How to interview and select the best virtual assistant for your team
Anytime you’re hiring a new team member, you’ve gotta do your due diligence. That said, hiring someone who will report to you AND only do work with you is a…
Read MoreAre You Paying Yourself Enough? The Easiest Way Stop Trading Hours for Dollars
This week I had breakfast with a graphic designer colleague who’s struggling to find work. She’d just met with the owners of a boutique marketing firm who took one look…
Read MoreAssign Business & Marketing Systems to Your Virtual Assistant? CHECK!
Do you enjoy wasting time? Get a kick out of doing the same tasks over and over again? Crave spending endless hours chained to your desk, plowing through repetitive work…
Read MoreVital Traits to Look for When You Are Hiring for Your Virtual Team
It’s tempting to think that you don’t need to screen your virtual team members very carefully. After all, you won’t be sharing physical space, hollering at each other over cube…
Read MoreHire a Virtual Assistant to Market Your Business on Pinterest
One of the best things about hiring a virtual assistant to handle your social media is the instantaneous relief of pressure. This is ESPECIALLY true for media that split your…
Read MoreHire a Virtual Assistant to Help You Create and Set Up a Facebook Messenger Chatbot
I know, I know, the world of bots is exciting… but also overwhelming. So before we dive into hiring a virtual assistant to get your bot set up, let’s address…
Read MoreHire a Virtual Assistant to Help You Manage Your Instagram Account
Instagram is a moving target, am I right? Like many of the social media that we entrepreneurs leverage to build our businesses, Instagram has morphed over the years to reward…
Read MoreHire a Virtual Assistant to Help Manage Your Membership Site
Even if you’re comfortable outsourcing certain aspects of your business, you may hesitate to hire a virtual assistant to help with your membership program. Your subscribers and members are your…
Read MoreHire a Virtual Assistant to Help You Keep Your Funnel Filled With Clients
Building a sales funnel is crucial to keeping your online business running profitably. Just ask any successful entrepreneur, and they’ll tell you so. IN ALL CAPS. However, just building the…
Read More4 Things to Consider Before Hiring a VA to Help You Launch a Course
Online businesses are different from traditional, brick-and-mortar ones in dozens of important ways, but there are some old-school tactics that can be wildly beneficial to us online entrepreneurs. One of…
Read Morewhy would I pay someone to do something I can do myself for free?
I used to think that hiring help wasn’t in my budget. In fact, the whole concept seemed a little bit crazy to me. I mean, why wouldn’t I just do…
Read MoreWhat is a Virtual Assistant?
You’ve probably heard the terms “virtual assistant” or “VA” getting thrown around by your fellow entrepreneurs … but unless you’ve started working with a virtual assistant yourself, you might still…
Read MoreHow Much Does a Virtual Assistant Cost?
“I want to hire help, but I have no idea how much a virtual assistant should cost me?” Listen, lovelies: Before we dive into cost talk, let’s get one thing…
Read MoreHow to Stay Smart When Hiring New Contractors
When you’re hiring new team members, it’s easy to slide into the personal instead of focusing solely on the pragmatic. If a contractor is warm and funny and you totally…
Read MoreHow to Keep Your Team Happy and Productive
Delegating to a team isn’t quite the same as managing a traditional pool of coworkers. Since your contractors may never be in the same room with each other, you get…
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