For most small business owners, the road between who you are and who you’d like to be as an entrepreneur often seems winding, narrow, and much too long. You may have woken up this morning convinced that today will be the day that you get your Bill Gates on and skyrocket to the top of your field. That is, until the day and all its troubles, meetings, decisions, deadlines and unforeseen circumstances come stampeding in. Next thing you know, you’re closing up shop, drained and baffled, wondering where the time went. 

Productivity is ultimately about stewardship. Every business owner has their own set of goals, key areas of responsibilities, deliverables, and what have you. While these may vary in detail and in execution, the factor that ultimately sets us all on level ground is time. Each of us has the same amount of time on our hands.

Take a moment and think back to those early days when you were just starting up your business. Days when your mind churned out ideas faster than you could write them down. Days, when you knew the road ahead, was going to be tough, but you were energized to roll up your sleeves and get right into the hustle anyway. Those were the days when having a clear strong vision was all you needed to encourage you to press on, and every small win was worth celebrating. 

The following is a quick and simple guide for how to hire a Virtual Assistant--what you need to prepare, how to screen applicants, and a few quick tips to make the collaboration a match made in virtual heaven.

Delegation increases productivity for the business owner. It clears your task list of things that you were doing to run the business and makes room for things you could be doing to grow the business. There are two hot commodities in this day and age: time and energy. Not only should you aim to manage your time wisely, you must consider doing the same for your energy. Are you allotting the optimal level of energy to the aspects of your business that greatly require it--leadership, creativity and strategic thinking for example?

Starting your own business? Just pondering the process of building one up already feels tedious. There are several moving parts to factor in, to manage, and to account for. As a business owner, the knee-jerk reaction is to do it all--winging it every step of the way as you “fake it til you make it”, so to speak. Many businesses have succeeded via this route, but the truth is, not every business has to go this way.

Taking the time to delegate to a virtual assistant as a business strategy can seem like a handful, all tasks considered. Start with big funnels and work your way down to more specific categories. For instance, you could first categorize tasks as Core and Non-core.

Most people’s lives have been turned upside down by the coronavirus forcing people to stay indoors. Many companies and businesses shifted their operations online adopting work-at-home arrangements to survive. Others, need to temporarily stop their businesses until the eventual end of the lockdown. While some, unfortunately, had to close down their operations due to a lack of sustainability. This has yielded a huge loss in profit and employment.

Whether you have been working from home for a long time or been forced to do your work remotely from the comfort of your home, chances are you have needed to use video teleconferencing apps to communicate with your boss, clients or colleagues at work. One such app is Zoom. It is one of the best video teleconferencing applications used for remote work meetings and presentations. Zoom is quick and easy to use and with some knowhow, you can even enhance your Zoom experience. The following tips will not only get the best out of Zoom but will make your life online a whole lot easier.

It’s a strange time we’re living in, and the prospect of things getting worse before they get better is sinking in on a global scale. Economists who, just weeks ago, projected the global economy to bounce back owing to pent-up demand worldwide, are now shaking their heads as the number of cases across the globe continues to spike and the race to find a vaccine presses on.

If you are starting a small business, here is one thing you should know: you do not have to be an expert from the beginning to get the ball rolling. One of the best advantages you can have is to hire a virtual assistant to help your small business start on the right foot!

Hiring a Virtual Assistant is essential to your company’s success in today’s fast-paced environment. Let’s admit it: we cannot do everything ourselves. If you’re an entrepreneur and you are forcing yourself to do everything on your own, you might get lost in translation. Managing your time wisely means looking at opportunities where you can go your business in a much more effective way to keep up with the times.

Nowadays, outsourcing has become a trend that helps businesses take care of certain tasks without overworking their employees. When done properly and with much discernment, outsourcing can help you save a lot of money plus it can also help in the expansion of your business. 

Gone are the days of radio and TV being the main sources of media consumption. With the rise of social media platforms, streaming and ever-improving smartphones, content is consumed faster than ever before.

When you hear the word “brand”, what comes to your mind? Probably, the first thing you’ll think about is a logo. If you see someone wearing shoes with a check design, automatically you know it’s Nike. Or if you see a laptop an apple logo, it’s easy to identify it as Apple.