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. […]

This post is contributed by Anupam Rajey, CEO of Acelerar Tech, a leading KPO firm that offers virtual assistants for social media, Internet research, email & chat support, and more. Anupam is a seasoned marketer and sales expert. You can learn […]

My latest VA “hire” didn’t cost me anything out of pocket. This won’t work for every business and definitely has some downsides as well, but here’s how it worked. One of my goals for the year was to make the […]

This month I stumbled into a new book project — and already have a good chunk of it written. Even though I’ve been through this process a handful of times, it’s still a daunting and intimidating task to be sitting […]