Category Archives: Virtual Team

Keeping Track of It All as You Build Your Team

Every virtual assistant will need to assemble a team at some time in their career. A team increases your business possibilities and opportunities. But, handling all those people will take more than your stellar brain. Putting the Pieces Together Make a list. Whose skills will you use for what jobs? There are several ways you…

Looking to Outsource in Your VA Business?

When you started your business you had a plan, a business plan. It no doubt mentioned something about future expansion. Now is the time to put those plans in place. The best time to think about expanding your business is before it actually happens. Then, you can put your plan into action much more quickly…

Outsourcing Your Own Things to Free Up Your Time

Who says that outsourcing is strictly for work? As you grow your business, you still have other responsibilities that need to be taken care of. Check to see if these duties can be passed on to someone else. When work and home collide, it can become insane. You will be folding laundry in your home…

Being Transparent is Important as a VA Who Outsources

As a business owner, you already know how important it is to communicate effectively. Your relationship with your clients depends on it. But, as an employer, you will need to be even more transparent to get the job done. Your business brand is probably built on quality and timeliness. Your clients depend on a high…

Tasks That Can be Easily Outsourced by a Virtual Assistant

Sometimes your workload as a virtual assistant can get quite heavy. One of the best ways to handle it is to outsource some of your work to other virtual assistants. But, where do you start with that? Let’s dig a bit deeper to get your mind wheels spinning. If we can get you out from…

VAs: Stop Trying to Do it All Yourself

Virtual assisting is an industry that has partially grown out of the need for getting important jobs done but with less overhead. To that end, virtual assistants take on a number of roles for the online business owner as well as large corporate companies. But, as you strive to achieve business success, beware of burnout….

5 Mistakes to Avoiding When Outsourcing to a Virtual Assistant

Outsourcing jobs to a virtual assistant is a great way for busy business owners to get many small tasks accomplished at once.  A virtual assistant can do anything from reading and replying to customer service emails and placing orders for clients to setting up appointments and answering phones from a remote location.  However, if you…

5 Tips to Work with a Virtual Marketing Assistant for the Busy SBO

When you are a business that has a lot of service to do and you need to get your business moving it can be difficult, especially when you have to wear every hat that the business needs. For most small business owners this means that marketing goes down to the bottom of the pile as…

How To Get Connected with Social Media through a VMA

Humans are social animals and they must be connected to other social animals in order for them to survive. In the real world they have families, friends and business associates that they connect to on a daily basis. In the virtual world of the Internet, social media is the way that people get connected and…