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10 Days of Outsourcing to Your Real Estate Virtual Assistant- Day 4

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Delegating to a Real Estate Virtual Assistant doesn't have to be difficult or expensive! Welcome to Day Four of Outsourcing Ideas you can let your real estate VA handle for you! This is a quick and easy to read resource you can always come back to:)

Delegation Day Four

Real Estste Virtual Assistant-Laura MonroeProblem:  Social Media Overwhelm: Does Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube, Four Square etc, leave your head spinning? Not sure if you are utilizing them effeciently? Do RSS Feeds, Widgets, and Posterous, and Tumblr cause you to go into major overwhelm?

Solution: Have your VA Organize and Automate a Social Media Action Plan that will allow you time to do the engaging, and leave the technical and automated items to your VA to take care of. Have a blog that needs to feed your Facebook page? Your VA can do that. Have some awesome articles you'd like to tweet? Have your VA schedule them ahead of time to go out. Need some help setting up new profiles on new tools. Your VA can help you with that too! The only thing your VA shouldn't do is engage for you. You are the only YOU, but let the technical stuff go to someone else.

There's one good reason to delegate something to a Real Estate VA! 

A real estate virtual assistant is like the missing piece of your business' puzzle. Having someone available to you to help you with the the 'small stuff' while you focus on the big picture - the things that will earn you the most income is key.  Once you get that into place, you'll be growing your business faster than ever before.

 

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Comments(11)

Bryan Watkins
LRA Real Estate Group - Mesa, AZ

HI Laura, thank you for the post. I realize I need a VA to help with all the duties. There just is not time enough to blog, facebook, etc, etc, in the day.

Apr 23, 2010 05:33 PM
Laura Monroe
Inman News - San Francisco, CA
Dir. of Industry Engagement & Social Media

Hi Bryan~ Your welcome! Sometimes its all the little things that add up to A LOT of time spent on the computer taking care of technical issues and distractions. Free yourself up to do what you need to be doing for your business:)

Apr 23, 2010 05:42 PM
Ron T. Weems Jr.
Weems Property Group | KW North Sound - Bothell, WA
Managing the details one home at a time.

Bryan,

I have one currently and it is great. Thanks for posting this article Laura.

Apr 23, 2010 06:02 PM
Randy Ostrander
Lake and Lodge Realty LLC - Big Rapids, MI
Real Estate Broker, Serving Big Rapids and West Central MI

I am thinking it is time to look into a virtual assistant. I can't really keep an assistant busy all the time but most of the time it would sure help.

Apr 23, 2010 08:13 PM
Laura Monroe
Inman News - San Francisco, CA
Dir. of Industry Engagement & Social Media

Hi Bryan~ You're welcome..I will post the other days very soon. Obviously you know these ideas are just simple things that can help keep things running smoothly :)

HI Randy~ Having assistance only when you need it is one of the biggest benefits of VA. Whether you have 1 listing a month or 20, or only need help 5 hours a month it has much fewwer hassles than an employee.

Apr 24, 2010 03:21 AM
Jeff Dowler, CRS
eXp Realty of California, Inc. - Carlsbad, CA
The Southern California Relocation Dude

Laura - well if anyone needs justification for having a VA, you have certainly provided it.

Jeff

Apr 25, 2010 06:24 AM
Retired from ActiveRain
Baker, OR

Laura, I'm a virtual assistant in Eugene, Oregon and concur with your post.  Knowledgeable virtual assistants can be a big asset for Realtors in building their business.  Right now I almost need a virtual assistant to assist me in supporting my clients.

Apr 25, 2010 07:21 AM
Laura Monroe
Inman News - San Francisco, CA
Dir. of Industry Engagement & Social Media

Hi Jeff~ Thank you:) The hardest part is in knowing what to delegate I think.

Hi Rick! How are you!! I read your profile..you are from AZ just like me, and I have family in Portland now. I know exactly what you mean about needing your own VA..I have just brought on two additonal team members and could use a few more. Hope all is well!

Apr 26, 2010 11:06 AM
Marcia Hawken
WILLIAM RAVEIS - Naples, FL
Naples Luxury Specialist

Laura, Having someone do FB and Twitter etc is a luxury I would like to have sometime in future.  Will contact you when I do.  Thanks.

Apr 27, 2010 12:34 AM
Norma Toering Broker for Palos Verdes and Beach Cities
Charlemagne International Properties - Rancho Palos Verdes, CA
Palos Verdes Luxury Homes in L.A.

It's next to impossible to keep all sources updated withoout some assistance--it takes time to be at the top of your social media game! 

May 26, 2010 03:12 PM
Connie Addison
RE/MAX Sundance Realty II - Fort Myers, FL
Realtor

Hello Laura,

Great timing!  We just learned this fabulous time saver in my GRI class.  Sounds great to me!

Thanks so much for the daily "drop" too.  I look forward to learing more.

Connie Addison

RE/MAX Sundance, Bonita Springs, FL

May 29, 2010 09:54 AM