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6 Creative Ways to Use Overseas Virtual Assistants

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. 

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6 Creative Ways to Use Overseas Virtual Assistants

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  1. 6 Creative Ways to Use Overseas Virtual Assistants

  2. 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: Social media management Raw coding Lead generation 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.

  3. 1. 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. 2. 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.

  4. 3. Lead generation Web site contact forms can be powerful sources of leads. But it’s 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. 4. 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.

  5. 5. 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. 6. 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.

  6. 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. FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT US : www.pinoyforhire.com

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