There was a particular period, where businesses worldwide made use of hiring overseas contractor due to the collapsing economy. Most of them who made this brave attempt, had innumerable discouraging stories to tell- frustrating communication gap, mismanaged use of content, etc. However, those times are a bygone era. Gone are the days, when it was thought that most overseas worker aren’t fluent enough to communicate in English. Today, most overseas workers speak impeccable English without a single flaw.

However, outsourcing work to virtual assistants overseas or not continues to be a bone of contention for many even today. It has been seen that more and more individuals dwelling in the U.S, U.K, Australia and Canada are hiring virtual assistants to do their official as well as personal tasks, and most of them seem to be very content with the results.

However, for those who are still sceptical about hiring VAs and still feel that language can be a barrier, here is a list of tasks that a virtual assistant can do better than most, irrespective of language articulacy.

1. Web Development

Irrespective of which country you belong to, the procedure for coding is the same everywhere. So, you don’t need to be perturbed about your VA’s fluency when your virtual assistant is coding in JavaScript, HTML or Cascading style sheets. You just need to be sure that your website is being developed in the way you want it to. The best part of this is that it can be done in a minimal amount.

2. Lead Generation

Every business requires lead and pursuing every promising lead can be a tedious job. The internet is a great source of promising leads. You can find a large number of companies and by sending out emails to each one of them, chances of acquiring prospective clients can be quite promising.

3. Graphic design

If you need a logo designed or a new flyer, banner or brochure done up, most overseas virtual assistants can do this as easily as any placed domestically. However, the added benefit is that overseas VAs charge substantially less than the ones in your country. So, hire a virtual assistant to design your graphical needs at very nominal prices.

Like the above mentioned, there are various tasks that you can still continue to delegate to a VA irrespective of your doubt in their English fluency. So, don’t rule out hiring a VA just because you don’t trust their English eloquence.