7 Email Templates That Can Save You 520 Hours Per Year

Meg Prater (she/her)
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Are you a multi-tasker? That might not be a good thing. A study by the American Psychological Association found shifting tasks causes temporary mental barriers, which swallow up to 40% of your productive time.

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If you're keeping busy with tasks that are necessary but don’t contribute much value to your company or career, it might be time for a virtual assistant.

These seven email templates make working with a virtual assistant quick and easy, saving you valuable hours to work on higher-impact projects. Click here to jump straight to the templates -- or read on to learn more about virtual assistants first.

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What Is a Virtual Assistant?

A virtual assistant is a person who offers support services from a remote location. They often work on a freelance basis for many companies at a single time.

Virtual assistants are commonly hired to help with administrative tasks like calendar and email management, appointment setting, bookkeeping, and customer support.

They usually require freelance contracts and are paid hourly, by the project, or by the month.

Here are a few popular virtual assistant platforms:

1) The Virtual Hub

  • Associate, $8/hour for 20/40 hours/week; Analyst, $10/hour for 20/40 hours/week; Specialist, $12/hour for 20/40 hours/week

The difference between The Virtual Hub's pricing tiers is the type of service your assistant can and will provide. TVH pairs you with an in-house trained assistant who can meet your needs, from booking and schedule management to data mining and cloud organization.

2) Zirtual

  • Entrepreneur Plan, $398/month for 12 hrs/month and one user; Startup Plan, $698/month for 24 hrs/month and two users; Small Business Plan, $998/month for 36 hrs/month and three users; Team Plan, $1398/month for 50 hrs/month and five users

Zirtual offers you a dedicated, college-educated, U.S.-based assistant who’s available to you from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. in your unique time zone.

3) Upwork

  • Upwork is free to join, post jobs on, and source candidates from their individual freelance database; Upwork Pro, $500/hire + 10% of invoice for premium, pre-vetted, and hand-picked talent; Upwork Enterprise, price varies as technology and services are custom for every company

Upwork offers companies and individuals options for hiring virtual assistants. Use their free platform to source candidates for one-off or ongoing projects, or choose from their pro or enterprise plans and let them do the heavy administrative lifting while you enjoy the benefits.

4) Fiverr

  • Individual freelancers from $5 and $40/hr

From data entry to graphic design, Fiverr is a platform where you can find, connect, and hire virtual assistants. Filter by price, vertical-specific experience, and more.

5) Freelancer.com

  • Individual freelancers from $5 to $50/hr

Hire a freelancer from their expansive directory, or post a job and have freelancers bid to give you their best price.

6) Fancy Hands

  • $29.99/mo for 5 requests; $74.99/mo for 15 requests; $199.99/mo for 50 requests
  • Available for iOS | Android

Fancy Hands is a service that measures tasks as “requests,” which are defined as 20 minute blocks of time.

You can place standard requests (answered in 24 hours), live requests (answered within one minutes via SMS or chat), or recurring requests that are completed on a repeating basis.

7) TaskBullet

  • Starter Bucket, $10/hr for 20 hours; Light Bucket, $8/hr for 60 hours; Expert Bucket, $6/hr for 240 hours

TaskBullet pairs you with assistants skilled in the tasks you need. With their clock in, clock out method of tracking work, you only pay for the work that’s done, and each month’s hours roll over if they’re not used up.

How to Work with a Virtual Assistant

Former HubSpot VP of Growth Brian Balfour says, “I used to trick myself into feeling ‘busy’ with smaller tasks, when I was solely wasting time. My stress levels skyrocketed as my to-do list grew into a never-ending nightmare.”

Brian discovered that he could prioritize his to-do list to identify unimportant tasks and share repeatable email templates with a virtual assistant to automate them.

This allowed him to focus on tasks that required more of his unique skills and knowledge. The result? He saved at least 10 hours every week.

7 Email Templates for Your Virtual Assistant

1) Project assistance

2) Travel bookings

3) Appointment scheduling

4) Call scheduling

5) Personal updates

6) Inbox management

7) Internal vetting

These templates are a great place to start. Once you’ve implemented them into your virtual assistant’s workflow, take stock of where else you can streamline communication and outsource administrative tasks.

Devote your time to the tasks that matter most to your company and your career -- the results will be tangible immediately.

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