B2B Lead Generation & LinkedIn Marketing VA for Silicon Maps

We are looking for a reliable, detail-oriented Virtual Assistant to help support Silicon Maps, a long-established publisher of regional high-tech and biotech industry maps. This is a long-term role for someone who is good at B2B lead research, LinkedIn activity, CRM updates, email campaign support, and weekly reporting. We already have one experienced VA doing this successfully, and we are looking to add another person to help support additional map regions. Our maps cover technology, semiconductor, electronics, biotech, and innovation regions such as Silicon Valley, Silicon Desert, Silicon Hills, Silicon Forest, Silicon Europe, Silicon World, Bioscience West, Bioscience East, and others. This is not a hard sales role. The main goal is to help us find the right companies, organize leads, support outreach campaigns, post and engage on LinkedIn, and keep clear weekly reports. Main Responsibilities You will help with: Lead Research & List Building • Research companies in the semiconductor, high-tech, electronics, biotech, and advanced manufacturing industries • Find company websites, LinkedIn pages, marketing contacts, executives, and decision makers • Add and update leads in Zoho CRM or spreadsheets • Research trade show exhibitor lists, industry associations, LinkedIn Sales Navigator, and regional business organizations • Help identify companies that should be included on specific Silicon Maps editions Email Outreach Support • Help send approved email campaigns through Zoho, Outlook, or other email tools • Track sent, delivered, opened, clicked, and bounced emails • Clean up bounced emails and update bad contact records • Send manual follow-up emails when needed using approved templates • Organize leads by map region and campaign type LinkedIn Posting & Engagement • Post or schedule customer spotlight posts on Silicon Maps LinkedIn pages • Repost selected posts to the main Silicon Maps LinkedIn page • Tag companies and C-level decision makers when appropriate • Monitor comments, likes, reposts, and engagement • Reply to simple comments using approved responses • Help find contact information from people who engage with posts Weekly Reporting Each week, provide a clear task report showing: • Email campaigns sent • New leads added • Bounced emails fixed • LinkedIn posts completed • Comments or engagement handled • Follower growth by map page • Plan for the following week Tools You Should Be Comfortable With Experience with these tools is helpful: • LinkedIn • LinkedIn Sales Navigator • Zoho CRM or similar CRM • Outlook / Gmail • Google Sheets / Excel • Canva or basic image posting tools • ChatGPT for helping draft simple replies or post text • Basic internet research Ideal Candidate We are looking for someone who is: • Very organized and detail-oriented • Good at online research • Comfortable working with B2B companies and executives • Strong with spreadsheets and CRM updates • Reliable with weekly reporting • Able to follow instructions and templates • Comfortable posting and engaging on LinkedIn professionally • Not afraid to ask questions when something is unclear • Interested in long-term work Experience with technology, semiconductor, biotech, manufacturing, or trade show lead research is a plus, but not required if you are a fast learner. Important This is not cold calling. This is also not a high-pressure sales position. The work is mostly research, CRM updates, email campaign support, LinkedIn engagement, and reporting. We will provide training, templates, examples, and guidance. Hours Starting at 10–20 hours per week, with the potential to grow if the work is strong and consistent. To Apply Please include the following in your proposal: 1. Your experience with B2B lead generation 2. Your experience with LinkedIn research or LinkedIn Sales Navigator 3. Any CRM experience, especially Zoho 4. An example of a weekly report you have created, if available 5. Your hourly rate 6. Please start your proposal with the words: “Silicon Maps VA” so I know you read the full job post. Sample First Task As a test project, we may ask you to research 25 companies from one map region, find the best marketing or business development contact, add the information to a spreadsheet, and write a short summary of what you found.