Start building the trade business you want through smart & effective outsourcing. Here are just some ideas to get you started on what can be outsourced to a virtual team.

1. Filtering Emails / Managing Spam
2. Create a customer database
3. Answering Customer Service Emails
4. Handle crew inquiries
5. Calendar Management
6. Quote & Appointment Scheduling
7. Travel Arrangement & Planning
8. Reminder Services to customers before jobs & quotes
9. Dropbox / Google Drive Set up & Organisation
10. Data Entry in Word, or Google Docs
11. Creating / Managing Spreadsheets
12. Preparing PowerPoint presentations for partnership opportunities
13. Creating sales proposals
14. Chasing client payments
15. Following up quotes
16. Preparing Team Meeting Agendas & Minutes
17. Report Creation
18. Customer Forms Creation
19. Document Template Creation
20. Online Research of industry best practices
21. Data Mining & Development / Lead Generation
22. Blog Publishing Management
23. Moderating Blog Comments
24. Sourcing images for blog & marketing collateral
25. Virtual Receptionist Duties
26. Voicemail Checking
27. Sending Client Invoices
28. Bookkeeping
29. Personal Err&s (Purchasing Gifts Online, etc.)
30. Project Management & Training Tasks
31. Crew coordination
32. Preparation of Training Materials
33. Materials quotes
34. Supplier material / Deliverables Tracking
35. Social Media Management Tasks
36. Creating Facebook Fan Pages / Groups
37. Posting & Scheduling Facebook Insights
38. Promoting Facebook Pages
39. Create & management Google + account
40. Creating a Twitter Account
41. Managing & Increasing Your Twitter Following
42. Schedule Tweets & Track Mentions & Hashtags
43. Create & Manage LinkedIn Account / Profile
44. Participate in LinkedIn industry groups
45. Create Pinnable Images on Pinterest
46. Prepare tender documents
47. Create & Manage YouTube Account
48. Upload Videos on YouTube
49. Update & maintain YouTube channel
50. Uploading Videos to other Video Sharing Sites / Social Media
51. Answer inquiries & Messages on All Channel & Profiles
52. Create Slideshare Presentations
53. Creating a New List in Email Marketing Software
54. Adding & Removing Subscribers from Lists
55. Reply to customer referral sites
56. Manage sponsorship opportunities
57. Creating Email Newsletters
58. Editing / Proofreading Emails
59. Organise printed flyers
60. Updating supplier lists & contact details
61. New brochure design
62. Website updates
63. Follow suppliers & competitors on social media
64. Set up cloud based job management programs
65. Writing blog posts
66. SEO updates to website
67. Organise trade show participation
68. Maintain procedures documents
69. Copy writing
70. Directory Submission of articles
71. Keyword research
72. Competitor Analysis
73. Attend training events from associations
74. Keyword & topic research for Blog Content
75. Forum participation
76. Update FAQs
77. Organise council paperwork
78. Update & submit work related paperwork
79. Organise staff events
80. Order merchandise
81. Organise offline marketing
82. Organise scanning of receipts
83. Crew rosters & availability
84. Payroll
85. Creating Backlinks / Link Building
86. Weekly / Monthly Google Analytics & Traffic Reports
87. Designing Logos, Banners, Icons, & Headers
88. Provide IT support
89. Handle customer complaints
90. Assist in recruitment of field workers
91. Reconcile bank accounts
92. Organise online payment getaways
93. Automation of marketing & sales processes
94. Pay bills
95. Organise Christmas Cards
96. Conduct customer surveys
97. Organise birthday gifts for staff
98. Create PDF fillable forms
99. Organise electronic filing system
100. Send out customer thank you gifts
101. Obtain & promote customer testimonials