Successful virtual assistant Michelle Mangen was interviewed at PodJamTV Live recently and did a wonderful job of evangelizing the VA industry and explaining how business owners can find, hire, and work with professional assistants. This is a very informative episode for anyone who’s been considering working with a virtual assistant or just wondering what all the buzz is about!

There are only 24 hours in a day and only seven days in a week. You can’t increase the number of hours in a day or days in a week, so you can’t increase the time you have for work. You can, however, accomplish more if you rely on others for certain business tasks. One great way I’ve found to use my time more productively and to get more work done is to use a [...]

Miguel Berger, Broker at Better Homes and Gardens® Real Estate Tech Valley in Albany, New York joined the franchise in February of 2001. As someone who readily embraces technology, Berger has been on the cutting edge since his first day in real estate. This includes outsourcing and employing virtual assistance; something the industry has been slow to embrace. Why a Virtual Assistant Makes Sense After opening his own independent brokerage in 2001, Berger saw great [...]

The Virtual Assistant industry has grown so much in the past 10 years that it’s easy to understand that clients might get confused about where to find a Virtual Assistant and how to know if they’ve got a good one. There are some things you can do to put your mind at ease. Firstly, did you find them online or have they been referred to you? This will make a difference as to how you [...]

Don’t hire a virtual assistant until you read this! Is there such a thing as a perfect employee? Pretty close. Hiring a virtual assistant can be one of the smartest decisions you’ll ever make as a business owner. Imagine for a moment … a virtual assistant who’ll take charge and finish that PowerPoint presentation you’ve been putting off OR make those dreaded travel reservations. Sweet!!! Outsourcing help for some of your most time-consuming daily tasks [...]

The Smart Business Owner’s Guide to Virtual Assistance is available via Amazon for Kindle or PDF eBook. This 48 page guide to successful outsourcing will teach you: Why a VA is not an employee (and how this benefits you!) The best places to find a virtual assistant online. How to maximize your RFP (Request for Proposal) submissions so you get the best responses from the best VAs for your project – every time. The ten [...]

We’re going to take a short detour today from the list of questions you should ask a prospective virtual assistant to discuss the importance of submitting an RFP (Request for Proposal) that gives the right amount of information to get the best results possible. Many clients don’t realize that when they submit an RFP they have an opportunity to frame their expectations, needs, and more. Virtual assistants who read a well-written RFP can learn enough [...]