Your work is to discover your work and then with all your heart to give yourself to it.

Buddha

The architect Mies van der Rohe famously said that "God is in the details."

Maybe so, but that doesn't mean you need to do everything yourself; anything you don't need to handle personally can be delegated to your virtual assistant.

If you're spending too much time doing—or worrying about—any of the following, I can help:

• Concierge service
• Formatting and sending out your electronic newsletter
• Screening e-mail
• Capturing information from voicemail
• Returning and placing phone calls
• Dealing with vendors
• Maintaining a database
• Writing letters and editing documents
• Preparing your newsletter and marketing mailings
• Responding to customer inquiries
• Preparing contracts
• Scheduling appointments
• Confirming all of your appointments
• Planning trips and making travel arrangements (business or personal)
• Researching new clients—or the competition
• Planning events
• Purchasing and sending gifts
• Invoicing and collecting accounts receivable
• Submitting articles for publication
• Coordinating graphic designers, Web designers, and other outside talent
• Canceling, creating, or renewing subscriptions
• Paying bills
• Locating the services and other resources you need

This list provides just a sampling of what I can do for you. The more you delegate, the easier your job gets—and the more time you have for the things that inspired you to start your business in the first place.