Virtual Assistant Admin Support for Your Business

(Virtual) administrative assistance

What does a virtual assistant (VA) DO, and why would you want one?

ERIKA SCHANZENBACH

Graphic Designer + Virtual Assistant

Simply put,

As a VA, I do administrative tasks that eat your time, but I do them in my own office and on my own equipment.

I invoice you as a contractor, on a project or retainer rate. My business succeeds when your business succeeds.

My services can start small at just a couple hours/tasks a week and expand with your business.

Simple. Straightforward. Smart.

Growing your business just got easier.

With a VA you can:

DELEGATE:

Reduce the load of tasks eating your time.
Document SOPs so bringing on future help is easier.
Research solutions to your pain points and time pits. It’s way easier to choose between a couple well-researched options than sifting everything Google serves up. Am I right?
A VA can learn new skills for you and increase the scope of work you can get done.

INVEST:

Free up your time for your highest-earning, most personally rewarding work.
Build your team and your SOPs so you have a stable foundation for growth.

SIMPLIFY:

No bookkeeping headaches, no payroll taxes to figure or pay.
No benefits to provide or manage.
No overhead for office space or equipment.

Erika’s SKILLS/EXPERIENCE

Blog management: formatting, posting, sourcing/editing images, everything to do with getting your content posted and looking good.
Design: I have whole other pages about this service (Branded PDF Design // Print Design and Typesetting).
Email Management: Check out my packages for email management here.
Email Newsletters: designing branded templates, setting up and scheduling regular newsletters.
Setting up projects and tasks in your project management software.
Drafting documents/emails
Invoicing
Programs: MS Office, Google Docs/Sheets, WordPress, Asana, Slack, Zoom, Mailchimp, G-Mail, Adobe InDesign/Photoshop/Illustrator/Acrobat.
I’m pretty resourceful, if you don’t see it listed here, just ask. I’m not opposed to learning new things on the fly, I do it all the time.

Kaitlin Hollister

STAND Creative Studio

Founder & Creative Director

Erika has been an amazing addition to our team. She is constantly looking for ways to make our workflow easier and more productive. Personally, I have felt more organized knowing that she is there and making sure no email or task goes unanswered or unnoticed. Thank you!

Melanie Scroggins

Podcast Production School

Co-creator

Erika is a pleasure to work with. She always gets me what I need on or before schedule and is patient with all of my demanding and changing timelines! I’m honestly not sure what I would do without her help – she is communicative, thorough, and a downright rockstar. I would recommend her to anyone. Thank you, Erika!

Jonathan Evenden

Aegis IT

President & CEO

Erika has done a great job handling mission-critical administrative processes for us. It freed us up to focus only on the problems that require attention while ensuring these systems get attention every day. We are grateful to have her working with us, and recommend her to anyone that will listen!

Jennifer Jensen

Consult with Jennifer

Owner

Erika met every deadline and helped keep me moving through the project to reach the finish line (and I didn’t always make it easy). I would highly recommend Erika for any virtual assistant work you may need; I won’t hesitate to hire her in the future!

Jill Hargrave Radford

Jill's Books

Owner

Erika was very easy to work with for my email/cloud drive organization project and completely understood what I wanted even though as a non-techy person I don’t feel like I explained it well. Erika magically was able to figure it out. I appreciate the time she took to explain things to me, thank you so much!

Eric Owens

Highlands Ministries

President

Erika is a class act. Hardworking and conscientious, she brings great value to whatever project is assigned to her. She is a pleasure to work with, can work independently with little oversight and hits all deadlines. Her design skills might only be superseded by her writing skills which are formidable.

How do retainers work?

Monthly retainers: set based on (1) a set of regular tasks that need to be completed OR (2) a number of hours reserved for varying tasks each week.

Hourly retainers: include an agreed upon number of hours/week which are used during each week or given up (Eg. up to 3 hours/wk or up to 5 hours/wk, etc.). Hourly retainer rates start at $45/hr.
Project retainers: include a specified set of tasks for a set retainer price. (Eg. Prep/post one blog post/wk, send to email list and publish to social channels).
Retainers are paid monthly, usually on the first.

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Erika Schanzenbach, Virtual Assistant & Book Designer

Erika Schanzenbach lives and works in hills of southwest Virginia. She leaves her mark on the world by helping the instigators and the doers, the creators and builders and makers of things, do their work better. An intentional optimist, a personal perfectionist (Lord help her), and shamelessly particular when it comes to coffee and craft brews.