101 Things You Can Outsource To A Virtual Assistant

101 Things You Can Outsource To A
Virtual Assistant
By: Rachel Rofe
Overview:
In this episode, I go over 101 tasks that I’ve
personally delegated to MyFancyHands.com.
This is meant to help you see what YOU can be
delegating in your life.

The way that the service works is you pay a monthly fee and
you get a certain amount of tasks that you can request for
assistants to do every month. All the assistants speak perfect
English.
I've been a member for over five years, and I'm always so
happy. It's like every time when I go through and check out my
finances, it's one of these monthly things that I have no
problem paying, because I get so much return for it.
Fancy Hands has a dashboard where you can go through and
check out the different things that you've requested

Some of the things that I've requested. I've asked them to find a
highly rated eye doctor in my area. So when I moved to Vegas, I
had them go and find three to five of the highest rated doctors. Any
time I do anything like this, or dentists, or whatever, but my last
one was eye doctor, and then book an appointment. I tell them
exactly when I want the appointment. And they actually sync to
your calendar, so that's great. If you have another virtual assistant,
you can ask them for that.

I asked them recently to cancel a monthly catalog. Don, my
boyfriend, was getting a monthly catalog from this printer supply
place. It was like hundreds of pages, and I thought it was just a big
waste of paper, so I had them call and get that cancelled. I had
them find a retreat within four hours, so somewhere that I could go
to relax that would be within four hours of where I live and under
$200 a night. They found several places. I had them report people
on Twitter for stealing my course. There are people that will go and
buy my course and then try to resell it, and basically steal it and try
to resell it so I had them reported.

I had them go and get prices. We recently had an event in my home
where people would come. We were just helping them with their
business. Afterwards, we all went out dancing. I had My Fancy
Hands go through and get prices for where we could go and get a
table at a club for our mastermind. I've had them contact the
Boulder Chips. I recently got these baked vegetable sticks from
Costco and I hadn't seen them again. So, I had them actually
contact the company Boulder and ask where I could find more.

I'm just going through the most recent to the oldest tasks that I've
had. There are business tasks and there's personal. Track a U.P.S.
package I hadn't gotten. Find uplifting communities in Bucks
County. My sister lives in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, and she
was having problems finding some people that she really liked
being around. So, I had My Fancy Hands research great people to
be around, great communities. They found meet ups and they found
all kinds of different things that my sister could join. I just told
them what my sister's interests were and what she was and wasn't
into, and they found great things.

Find a car battery within ten minutes of where I live. Call Whole
Foods to find . . . there's this cheese that I saw on "Shark Tank." It's
like a vegetable cheese. It's not really cheese. It's called Heidi Ho.
It's like a spreadable cheese. They called different Whole Foods to
find one near me. By the way, it's awesome. It's so good. I use it
and it's made of red bell pepper and different things. It simulates
cheese. It doesn't taste exactly like cheese, but it's a great way to
not have dairy and not feel like you're missing out.

I had them help me figure out how to organize a virtual baby
shower. Some friends and I were going to hold a Google Hangout
for a friend of ours who was having a baby. I didn't know what to
do for a virtual baby shower, so I had My Fancy Hands help.

Find the best deals on socks. I wanted to get a bunch of bulk socks
for a homeless shelter that I volunteer with. They went and found
some great deals for me. I had them cancel a subscription to a
greens company that I was ordering from. The place would not let
me cancel via email, so I had My Fancy Hands go and call them.
They figured out how to submit an article to OWN, Oprah's
magazine. I didn't find it easily.

They've booked massages. I asked them to find a Mercedes dealer
close to me, because we just got a new car and book an
appointment. To find somewhere near me that would deliver
filtered water on a weekly basis and set up an appointment. When I
first moved to Vegas, they helped me find a place to volunteer.
They even found, once, the homeowners association associated
with my house. Because on Vegas, it seems like everyone has a
homeowners association. I had no idea where mine was so they got
that for me. They've helped me find specific herbs that I heard were
good for specific things.

When I had my event in New York City, they helped me find
places I could advertise it, so different New York City newspapers.
Helped me find places for Don to make friends when we moved to
Vegas. Places that sold, so I didn't want to go to tons of different
furniture stores when we were moving in, so I had My Fancy
Hands find specific furniture stores that had specific types of styles
and specific types of pricing and colors and so they just gave me
the best of list.

They got all my utilities set up when I moved. Any time I move, I
mean for the past five years I've lived in several places, and every
time they get all my utilities cancelled from wherever I'm moving
and then begun wherever I go to. I've had them submit Kindle
books to different sites. When I have free books, I'll have My
Fancy Hands go through and alert different sites to advertise for
me.

I've had them help me figure out, there was a charity that I had in
mind that I wanted to create, so I had them research to see if that
was possible. I asked them once to help me find a place that I could
donate food to. I was in a new city and I wanted to know, so they
helped me with that. I asked them to help me find a weekly farm
delivery when we were in Wichita, Kansas. To find a specific type
of gluten free pretzel. To cancel gym membership. To find the best
train route for things. To find activities for my mom. My mom was
looking for new things to do, so I had My Fancy Hands help.

I had a long layover at Atlanta airport once, and I asked them if
they could help me figure out if there was a place to get my hair
blown out while I was there. I had them clarify the weight policy
for Delta's first class. They didn't have it very readily available on
their website, and I was flying, and I wanted to see how much I
could carry. I don't always get to fly first class, but this time I was,
and I wanted to make sure I was maximizing it.

Find a soundproof office for a few days. I was visiting somewhere
and I needed to see if I could record some videos somewhere.
Once, I took a trip to Boston, and it was just a girls weekend with a
friend. On the way there, I got a stain on the dress I was wearing,
so I emailed My Fancy Hands. The way it works is you just email
them. You can also call if you want, but I just email. I think there's
an app, too. I asked them to find a dry cleaner near the ZIP code
that I was staying at and see if they could remove a stain within a
day, because I was only going to be there for a weekend.

They do research before trips to find cool places to visit, find
things to do. So when I was in Wichita and I didn't really know
what to do, they found things for me. I had them figure out why a
gift card that I had didn't make it to our recipient. Don and I
ordered some for his brother and his brother in law. We got them
Omaha Steaks gift cards, and they couldn't get them for some
reason. They just kept not getting them delivered so we had My
Fancy Hands follow up.

I've had them find products that are showing as unavailable. I've
had them find specific gigs on Fiverr for different things that I
wanted. Once, I got an email. The subject line said, "Never eat this
specific carb ever. Never eat this carb. This is the number one carb
not to eat," kind of thing. When I clicked over, it was this big, long
video. It was a video sales letter, and it didn't have any controls so I
could see how long the video was. I didn't want to deal with it, so I
just forwarded it to My Fancy Hands and I asked them to watch the
video and tell me what the carb was. I think it was sugar, by the
way.

I've asked them to help me figure out how I can bring green juice
on an airplane. There was one time when I was just juicing for a
few days, and I didn't know how I could get around not having
juice. And so they actually gave me some great ideas.

I've had them find event space for me when I was holding events. I
had them look for bowling leagues for Don. I've had them call
airports to see if there were delays. They've cancelled shipments
for me. I had a problem with my Apple password on my phone. I
couldn't reset it. So, they called Apple and figured it out for me.
I've had them get frequent flyer points added to airlines for me.

I was writing a book where I wanted a very specific type of person.
I've actually done this a couple of times. I wanted to find people
who have healed their P.C.O.S., polycystic ovarian syndrome.
They found people and contacted them for me. I also wanted
people who had both P.C.O.S. and Hashimoto's, and they found
people for me for that.

They've contacted blogs for me. If there were blogs that I wanted to
make a guest article post on, I've had them contact them for me.
Found the cheapest deal on hotels. They've found stats for
upcoming presentations. There was a software that I saw that I
wanted to offer a free trial for one of my books, so I had them
contact the company and figure out how we could get that trial as a
bonus and we got that done.

I've had them find regular baby shower games for when I was
putting on a baby shower for my sister. I've asked them to find
specific onesies for my nephew, because my sister said she liked a
specific saying. I've had them call people and invite them. When I
was putting together my sister's baby shower, I had My Fancy
Hands help me call some people that I couldn't get ahold of and
didn't have voicemail. And, I didn't know those people, by the way.
My Fancy Hands just helped.

I've had them figure out what markets are trending for different
countries. I was looking for book ideas to get some of my books
translated, so I had them do some research. I had them find a house
cleaner for my mom when I wanted to do a little favor for her and
book a housekeeper for her. I've had them find out when trash
comes to different houses that I was staying in. Figured out how
much longterm parking at an airport was. Find out if certain things
are within terms of service for Amazon. There was a product I was
interested in, and I wanted to figure out if it worked with a Mac, so
I had My Fancy Hands find it.

I've had them call a place in Mexico. I needed a Spanish speaker. I
can speak okay when I'm in person, but over the phone when they
talk fast it's hard for me. I had someone in My Fancy Hands who
could speak Spanish call.
I've had them figure out best places to get credit card points. I've
had them help me find apartments for a friend. My friend had very
specific criteria. She was looking for an apartment in west
Philadelphia. My Fancy Hands helped come up with some ideas.

I've had them report people to PayPal, again the people that were
stealing courses and trying to sell them. When Don and I were still
long-distance, he got sick one day, so I had them help me figure out
how to get chicken noodle soup delivered to his house. I've had
them help me figure out how to switch names on tickets. Tickets
that I bought that I was no longer going to things, I had them
switch. I've had them find crowd sourcing companies for me.
We've taken PDFs and put them into Excel format.

They helped me find someone to officiate my sister's wedding. I
was her maid of honor, and I was helping her with that. I hope that
her mother in law is not listening to this, but I also had them
brainstorm some ideas on how to keep my sister's mother in law
away from her on her wedding day, because that was my sister's
number one request, just keep the mother in law away.
They helped me find someone to officiate my sister's wedding. I
was her maid of honor, and I was helping her with that. I hope that
her mother in law is not listening to this, but I also had them
brainstorm some ideas on how to keep my sister's mother in law
away from her on her wedding day, because that was my sister's
number one request, just keep the mother in law away.

I had them help find a press release writer who could write in
Mandarin. How to figure out, there was a program that would sync
with the daylight outside. I spoke about it in other podcasts. It's
called F.lux, but I couldn't remember the name of it. So, I had them
find it for me. I kept hearing about this seven minute workout, so I
asked them to figure out what that was and let me know.

Figure out how to use different programs. I just downloaded
Boomerang, and I didn't know how to use it. So I had them help me
find it. I had an ad that I kept trying to post on Craigslist and it
wouldn't post, so I had them post it for me.

I've had them research areas to move. When I was moving to
Vegas, I wasn't sure what neighborhood to move to. I had them
research the different places for me and give me the pros and cons.
I've actually even had them find a house for me. When I lived in
Oregon, they found a house for me. Before I ever even went to
Oregon, I had them find this house and I signed for it without ever
even looking at it, because I trusted the person I was working with
so much, and it was great.

I've had them find out the flights to Thailand that were the
cheapest. I've had them find me some of the longest running New
York Times best selling books. I got a Coach bag, and I found it at
a yard sale. I had them figure out the Coach bag that I got, what the
design of it was and name of it.
I've had them help me find out where I can buy a course that was
sold out. I wanted to see if there was a work around, and they
found one. I've had them find out who owned a certain site and had
them contacted.

I had a charity that I was doing with a friend where we wanted to
have an entire school. We wanted to get the entire school
backpacks full of school supplies. It was in this very low income
area in an Indian reservation. They did a bunch of price
comparisons for me which was awesome. I think I talked about it in
another podcast where we raised, like, $50,000 in less than ten
hours for charity. That was for that.

I've had them figure out airlines that have main hubs out of Vegas.
I've had them find discount cutlery for a wedding when I was
helping my sister. Find a chiropractor that takes my insurance. Find
a specific emerald necklace. I had a vision in my mind of a certain
kind of necklace that I wanted, and I had them help me find it. I
had them count up votes for something where we had an Excel
spreadsheet and we wanted to count things up and it was very hard
to sort through, so they did that.

I've had them retrieve old pictures from MySpace. I wanted to
collect my old pictures, and it was taking forever, so I just had
them go in my old account. I had them figure out how I could apply
to a mastermind. Figure out the easiest ways to invest in silver. I
was looking to find a new transcriber, and I had them find people
who go to stenography schools and get some names for me. I've
had them retrieve old pictures from MySpace. I wanted to collect
my old pictures, and it was taking forever, so I just had them go in
my old account. I had them figure out how I could apply to a
mastermind. Figure out the easiest ways to invest in silver. I was
looking to find a new transcriber, and I had them find people who
go to stenography schools and get some names for me.

I had them research an Arizona law. So, I got a parking ticket, and I
was trying to get out of it. They were looking for loopholes in the
law, and they actually found it, so that was great.

I actually had them tell me wacky things that I could request,
which was cool. I had them find someone who could fix my
sweater, and that was really cool. Because I told them here's the
ZIP code that I'm in, please find somebody who can do this for,
like, $10 or less. They found somebody that was, like, a quarter of
a mile from where I lived. They wrote to me and said it's normally
$12.50, but we got a deal for you, it's going to be $10. That was
great.
I had them find a tee shirt that I ruined. My ex, I was washing his
shirt and it shrunk. I took a picture of the shirt, and they found a
new one for me.

I've had them create fliers. I'll have them make dinner reservations.
I might just say something like make a reservation for 6:00 at this
place, if it doesn't work, call these other restaurants and see which
one can make that reservation. When I have excellent service at
places, I will have them call the managers of those places and
comment on the specific people that I worked with and how
spectacular they were. I love doing this. It's a really great way to
spread the love.
I've had them create fliers. I'll have them make dinner reservations.
I might just say something like make a reservation for 6:00 at this
place, if it doesn't work, call these other restaurants and see which
one can make that reservation. When I have excellent service at
places, I will have them call the managers of those places and
comment on the specific people that I worked with and how
spectacular they were. I love doing this. It's a really great way to
spread the love.

That's 101 different ways. Really, I've probably requested hundreds
and hundreds of things through knowing them for five years. I
think it's just an absolutely spectacular service. Whether you use
My Fancy Hands or you have your own kind of virtual assistant,
hopefully this gives you different ideas of things you can do to
make your life easier. It can be your health based things, it can be
business based things, there are all kinds of things.

Resources Mentioned In This Episode:
MyFancyHands.com – The virtual assistant service I use and have
been a member of for over 5 years.
Heidi Ho “cheeze” – The veggie-based cheese alternative I wanted
to track down
f.lux – The free program that syncs with your computer to the
daylight outside

10 spectacular resources you can use for more productivity, healthiness, and overall EASE in life
– The podcast where i talked about f.lux originally
How we raised $50k for charity in less than 10 hours – My blog
post about the charity event I was helping with when I needed to
price out backpacks

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