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Is Personal Outsourcing An Option During a Slow Economy?

Recently, my thoughts have turned towards the feasibility of keeping a virtual assistant on the job, if the economy decides to slow down a bit. If you follow this blog, you may remember that I hired a Virtual Assistant on a monthly basis back in January of 2008. It has now been a few months [...]

Outsourcing with BPOVIA Virtual Assistants

On Monday, I will be interviewing James Huang, Founder and CEO of BPOVIA.com. BPOVIA is an outsourcing company from China that offers Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), but also provides Virtual Assistant services. We will talk about what is involved with hiring a virtual assistant and what you can expect when you work with BPOVIA. [...]

The Morning Show: World Wide Wednesday

You can listen to today’s show on Blog Talk Radio.
Today, we speak with Ganesh Ranganathan of IGSBookkeeping.com about outsourcing your bookkeeping needs. If you have ventured into the world of virtual assistants or are considering the move, this will be helpful in learning more about what outsourcing can do for you.
Join Shaine Mata on [...]

The Morning Show: Get Friday

You can listen to today’s show here.
Join me on The Morning Show. It can be brilliant, it can be lame. What do you expect from a show in the morning? Talk about politics, life, news, or whatever. On today’s show, let’s talk about virtual assistants.
The show runs from 8:30 am to 9 am. [...]

Upping the Ante

I have decided to raise my commitment to my virtual assistant from 10 hours per month to 20 hours per month. Through GetFriday.com, that means $200 out of pocket each month. I believe that I may be able to drive up enough business to cover the added cost. My original purpose for hiring [...]

You Should Get to Know Your Virtual Assistant

You can miss out on making the best use of your virtual assistant if you don’t take the time to get to know him or her. Just like in college, it is probably best to ask your VA what their major was in college. This gives you an idea of their mindset and where they [...]