6 Creative Ways to Use Overseas Virtual Assistants

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6 Creative Ways to Use Overseas Virtual Assistants
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Outsourcing work to overseas contractors has a
bad reputation. Decades of U.S. businesses trying
to find the cheapest possible labor in foreign
markets led to a backlash, especially when
the home economy was faltering. 
No matter what market is selected, keep the
language barrier in mind. Hiring overseas
contractors to write fluent English content can
be an exercise in frustration -- not to mention
the minefield of copyright flags. Instead, hire
overseas virtual assistants to perform the
following tasks that can often be done
independent of language fluency
Raw coding
Lead generation
Social media management
Blogging
Scripted live chat
Graphic design
At the end of the day, the entrepreneur will have
more time to run the business and create content,
with all the manual work handled overseas.
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Raw coding
Javascript, HTML, cascading style sheets (CSS) --
coding languages are the same whether a
person's native language is English, Spanish,
Japanese or anything else. There's no need to
worry about virtual assistants' English fluency
when they are producing  code for website
modifications, plug-ins or landing pages.
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Scripted live chat
OK, so scripted live-chat agents are going to
sound a little stilted and unnatural when English
is their second language. Then again, if anyone
is required to stick to a script, he or she will
suffer just as much with even if fluent in
English and residing in the States.
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Lead generation
Web site contact forms can be powerful sources of
leads. But its a time-consuming manual task to
sort through the contact messages, determine
which can be pursued as customer leads, find the
ones requiring other attention and then pursue
the leads.
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Graphic design
Another great idea is to outsource the creation
of the company's infographics. A staffer in the
States can handle the initial legwork of
gathering the data the virtual assistant does
the manual task of putting it together in a
graphically compelling way.
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Social media management
It's possible to easily limit what the virtual
assistant can access for security reasons.
Arrange for the virtual assistant to run the
company's feeds and respond to comments as they
arrive. Then it's possible for the U.S. team to
focus on creating the content and making use of
the analytics data to develop new plans.
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Blogging
Rather than worry about all these tasks, hire an
overseas virtual assistant as a blog manager.
Those willing to take the time to experiment with
various virtual assistants may be able to find
one with the skills to develop ideas for posts,
draft outlines for them, hunt down images and
reference links and more.
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At the end of the day, the entrepreneur will have
more time to run the business and create content,
with all the manual work handled overseas.
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