101 things you can outsource

Want to reduce your admin burden by outsourcing some tasks in your business, but just not sure where to start?

Here is our comprehensive list of 101 things you can outsource to make your life just a little bit easier. Be warned: this list will have you writing a ‘wish list’ – to help you narrow down where to start, we have developed our handy ‘how to decide what tasks to delegate‘ guide.

There are some pretty amazing service providers out there for you to outsource and delegate your tasks to, so this list includes a wide-range of tasks, not just tasks provided by Admin Army.

Let’s begin!

Outsource your financial tasks

Those tasks that get stacked up throughout every week, but are a really quite important. Accounting and finance knowledge doesn’t come first hand for many, so if that’s the case for you, outsourcing it to professionals can be the best option.

1. GST returns
2. Accounts payable
3. Accounts receivable – raising quotes and invoices, managing debtors
4. Payroll
5. PAYE and Monthly Employer Deduction Schedule returns
6. Budget preparation
7. Management reports
8. Liaison with the IRD and/or your accountant
9. Accounting software set up
10. Bookkeeping – accounts processing using computerised accounts package
11. Bank reconciliations
12. Companies office returns
13. Online payments
14. Fringe Benefit Tax calculations
15. Debt collection
16. Annual Accounts to Trial Balance
17. Accounting – tax preparation

Outsource your social media & marketing

18. Managing your social media pages
19. Creating branded images to be posted on Facebook
20. Scheduling Facebook posts
21. Follower engagement – answering comments and messages
22. Advertising to raise brand awareness
23. Creating Facebook pages
24. Promoting Facebook pages
25. Creating a LinkedIn account
26. Setting up a Twitter account
27. Scheduling tweets and #hashtag research
28. Creating images for Pinterest
29. Setting up a YouTube account
30. Uploading videos to YouTube
31. Planning and creating content ideas for all social media accounts
32. Moderating YouTube comments
33. Uploading videos to other social media platforms – did you know that it’s estimated by 2019 video will account for 80% of the world’s web traffic?
34. Creating animated videos
35. Google Adwords management
36. Facebook advertising and retargeting management

Outsource your general admin

37. Answering emails – managing spam, filtering what’s important
38. Appointment scheduling and calendar management- you can even outsource this to artificial intelligence like Amy
39. Answering phone calls
40. Typing up notes
41. Transcription
42. Event planning – perfect for team or corporate events, as well as markets and expos
43. Data entry
44. Gatekeeping – having someone to deal with the people you don’t want to
45. Mailouts
46. Staff rostering
47. Contacting your clients with appointment reminders – phone calls, emails or texts
48. Customer service – responding to email or website enquiries
49. Ordering supplies
50. Form creation
51. File management – take control of your Google Drive or Dropbox accounts!
52. Database management

Virtual assistants are perfect when you are just wanting to outsource a few tasks without having the expense of hiring someone in-house.

Outsource your content research and writing

53. Writing blog posts
54. Publishing blog posts
55. Blog topic research
56. Keyword research
57. Sourcing images for blogs
58. Client research
59. Minute taking
60. Data mining and online research
61. Data entry
62. Writing, editing and publishing reports
63. Creating presentations – we love PowerPoint!
64. Creating document templates
65. Developing and managing spreadsheets
66. Creating editable PDFs
67. Proofreading
68. Press Release writing
69. Newsletter writing
70. MailChimp template creation
71. eNewsletter sign up form development
72. Monthly newsletter management – you provide the content, we pull it all together
73. Market research
74. Researching target market’s interests
75. Reviewing social profiles and feeds of target customers
76. Researching demographic information
77. Creating surveys and polls
78. On-page SEO management

Are you feeling inspired yet about what you can outsource? Do you already feel the stress lifting off your shoulders knowing that there are professionals out there that are ready to help you? It’s just about taking that first step and asking us! But first, some more…

More, more, and more outsourcing

79. Developing training manuals
80. Health and safety management
81. Virtual training
82. Creating audio guides
83. Brand creation
84. Logo design
85. Graphic design
86. Social event planning – always fun!
87. Team building
88. Recruitment
89. Human Resource Management
90. Project management
91. Business coaching
92. eBook design and formatting
93. Website design
94. Off-page SEO management
95. Technical document writing
96. Compliance management – ever so important when the auditors come knocking

Outsource some other tasks that are good for the soul

97. Cleaning
98. Grocery shopping – go Countdown online shopping
99. Lawnmowing
100. Dog walking
101. Gardening

It doesn’t just have to be business related tasks you outsource. Not having to worry about these will free you up to focus on your business and spend time on things you actually enjoy.

So now you know, there are at least 101 things you can outsource and there’s no excuse to struggle with those feelings of overwhelm.  There are solutions out there for everyone.

Keen to discuss how you can outsource your business admin to Admin Army? Get in touch with us today for a free, no-obligation consultation.