This contribution comes from Bryan Miles, CEO of BELAY and author of Virtual Culture: The Way We Work Doesn’t Work Anymore. ************ From day one we were a company of two (my wife and I), so remote made sense. But as […]

This contribution comes from Phillip Koo, the founder of Zen WP, a popular WordPress support company. ************* “WordPress is awesome,” they said. “It’s easy,” they said. If you’re sitting there cursing “they” right now and about to throw your laptop […]

“Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe,” Abraham Lincoln reportedly said. How much time do you spend sharpening the axe? This is time that’s seemingly unproductive, but can […]

Where’s the best place to hire a rockstar freelance virtual assistant? Two of the largest platforms for online workers are Upwork and FreeeUp. Both of these sites have a deep talent pool and your diamond-in-the-rough virtual assistant is probably out […]

I know you were hoping for a magic page with the one clear winner here, but unfortunately there is no easy answer to the question of which virtual assistant company is the best. The truth is it depends on your […]

While I’m striving to build the most comprehensive virtual assistant company directory and review platform out there, there will always be certain companies I haven’t had a chance to fully research yet. Still, visitors are searching for information on these […]

My favorite productivity hack of the year? That’s easy: theme days. If you’re not familiar with the concept, it means to compartmentalize your schedule by day (or segment of the day) to allow for more “deep work” and fewer task-switching […]

Deena Anreise, the Marketing Manager for Prialto, contributed this post. Take it away, Deena! ********** Teamwork is the cornerstone of every successful business, but achieving team cohesiveness can be a challenge. Leaders, managers, and business founders often struggle to understand what […]

A couple weeks ago I told you about my latest VA hire, and how for the first time I had to calculate the projected return on investment of the position in terms of more than just freeing up hours of my time. […]

A friend of mine is really into investing. He’s always checking his portfolio and calculating his net worth. What’s this have to do with outsourcing? Well, it was actually something he told me: “Investing lets me delegate all the hard work to […]