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…
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Read MoreOne 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 MoreI 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 MoreInstagram 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 MoreEven 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 MoreBuilding 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 MoreOnline 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 MoreI 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 MoreYou’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 More“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 MoreWhen 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 MoreDelegating 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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