
to not have dairy and not feel like you're
missing out.
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I had them help me figure out how to organize a
virtual baby shower. Some friends and I were
going to hold a Google Hangout for a friend of
ours who was having a baby. I didn't know what to
do for a virtual baby shower, so I had My Fancy
Hands help.
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Find the best deals on socks. I wanted to get a
bunch of bulk socks for a homeless shelter that I
volunteer with. They went and found some great
deals for me. I had them cancel a subscription to
a greens company that I was ordering from. The
place would not let me cancel via email, so I had
My Fancy Hands go and call them. They figured out
how to submit an article to OWN, Oprah's
magazine. I didn't find it easily.
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They've booked massages. I asked them to find a
Mercedes dealer close to me, because we just got
a new car and book an appointment. To find
somewhere near me that would deliver filtered
water on a weekly basis and set up an
appointment. When I first moved to Vegas, they
helped me find a place to volunteer. They even
found, once, the homeowners association
associated with my house. Because on Vegas, it
seems like everyone has a homeowners association.
I had no idea where mine was so they got that for
me. They've helped me find specific herbs that I
heard were good for specific things.
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When I had my event in New York City, they helped
me find places I could advertise it, so different
New York City newspapers. Helped me find places
for Don to make friends when we moved to Vegas.
Places that sold, so I didn't want to go to tons
of different furniture stores when we were moving
in, so I had My Fancy Hands find specific
furniture stores that had specific types of
styles and specific types of pricing and colors
and so they just gave me the best of list.
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They got all my utilities set up when I moved.
Any time I move, I mean for the past five years
I've lived in several places, and every time they
get all my utilities cancelled from wherever I'm
moving and then begun wherever I go to. I've had
them submit Kindle books to different sites. When
I have free books, I'll have My Fancy Hands go
through and alert different sites to advertise
for me.
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I've had them help me figure out, there was a
charity that I had in mind that I wanted to
create, so I had them research to see if that was
possible. I asked them once to help me find a
place that I could donate food to. I was in a new
city and I wanted to know, so they helped me with
that. I asked them to help me find a weekly farm
delivery when we were in Wichita, Kansas. To find
a specific type of gluten free pretzel. To cancel
gym membership. To find the best train route for
things. To find activities for my mom. My mom was
looking for new things to do, so I had My Fancy
Hands help.
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I had a long layover at Atlanta airport once, and
I asked them if they could help me figure out if
there was a place to get my hair blown out while
I was there. I had them clarify the weight policy
for Delta's first class. They didn't have it very
readily available on their website, and I was
flying, and I wanted to see how much I could
carry. I don't always get to fly first class, but
this time I was, and I wanted to make sure I was
maximizing it.
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Find a soundproof office for a few days. I was
visiting somewhere and I needed to see if I could
record some videos somewhere. Once, I took a trip
to Boston, and it was just a girls weekend with a
friend. On the way there, I got a stain on the
dress I was wearing, so I emailed My Fancy Hands.
The way it works is you just email them. You can
also call if you want, but I just email. I think
there's an app, too. I asked them to find a dry
cleaner near the ZIP code that I was staying at
and see if they could remove a stain within a
day, because I was only going to be there for a
weekend.
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They do research before trips to find cool places
to visit, find things to do. So when I was in
Wichita and I didn't really know what to do, they
found things for me. I had them figure out why a
gift card that I had didn't make it to our
recipient. Don and I ordered some for his brother
and his brother in law. We got them Omaha Steaks
gift cards, and they couldn't get them for some
reason. They just kept not getting them delivered
so we had My Fancy Hands follow up.
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I've had them find products that are showing as
unavailable. I've had them find specific gigs on
Fiverr for different things that I wanted. Once,
I got an email. The subject line said, "Never eat
this specific carb ever. Never eat this carb.
This is the number one carb not to eat," kind of
thing. When I clicked over, it was this big, long
video. It was a video sales letter, and it didn't
have any controls so I could see how long the
video was. I didn't want to deal with it, so I
just forwarded it to My Fancy Hands and I asked
them to watch the video and tell me what the carb
was. I think it was sugar, by the way.
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I've asked them to help me figure out how I can
bring green juice on an airplane. There was one
time when I was just juicing for a few days, and
I didn't know how I could get around not having
juice. And so they actually gave me some great
ideas.
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I've had them find event space for me when I was
holding events. I had them look for bowling
leagues for Don. I've had them call airports to
see if there were delays. They've cancelled
shipments for me. I had a problem with my Apple
password on my phone. I couldn't reset it. So,
they called Apple and figured it out for me. I've
had them get frequent flyer points added to
airlines for me.
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I was writing a book where I wanted a very
specific type of person. I've actually done this
a couple of times. I wanted to find people who
have healed their P.C.O.S., polycystic ovarian
syndrome. They found people and contacted them
for me. I also wanted people who had both
P.C.O.S. and Hashimoto's, and they found people
for me for that.
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They've contacted blogs for me. If there were
blogs that I wanted to make a guest article post
on, I've had them contact them for me. Found the
cheapest deal on hotels. They've found stats for
upcoming presentations. There was a software that
I saw that I wanted to offer a free trial for one
of my books, so I had them contact the company
and figure out how we could get that trial as a
bonus and we got that done.
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I've had them find regular baby shower games for
when I was putting on a baby shower for my
sister. I've asked them to find specific onesies
for my nephew, because my sister said she liked a
specific saying. I've had them call people and
invite them. When I was putting together my
sister's baby shower, I had My Fancy Hands help
me call some people that I couldn't get ahold of
and didn't have voicemail. And, I didn't know
those people, by the way. My Fancy Hands just
helped.
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I've had them figure out what markets are
trending for different countries. I was looking
for book ideas to get some of my books
translated, so I had them do some research. I had
them find a house cleaner for my mom when I
wanted to do a little favor for her and book a
housekeeper for her. I've had them find out when
trash comes to different houses that I was
staying in. Figured out how much longterm parking
at an airport was. Find out if certain things are
within terms of service for Amazon. There was a
product I was interested in, and I wanted to
figure out if it worked with a Mac, so I had My
Fancy Hands find it.
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I've had them call a place in Mexico. I needed a
Spanish speaker. I can speak okay when I'm in
person, but over the phone when they talk fast
it's hard for me. I had someone in My Fancy Hands
who could speak Spanish call. I've had them
figure out best places to get credit card points.
I've had them help me find apartments for a
friend. My friend had very specific criteria. She
was looking for an apartment in west
Philadelphia. My Fancy Hands helped come up with
some ideas.
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I've had them report people to PayPal, again the
people that were stealing courses and trying to
sell them. When Don and I were still
long-distance, he got sick one day, so I had them
help me figure out how to get chicken noodle soup
delivered to his house. I've had them help me
figure out how to switch names on tickets.
Tickets that I bought that I was no longer going
to things, I had them switch. I've had them find
crowd sourcing companies for me. We've taken PDFs
and put them into Excel format.
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They helped me find someone to officiate my
sister's wedding. I was her maid of honor, and I
was helping her with that. I hope that her mother
in law is not listening to this, but I also had
them brainstorm some ideas on how to keep my
sister's mother in law away from her on her
wedding day, because that was my sister's number
one request, just keep the mother in law away.
They helped me find someone to officiate my
sister's wedding. I was her maid of honor, and I
was helping her with that. I hope that her mother
in law is not listening to this, but I also had
them brainstorm some ideas on how to keep my
sister's mother in law away from her on her
wedding day, because that was my sister's number
one request, just keep the mother in law away.
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I had them help find a press release writer who
could write in Mandarin. How to figure out, there
was a program that would sync with the daylight
outside. I spoke about it in other podcasts. It's
called F.lux, but I couldn't remember the name of
it. So, I had them find it for me. I kept hearing
about this seven minute workout, so I asked them
to figure out what that was and let me know.
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Figure out how to use different programs. I just
downloaded Boomerang, and I didn't know how to
use it. So I had them help me find it. I had an
ad that I kept trying to post on Craigslist and
it wouldn't post, so I had them post it for me.
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I've had them research areas to move. When I was
moving to Vegas, I wasn't sure what neighborhood
to move to. I had them research the different
places for me and give me the pros and cons. I've
actually even had them find a house for me. When
I lived in Oregon, they found a house for me.
Before I ever even went to Oregon, I had them
find this house and I signed for it without ever
even looking at it, because I trusted the person
I was working with so much, and it was great.
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I've had them find out the flights to Thailand
that were the cheapest. I've had them find me
some of the longest running New York Times best
selling books. I got a Coach bag, and I found it
at a yard sale. I had them figure out the Coach
bag that I got, what the design of it was and
name of it. I've had them help me find out where
I can buy a course that was sold out. I wanted to
see if there was a work around, and they found
one. I've had them find out who owned a certain
site and had them contacted.
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I had a charity that I was doing with a friend
where we wanted to have an entire school. We
wanted to get the entire school backpacks full of
school supplies. It was in this very low income
area in an Indian reservation. They did a bunch
of price comparisons for me which was awesome. I
think I talked about it in another podcast where
we raised, like, 50,000 in less than ten hours
for charity. That was for that.
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I've had them figure out airlines that have main
hubs out of Vegas. I've had them find discount
cutlery for a wedding when I was helping my
sister. Find a chiropractor that takes my
insurance. Find a specific emerald necklace. I
had a vision in my mind of a certain kind of
necklace that I wanted, and I had them help me
find it. I had them count up votes for something
where we had an Excel spreadsheet and we wanted
to count things up and it was very hard to sort
through, so they did that.
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I've had them retrieve old pictures from MySpace.
I wanted to collect my old pictures, and it was
taking forever, so I just had them go in my old
account. I had them figure out how I could apply
to a mastermind. Figure out the easiest ways to
invest in silver. I was looking to find a new
transcriber, and I had them find people who go to
stenography schools and get some names for me.
I've had them retrieve old pictures from MySpace.
I wanted to collect my old pictures, and it was
taking forever, so I just had them go in my old
account. I had them figure out how I could apply
to a mastermind. Figure out the easiest ways to
invest in silver. I was looking to find a new
transcriber, and I had them find people who go to
stenography schools and get some names for me.
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I had them research an Arizona law. So, I got a
parking ticket, and I was trying to get out of
it. They were looking for loopholes in the law,
and they actually found it, so that was great.
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I actually had them tell me wacky things that I
could request, which was cool. I had them find
someone who could fix my sweater, and that was
really cool. Because I told them here's the ZIP
code that I'm in, please find somebody who can do
this for, like, 10 or less. They found somebody
that was, like, a quarter of a mile from where I
lived. They wrote to me and said it's normally
12.50, but we got a deal for you, it's going to
be 10. That was great. I had them find a tee
shirt that I ruined. My ex, I was washing his
shirt and it shrunk. I took a picture of the
shirt, and they found a new one for me.
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I've had them create fliers. I'll have them make
dinner reservations. I might just say something
like make a reservation for 600 at this place,
if it doesn't work, call these other restaurants
and see which one can make that reservation. When
I have excellent service at places, I will have
them call the managers of those places and
comment on the specific people that I worked with
and how spectacular they were. I love doing this.
It's a really great way to spread the love.
I've had them create fliers. I'll have them make
dinner reservations. I might just say something
like make a reservation for 600 at this place,
if it doesn't work, call these other restaurants
and see which one can make that reservation. When
I have excellent service at places, I will have
them call the managers of those places and
comment on the specific people that I worked with
and how spectacular they were. I love doing this.
It's a really great way to spread the love.
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That's 101 different ways. Really, I've probably
requested hundreds and hundreds of things through
knowing them for five years. I think it's just an
absolutely spectacular service. Whether you use
My Fancy Hands or you have your own kind of
virtual assistant, hopefully this gives you
different ideas of things you can do to make your
life easier. It can be your health based things,
it can be business based things, there are all
kinds of things.
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Resources Mentioned In This Episode MyFancyHands
.com The virtual assistant service I use and
have been a member of for over 5 years. Heidi Ho
cheeze The veggie-based cheese alternative I
wanted to track down f.lux The free program
that syncs with your computer to the daylight
outside
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10 spectacular resources you can use for more
productivity, healthiness, and overall EASE in
life The podcast where i talked about f.lux
originally How we raised 50k for charity in
less than 10 hours My blog post about the
charity event I was helping with when I needed to
price out backpacks