I have started using a virtual assistant. I hope she can help with all the mundane tasks I hate. Here are some:

Publishing Podcast using Facebook and Twitter

Why I Think social media is a Necessary Evil

In a recent online survey of more than 460 small business owners, proprietors and CEOs, 63% said that they spend 1–5 hours on social media every week. The rest are spending much more, with some business owners spending 21+ hours a week on social media alone — that’s HALF of the normal working week — how are they getting anything else done?

That’s just it. They’re not.

If you are a small business owner, what could you possibly be doing on Facebook, or twitter for 21 hours? The vast majority of time spent on social media is unproductive and should be handed over to a virtual assistant for them to handle the scheduling and promotion, whilst you focus on the engagement side of things only.

This same survey, by Vertical Response, revealed that one in three small business owners want to spend less time on social media. And if you’re eyes are glued to this article right now, I’m assuming, pretty heavily, that you want the same thing.

That’s why a lot of business people hire someone to handle their social media account, and those people are called…