Description

In this week’s solo episode, I'm going to give you updates, strategies, potential pitfalls and key tips around my first month working with a virtual assistant.  

Podcasts and other recommendations worth checking out:

• Travis Marziani’s YouTube Channel: Travis’s videos about creating systems to outsource work to VAs have been an absolute god-send! This video is a great place to start, and his incredible FREE Google Doc details step-by-step how to hire a VA.

• Episode #9: How to Create Systems to Outsource Time-Sucking Tasks - This previous episode details how you can create systems to manage workers effectively.

• Episode #17: How to Hire a VA from the Philippines - This previous episode details how you can hire your own virtual assistant and potentially avoid pitfalls in the process.  

• The Millennial Entrepreneur with Sina Sadrzadeh: Sina's featured some really cool entrepreneurs on his podcast already and I'm excited to see it grow!

Key Points: 

• First week with my VA (4:39)
• Tools:
  • a. LastPass (6:34)
  • b. Hubstaff (7:50)
  • c. Asana (8:47)
  • d. Dropbox (9:28)
  • e. Audacity (10:09)
  • f. Zoom (10:50)
• Opting with Transferwise (11:23) 
• Tasks, reports and encouraging your VA (13:00)
• Week 2 and moving forward (15:18)
• My 5 key lessons (16:20)

Clarification: My virtual assistant is from the Philippines and she is based in Vietnam as of the moment. 

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