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. […]

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 […]

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 […]

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, […]

Accounting is one of the first things most business owners hire out. The tax code is so complex — and the penalties for messing up so severe — that it just makes sense to bring on an expert, right? Well […]

This year I’ve been letting a new VA into my inbox. I felt like I was fighting a losing battle against the constant barrage of email, and even though I had what I thought to be a pretty robust system […]

If you’re looking to hire a freelance virtual assistant, you might be wondering the best place to find a rockstar VA. Two of the largest platforms for online workers are Upwork and OnlineJobs.ph. Both of these sites have a deep […]

Deena Anreise, the Marketing Manager for Prialto, contributed this post. Take it away, Deena! ********** Everyone needs help from time to time, especially small business owners. But how do you know when it’s time to hire help from a virtual […]

Happy New Year! This is a weird time of year for me. On the one hand, I know New Year’s Resolutions are dumb. I mean, if something is worth changing, it’s worth changing now — not waiting for some arbitrary […]

I recently completed my first “crowdsourced” outsourcing experiment. I hired a company called DesignCrowd to come up with a cover design for my latest book. Previously I’ve gone to Fiverr or tapped my wife’s mad PowerPoint skillz to create my covers. […]