The best decision you can make as an online business owner is to decide to get out of your own way and begin to delegate those tasks which really don’t require your time and attention. A simple way to do that is by hiring a virtual assistant. A virtual assistant is a business owner who [...]

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VAs: You’re knee-deep in a big project and chugging along right on schedule but you’re waiting on the client giving you feedback on an important piece. You follow up. No word. You follow up again. No word. Frustration ensues. Clients: You’re grateful for your VA’s help with this time-sensitive task (when are they not?), you’re [...]

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The more the Internet grows, the more Internet-based programs and tools grow. Nowadays, you don’t have to be a techno-savvy super whiz to understand and use them either. There is a dizzying array of user-friendly newsletter, blog, database programs, and more. And there is also an interesting selection of online file-sharing programs that now make [...]

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Social Media is by far one of the most popular and fastest growing networking tools for online businesses. When used in a strategic manner, it can help boost your reputation, bring you key connections, and explode your business. There are many ways you can use social media portals to your advantage. And, as with any [...]

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When it comes to the project management aspect of your business, how do you handle that? Do you hand off a project to your VA and assume they’ll take care of it without you being involved? Or do you micro-manage everything to the point that your VA is doing very little? Either way, you’re not [...]

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How you communicate in all areas of your business is critical to your success. Whether you’re meeting with a client, delegating to your VA or sending out a broadcast to your database, you need to be clear and professional at all times. This may sound pretty straightforward, but without good communication, you compromise your business [...]

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In a separate blog entry, we posted processes for developing an Account Login Spreadsheet that helps keep all your online logins in one place for yourself and your VA. Another great tool to use as part of the foundation for your business is to create systems, procedures and policies. For example, you may have a [...]

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When it comes to launching a product, program or teleclass, you want to have all your ducks in a row, and that means allowing enough lead time for your team to put all the pieces in place. Doing this will position you for the most success, both in terms of the back-end administration tasks as [...]

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When was the last time you pulled your hair out in the middle of a busy day, searching for the login to your blog, website or Twitter account? Or have you recently changed your shopping cart password, then forgotten it, and ended up having to ask for a password reset? Frustrations like these can not [...]

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Sometimes it’s difficult to to give up control. I get that. I have those issues myself sometimes. But for the health of your business and yourself, not to mention the ability to kick your business up a notch, you need to start thinking about outsourcing some of the items that are bogging you down – those that [...]

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