45 Things New Media Content Creators Can Outsource to Virtual Assistants to Help Grow Their Business!

Chris C. Ducker
@chriscducker

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Make a list of topic ideas in any niche, using Google Keyword Tool.

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#2
Group similar topics and figure out if they can be turned into a series of posts, or even more!
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#3
Figure out what TYPE of content should be created to serve the topic best. Written, audio, video, etc.
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Produce an outline for posts and podcasts, or a rough storyboard for online video content.
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#5
Find similar online content and create a Likewise List to use later on, when promoting.
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#6
Identify Facebook and LinkedIn groups which can be used to promote and share content when published.
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Edit video, including intro and outro bumpers and lower thirds.

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Transcribe the entire video file into Word, to use as blog posts, YouTube description, and more!
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#9
Edit and finalize podcast session, including intro, outro, CTAs and list episode mentionables.
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#10
Transcribe the podcast episode for use as additional SEO content.

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#11
Transcription into a free PDF download
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#12
Create Draft Post in Wordpress, adding bold, italics, etc., to your pre-written content.
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#13
Format the Post: Add H2 and H3 tags to sub-headings and sub-sections and bold, as needed.
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#14
Find and add an image to the post, if needed. Best to use your own images whenever possible.
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Add image title, alt-text & caption into Wordpress
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#16
Embed related video content.

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Capture video screenshots if required, then resize and insert them into the post if needed.
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#18
Embed any audio, or podcast sessions if required.

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Put the post in the correct categories, and be sure to also include relevant tags.
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#20
Optimize the post for SEO using the correct plugins.

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#21
Create Tweetable images to use on Facebook, etc.
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Upload video to YouTube, with title, links, keywords, categories, as well as transcribed text.
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#23
Add video to relevant playlist.

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#24
Upload audio file to server, tagged and with podcast image attached.

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#25
Final proof read for spelling, punctuation and grammar errors.

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#26
Draft and schedule Broadcast email in Aweber.

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#27
Schedule post, or simply hit Publish

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Share your content on your personal social media accounts, as well as your blogs Facebook page.
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#29
Share your content on related Facebook and LinkedIn groups.

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Schedule Tweets to go out every 6-hours for the next 48-hours after publishing content.
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#31
Social bookmark the content on StumbleUpon, Reddit, Digg, etc.

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#32
Contact anyone you mentioned in the content with a pre-written email, as they might like to share it.
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#33
Comment on the Top 5 posts from your Likewise List.
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Wake up your Email List by sending that drafted Broadcast message.
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Social bookmark any content commented on, helping to gain more traffic to the post.
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#36
Share the featured image of your post on Pinterest, Flickr, etc., including a link back!
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#37
Share infographics on the top distribution sites.
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#38
Share PDF transcripts of your video, or podcast content to Docstoc, SlideShare, etc.
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#39
Promote your SlideShare content on LinkedIn, Twitter & Facebook in order to get homepage exposure.
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#40
Post your Tweetable images to all your social media profiles and pages, to promote clickthrus.
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#41
Add this recent content to your Blog Bank, for easy access when creating fresh content and linking.
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#42
Build internal links to new content from your archive.
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Create a summary of the content and include it on Tumblr. Add media, and a Read More link to original.
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Social bookmark the summarized content on Tumblr, as well as StumbleUpon, Reddit, Digg, etc.
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#45
VAs can also create your PowerPoint presentations!
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