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5 LinkedIn Activities You Should Be Outsourcing to a VA
Amy Wallin
More and more people are starting to catch on to the massive marketing tool that LinkedIn is. It’s not the prettiest or most functional platform but it is the World’s Largest Business Database. Business owners who operate in the B2B space are jumping on board to tap into that database.…
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How to provide helpful instructions to your virtual assistant
Amy Wallin
The whole point of working with a Virtual Assistant is that they are virtual – i.e you don’t need to be in the same location to effectively collaborate. Remote work offers different benefits from the traditional workplace role – but issues unique to remote work can arise. It requires a…
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How to skill-test a virtual assistant candidate
Amy Wallin
A past blog of mine explained how to hire an overseas Virtual Assistant, or VA, and one of the things I mentioned in that post was to give them a sample project to test their skills before you offer them a position with your business. Why is skill assessment so…
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What is a Virtual Assistant? (and why you should hire one)
Amy Wallin
If you’re reading this blog, I’ll take a guess that you are currently exploring the idea of working with a virtual assistant. But before you commit, you probably have a few questions about how the whole thing works, like: what is a virtual assistant? Is hiring a remote employee the…
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Top 5 Tips for Managing a Remote Virtual Assistant
Amy Wallin
Like any new hire, until you actually start working with someone it’s hard to know their level of productivity, effectiveness and overall attitude towards work. With a virtual employee, it can be even harder. Successfully managing a virtual employee requires different oversight and a different management style, especially when cultural…
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5 Instagram Activities You Should Outsource to a VA
Amy Wallin
Outsourcing Instagram activities to a virtual assistant is one of the smartest business moves you can make. Social media platforms are notoriously time-consuming – but if you’re using them for business, it’s even more difficult to know when to say when. It’s not easy to focus on professional tasks when…
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5 Telltale Signs Your VA Isn’t Exclusive
Amy Wallin
Working with a remote virtual assistant? Then you’d probably agree that one of the hardest things about collaborating remotely is simply the geographical distance between you. Effective remote collaboration requires a different management style – and when not managed well, you have a lot less oversight over your employee, their…
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4 Steps to Hire the Right VA Every Time
Amy Wallin
If you’re reading this you are probably already very aware of the benefits of outsourcing administrative tasks to a virtual assistant. But you’ve also probably heard the horror stories from friends and fellow business owners about using virtual assistants from ‘gig’ sites like Upwork or Fiverr. Do the words ‘unreliable’,…
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Virtual Assistants: Freelance, Part-Time or Full-Time?
Amy Wallin
As a business owner looking to outsource to a Virtual Assistant there are many different options on how to hire and in what capacity. You can work with a number of different freelancers at once, one person casually, one person at a set number of hours or even on a…
