Address
304 North Cardinal St.
Dorchester Center, MA 02124
Work Hours
Monday to Friday: 7AM - 7PM
Weekend: 10AM - 5PM
Virtual Assistant Services
Virtual assistant services
Hand off the work that keeps you off the job.
Essential Tasks places trained virtual assistants with owner-operated businesses. You hand off the scheduling, the paperwork, and the follow-up, and we handle it on a schedule you set. No office space, no equipment, no payroll taxes, no long-term contract.
Plans from $320 per month. Monday to Friday, 8AM – 5PM CST.
What an assistant covers
Pick the work you want off your plate.
Administrative Support
Scheduling, data entry, document formatting, and daily email handled so the office keeps moving.
Appointment Setting
Calls booked, confirmations sent, and conflicts resolved before they reach your calendar.
Project Management
Task coordination, deadlines, and crew communication kept on schedule and on budget.
Government Bids & RFP Submissions
Solicitations tracked, response packages assembled, and filings made ahead of the deadline.
Brochure & Pitch Deck Creation
Capability statements, brochures, and client or investor decks built from your material and kept current.
Brand Management
Consistent templates, messaging, and collateral across your proposals, site, and social channels.
Travel & Itineraries
Flights, lodging, and ground transport booked and organized around your job schedule.
Client Follow-Up
Quotes chased, check-ins sent, and past customers kept warm without you writing every message.
Employee Onboarding
New-hire paperwork, accounts, and first-week schedules prepared before the start date.
Need the books as well? See bookkeeping services and receivable management.
Plans
Hours you can move between services.
Every plan is a block of hours, billed monthly. Spend them on one task or split them across admin, proposals, and follow-up in the same month.
Essential
$320
10 hours per month
One recurring task handed off — inbox, calendar, or data entry.
Integral
$640
20 hours per month
A standing weekly workload across admin and follow-up.
Progressive
$1,280
40 hours per month
Daily support with proposals or projects running alongside.
Signature
$1,800
60 hours per month
Near full-time coverage across several functions at once.
All plans billed monthly and can be combined with a bookkeeping package. No long-term contract.
How it works
Four steps, no long-term contract.
01
Discovery call
We map where your hours go and which tasks cost you the most revenue.
02
Matched assistant
You get an assistant briefed on your templates, tools, and calendar before day one.
03
Weekly reporting
Tasks completed, bids filed, and follow-ups sent — reported back so nothing sits.
04
Adjust as you grow
Add hours in your busy season, shift them to another service, or pull back — month to month.
Why hire a VA company
A missed deadline is a lost contract.
Output without overhead
No office space, equipment, benefits, or payroll taxes. You pay for the hours you use.
Time on billable work
Delegate admin and follow-up and get back the hours that drive revenue.
Deadlines that hold
Bids, proposals, and client commitments tracked by someone whose job it is to watch them.
Fewer dropped threads
Recurring tasks handled on a schedule instead of whenever the evening allows.
Scales with the season
Add hours around a launch or a bid cycle and pull back when it slows.
One point of contact
Admin, proposals, and bookkeeping from the same team, so nothing falls between roles.
Compared to hiring in house
An office administrator, a proposal writer, and a bookkeeper mean three salaries, benefits, equipment, and coverage gaps for vacation and sick days. One plan covers all three functions for the hours you actually need, and scales up around a deadline without a new hire.
Start with one task.
Tell us where your time goes and we will show you what to hand off first. No obligation, no long-term contract.