Now that you have a virtual assistant, it’s time to make the most of them! To improve the effectiveness of your VA, try not to give them tasks as you think of them, but to plan ahead and create a few jobs for them to do at a time. Be very specific and clear in your instructions but at the same time, don’t spend so long creating instructions that you may as well have just done the task yourself! Coming up with some templates and guidelines for them to refer to before they get started can help your VA to hit the ground running.