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Virtual assistant referral code
Assistant/admin services: I've been using Aim2Assist's hourly-rate virtual assistant service for about a year now and it has been FABULOUS. I found out about them via this post by Heidi Waterhouse (Heidi, THANK YOU). I use a password manager and email to have an assistant (US-based, 100% English fluent) do a ton of stuff for me, like:
Even the process of delegating these things is helpful to me, because I end up breaking down the process, step by step, and seeing how finite and manageable each task actually is. In a few cases, I've decided to do it myself because writing out "here's what I need you to do" made it easy for me to do it!
I worked with one person (who is great) for most of a year, and then that person smoothly transitioned my work onto a different assistant, who is also great.
If you are a middle-class North American person for whom this "argh there's too much" post resonates, and ESPECIALLY if there is anything entrepreneurial about the kinds of bank/legal/paperwork/etc. you have to deal with, I think you should try Aim2Assist.
There's a 30% off discount right now for new clients, the sign-up bonus being for the first 30 days you work with them. Use the code
- Take W-9 forms from my subcontractors and, yearly, issue 1099 forms to them
- Book a flight/hotel room along these lines, under this price, and figuring out which would be best for my loyalty point stuff
- Check with these six people and schedule a recurring half-hour weekly call at a time we can all make it, including sending out the calendar invitation
- Call this doctor to ask for a refill on this prescription to be sent to this pharmacy
- Buy these objects from these shopping sites and have them sent to these addresses (this way I don't have to make a zillion accounts myself on those sites)
- Research these services (insurance, moving, etc.) in these areas, find a few reasonable providers, and get quotes for what I need so I can compare
- Put these receipts in the right format, add them up, etc. to submit them for expense reimbursement
Even the process of delegating these things is helpful to me, because I end up breaking down the process, step by step, and seeing how finite and manageable each task actually is. In a few cases, I've decided to do it myself because writing out "here's what I need you to do" made it easy for me to do it!
I worked with one person (who is great) for most of a year, and then that person smoothly transitioned my work onto a different assistant, who is also great.
If you are a middle-class North American person for whom this "argh there's too much" post resonates, and ESPECIALLY if there is anything entrepreneurial about the kinds of bank/legal/paperwork/etc. you have to deal with, I think you should try Aim2Assist.
There's a 30% off discount right now for new clients, the sign-up bonus being for the first 30 days you work with them. Use the code
ASSIST and mention me (Sumana Harihareswara) to help me also get a referral bonus.