How a Virtual Assistant could help with… your holiday preparations
With only 20 days left until the end of year break, there are many ways a Virtual Assistant could help you get on top of your holiday preparations. Ideally of course, you should start preparations much earlier, but sometimes, things just get away from you – or there are just a lot of last minute things to be done.
Naturally, a Virtual Assistant can help you organise gifts and cards for your clients, staff and suppliers. They may be able to handle your telephone and email accounts while you have a break. They can take care of a lot of the little details that need to be handled at this time of the year. A few of the things they can do for you are:
- Send out gifts
- Send cards
- Note CRM with details of gifts and cards sent and received
- Note CRM with address change details when applicable
- Use the sending of seasonal communications to audit your CRM system
- Let clients know of changes to opening hours
- Let clients know when you’ll be closed for the break
- Monitor email accounts while you have a break
- Answer telephone calls while you have a break
- Be a point of contact for clients while you have a break
- Update your website and social media accounts with holiday wishes and opening hours
- Amend your email signature blocks to suit the season
- Set out of office messages on email accounts as applicable
- Notify suppliers to cease deliveries during your holidays
- Organise to collect your snail mail (if local)
- Organise your end of year function – from sending invitations, accepting RSVPs to booking locations, setting menus, organising secret Santa etc
- Assist with purchase of online gifts for friends and family
- Source gifts you wish to purchase locally
- RSVP on your behalf to end of year functions
- Send thank you notes on your behalf
And importantly, a Virtual Assistant can make a note in your diary as well as making a note for themselves to ensure that your end of year preparations start well before December next year.
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