-- Formatting HTML newsletters — Formatting
books for Smashwords — Research about the business side of being an author (e.g., how Street Teams work, how to market a
book in a foreign language, podcasts that might be a good fit to have you as a guest, etc.)-- Scouting for bloggers to send
book review requests to — Pitching to those bloggers and tracking responses — Formatting (and perhaps light editing) of blog posts, or organizing content — Managing your Street Team Facebook group (posing
questions to keep the group engaged, answering
questions, sharing upcoming news, etc.)-- Creating box sets in Scrivener from individual novels — Moving works translated into a foreign language from Word into Scrivener — Scheduling tweets and Facebook posts (ones that don't require your direct input or engagement with your audience)-- Transcribing audio
interviews or notes — For non-fiction authors, VAs can do an enormous number of tasks around webinars or
other training you offer (e.g., planning and
booking the event, scheduling guests, managing registration lists, dealing with the back - end technology, creating and proofing slide decks, sending out advance information packages to the trainees, and then sending out follow - up information to the trainees, etc..)
For example, a lawyer who is required under Rule 3 - 5 [Investigation of complaints] or 4 - 43 [Investigation of
books and accounts] to produce and permit the copying of files, documents and
other records, provide information or attend an
interview and answer
questions and who fails or refuses to do so is suspended until he or she has complied with the requirement to the satisfaction of the Executive Director (See more at: http://www.lawsociety.bc.ca/page.cfm?cid=982&t=Law-Society-Rules-Part-3-Protection-of-the-Public#3-5-01).
Consistently improve your
interviewing skills — Instead of trying to predict
interview questions and remember the answers, read
books on leadership, self - confidence, general business and
other non-fiction.