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| 44 Things Bloggers Should Be Delegating to Virtual Staff to Catapult Their Online Growth Posted: 06 Apr 2014 08:01 AM PDT  Chris’ internal team, based in Cebu City. This is a guest post contribution by Chris Ducker. One of the biggest pain points that comes up when I talk to bloggers about growing their blogs is that there simply isn't enough time in the day to do everything they need to, to truly start to catapult the growth of their blog/s. As someone that is all about productivity and helping other entrepreneurs achieve the ability to 'buy time' and inject that additional time into their businesses and lives, I've seen dramatic changes in not just productivity levels, but also income levels, after strategizing with content marketers on the way they can simply get more done by working with, and building a virtual team. So, what I've decided to do is put together the following list to help you discover the different tasks you can outsource to virtual staff, along with the type of worker that would naturally handle those tasks, to make your delegation as easy (and pain free!) as possible. I've included the different type of virtual worker in this list, because its important to understand that there is no one 'Super VA' that can do everything for you. If you want to experience real success in working with virtual assistants then you need to hire for the role, not for the task (unless of course you are literally just outsourcing a task that needs to be completed, such as a logo being designed!). I've also broken the list up into five clearly different sections for easy digestion and additional brainstorming, as follows:
Remember, this list is not final in any capacity. Some of these tasks you might never get around to delegating, there might even more others that I've not included that you'd be rushing to offload, if you could. ResearchMaking time to properly research and prepare for your content creation is an important part of the process. However, many bloggers simply don't spend the time they sometimes need to get all their ducks in a row, before the 'creation' begins, because of time constraints, which is a shame. 1. Make a list of topic ideas in any niche, using Google Keyword Tool. (General VA, Writer, SEO VA) CreationA lot of bloggers and other types of online content creators have real problems 'letting go' of this part of the process. However, there are so many different tasks involved here that its simply impossible to be good at all of it. I do want to say, however, that there is one thing that you should NEVER outsource – and that's your actual CONTENT. Meaning, write everything yourself, shoot and record everything yourself. It's your voice, your personality, your stories and experience that people are following you for, and tuning in for. 7. Edit video, including intro and outro bumpers and lower thirds. (A/V VA) PublishingAfter all that research and content creation, its time to share your work with the world. Not exactly super time intensive, but with some solid procedures in place, you will literally never have to do any of this stuff again. 22. Upload video to YouTube, with title, links, keywords, categories, as well as transcribed text. (General VA) PromotionOnce your content has been published, promotion takes over. After all, there's no point in spending all this time to solve problems and answer questions for your audience, unless you work just as hard in getting as many eyeballs on your work as possible. This can be incredibly time-consuming in today's very savvy, social world. The following list will get you moving faster than ever, all with the help of your virtual workers. 28. Share your content on your personal social media accounts, as well as your blog's Facebook page. (General VA) On-Going Marketing There is a big difference between 'promoting' and 'marketing' in my eyes. Promoting is what you do to 'get the word' out there about something you're in the process of, er, well, promoting! Marketing, on the other hand is an on-going way to create opportunities and bring in traffic, opt-in's and ultimately, business – this is exactly the type of area that a lot of bloggers take their eyes off of once their content has been published and initially promoted. Silly move – why stop telling the world about your stuff? Keep doing it – whenever relevant, I say! 41. Add this recent content to your 'Blog Bank', for easy access when creating fresh content and linking. (General VA) ConclusionThe big problem here is that a lot of bloggers are quite trapped in their ways of doing it all themselves. This is not surprising considering that starting, growing and running a blog is a pretty lonely caper, lets face it! However, as you can see, the General VA role is the one person you need to start looking at bringing on full-time as soon as you're able to. How much more could you get done, how many more posts could you publish, products could you create and events to could you attend if you had someone handling the majority of this for you? I know a lot of bloggers haven't ventured done the outsourcing road yet, so I'm happy to answer as many questions as you can fire at me, in the comment section below and if you're attending the ProBlogger Event in August, I simply can't wait to meet you in person – it's going to be a lot of fun!  Chris poses with some of his VAs, based in the Philippines. Chris Ducker is a serial entrepreneur, blogger, podcaster and speaker. He is also the author of the new book, Virtual Freedom: How to Work with Virtual Staff to Buy More Time, Become More Productive and Build Your Dream Business. You can follow him on Twitter. Originally at: Blog Tips at ProBlogger 44 Things Bloggers Should Be Delegating to Virtual Staff to Catapult Their Online Growth     |
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