What can an email marketing virtual assistant do for me?

An email marketing virtual assistant handles every aspect of your email strategy, from list building to campaign analysis. They understand that successful email marketing isn’t about blasting everyone with the same message – it’s about delivering the right content to the right segments at the right time.

Here’s what they manage:

• List Building and Segmentation Strategy – They create opt-in incentives, set up landing pages, and segment your audience based on behavior, purchase history, and engagement levels. Proper segmentation can double your open rates.
• Campaign Creation and Design – Your VA writes compelling subject lines, designs mobile-responsive templates, and creates campaigns using platforms like Mailchimp, Klaviyo, or ConvertKit. They know which design elements actually drive clicks.
• Automated Sequence Development – They build welcome series, abandoned cart recovery, post-purchase follow-ups, and re-engagement campaigns that run automatically. These sequences often generate 30-50% of total email revenue.
• A/B Testing and Performance Optimization – Your VA tests everything from subject lines to send times, tracking which variations perform better and continuously improving campaign results.
• Analytics and Revenue Tracking – They monitor open rates, click-through rates, unsubscribe patterns, and most importantly, revenue per email. Good email VAs can tell you exactly how much each campaign generated.
• List Hygiene and Deliverability Management – They regularly clean inactive subscribers, monitor spam complaints, and maintain sender reputation to ensure your emails actually reach inboxes.
• Content Planning and Editorial Calendars – Many email VAs coordinate with your content team to ensure email campaigns align with product launches, promotions, and seasonal opportunities.

Businesses usually see email revenue increase 2-4x within 90 days when a skilled VA takes over from sporadic, manual campaigns.