In a previous blog post, I shared the 7 areas that you should never outsource. So, that begs the question:

“What areas of my business or ministry are outsourceable to a virtual team?”

The role of your virtual team is to do. Most virtual teams come with a project manager, so you’ll relay to that person what needs to be done and they’ll assign the tasks to members on their team. The virtual team will contact you if they need clarity and they work diligently to get the tasks done by your deadline. And they do so with excellence.

So, here are the 10 things you must outsource so you grow your ministry or business:

#1 – Technology Setup & Support

Tasks include: Blog setup, custom design, website maintenance, install and configure plugins, squeeze page setup, setup affiliate program, search engine optimization, updating software versions, tagging records in customer relationship management (CRM) system, removing dead emails from system.

#2 – Social Media Setup & Support

Tasks include: Scheduling status updates, approving friends/followers, identifying friends/followers, responding to customer service issues, analyzing metrics.

#3 – Content Marketing & Support

Tasks include:  Writing content for sales pages, Facebook ads, blog, ezine or autoresponder series,  publishing content on blog, in ezine, on social media websites or in article directory, planning an editorial calendar, identifying key topics to write about, writing scripts for videos, editing & proofreading content, copywriting, speech writing.

#4 – Graphic Design

Tasks include: Book cover design, Kindle ebook cover design, eProduct design, banner design, logo design, custom WordPress theme layout, course material layout.

#5 – Video & Audio Support

Tasks include: Audio/video editing, creating screen capture or Camtasia video, uploading to YouTube, voice over work, podcast production, online radio setup, teleclass production and setup, CD/DVD duplication.

#6 – Marketing & Sales Support

Tasks include: Publicity, direct mail campaigns, online ad placement, demographic profiling, lead generation strategies, sales conversations and enrolment, market research, virtual book tour support.

#7 – Customer Service Support

Tasks include: Answering tickets on the help desk or by email, handling customer service messages through social media, processing refunds, updating frequently asked questions (FAQs), maintaining a knowledgebase, answering phone calls, handling voicemails, moderate forums and groups.

#8 – Administrative Support

Tasks include: Research, evaluating affiliates, suppliers and potential joint venture partners, following up with speakers and guest experts for virtual events, planning travel, scheduling virtual events in conference bridgeline or webinar system, renewing domain names, general office help, supporting events.

#9 – Finance Support

Tasks include: Processing refunds, updating spreadsheet, bookkeeping, business plans, inventory support, payroll, paying bills, following up on invoices, cataloguing receipts.

#10 – Program Delivery Support

Tasks include: Making program materials available, delivering audio and video files, removing materials when the program is complete, updating different versions of the program.

You probably noticed that I just recommended you outsource writing (which I said here that you should not outsource)…

On Wednesday July 17th at 12pm Eastern, I’ll explain why I’m contradicting myself on this one task. You’ll see that you should both outsource and not outsource this task and I’ll share the difference.

Here’s what else I’ll share:

• What a Faithfully Rich Team is and how you can use one to free up your time and bring more joy to your ministry or business
• How to find a Faithfully Rich Team without writing up a job description or posting your request on a freelance website
• The 7 things you should never outsource and what you should delegate instead
• The 7 mindset shifts you need to make so you finally outsource the tasks you hate for good
• The 5 ways you’ll know that you’re ready to hire a virtual team
• How a virtual assistant, sales coach and marketing mentor have used a virtual team to help them increase profits and decrease stress (you’ll hear their case studies in this session)
• And details about my **BRAND NEW** program where you’ll get access to the virtual team who helps me in my business for as little as $12/hour.This is NOT another information product. You’re busy and you don’t need to add more training to your already packed calendar. Instead, you’ll get complete access to the project manager and the team I use to get things done. They are eagerly awaiting your projects and I’m happy to share my virtual team with you.

Join me for…

Create Your Faithfully Rich Team: How to Outsource the Tasks You Hate for as Little as $12/hour So You Can Focus on the Message God Has Called You to Share

To join the live broadcast on July 17, 2013 at 12pm Eastern, click here.