How do you know if your VA is really working the hours the say they are? This is a question I get a lot. If you’re in different time zones, you might not have much overlap during your days. There […]
Read More3 Ways “Going Virtual” Can Improve Your Company Culture (and your Bottom Line)
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 […]
Read MoreWordPress Sucks! How to Take Your Site from Frustrating to Fabulous
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 […]
Read MoreUpwork vs. FreeeUp
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 […]
Read MoreTheme Days: How to Implement a Theme Day System in Your Work Week to Be More Productive
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 […]
Read More3 Pitfalls to Avoid When Hiring a Virtual Assistant
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 […]
Read MoreThe “Small Pond” Virtual Assistant Hiring Strategy
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. […]
Read More10/80/10 Outsourcing
No, no, it’s not just a “new” way of explaining the 80/20 rule. I was listening to a podcast the other day (this one) and at the end of the episode the host explained his 10/80/10 framework for outsourcing. How it […]
Read MoreCalculating ROO: Return on Outsourcing
When I was making my first virtual hires, I saw it as a cost. Since I was doing everything myself up to that point, it was just an additional expense. Well it didn’t take long to realize that hiring a […]
Read MoreWhat We Want in a Virtual Assistant, According to 2700 Survey Responses
For the past 5 years, I’ve been asking people a few questions on this site in the hopes of pointing them in the right direction on their virtual assistant search. Perhaps ironically for a site dedicated to delegation and outsourcing, […]
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