pre-defined projects
Getting Started with a Virtual Assistant
Are you thinking about hiring a virtual assistant, but worried about coming up with a steady stream of projects for her to do?
It can be a real burden to have to come up with new ideas all the time. And then it takes time to find all the materials that are needed, explain what you want done, do the training, and then answer questions. If you had that much free time, you probably wouldn’t need an assistant.
Here’s an approach that works…
Virtual assistants tend to be very organized, very methodical. An ideal way to use an assistant is to help you systematize your business.
What part?
Systematize marketing.
This is the best place to start for most businesses.
Customer service might also work…
Outsourcing Toolkit Launches!
Today we’re officially launching our newest way to help people outsource work more effectively to freelancers and virtual assistants. It’s called the Help Without Hiring Toolkit.
We have created a set of 50 templates, checklists and worksheets to help you:
Decide what to outsource,
Find a qualified person to do the work,
Get that person up to [...]
Easy project - Set up a referral system
Where do your clients or customers come from?
About 90% comes from referrals, if you’re like most freelancers, consultants and small businesses.
So if you want more business, the least expensive, simplest, and most effective way to get it is to increase the number of referrals you get.
But you are probably as uncomfortable asking for referrals as I am.
So here’s how you get around that…
What is an “Easy Project”?
As I’ve been working through the content for the Outsourcing Fundamentals course, I started wondering if there was a way to short-circuit some of the problems people have outsourcing projects.
Here’s a surprise - I came up with one!
The answer is pre-defined projects.
What’s a pre-defined project? Read on…
