Strategic Business Tips from Kim Beasley

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After hiring my virtual assistant (VA), I quickly realized that if I create a virtual team that I would be able to continue refining my business processes. I figured that it would a good idea to hire a team of specialist so that I could outsource to them and continue refining my business process.

As a business owner, one must keep in mind that having a virtual team in place will help you leverage your business better. Have you given any thoughts to putting a virtual team to work for you? Below is a list of areas that would be good to outsource to a virtual team:

• Managing Calendar
• Creating graphics
• Content Management (blog & website)
• Data entry
• Handling phone calls
• Organizing computer
• Research
• Creating newsletter

These are just a few of the areas that you can outsource to your virtual team. Have you been feeling overwhelmed or your projects are getting behind? Has this post sparked ideas of where you could put a virtual team to work for you? Then please feel free to leave you comments and share your experience of working with a virtual team.

Wow, I actually hired a virtual assistant (VA) to help me get things organized with my business makeover. This was a hard decision because I’ve always been the hands-on business owner and releasing control is hard. Don’t get me wrong, I can delegate when the need arises but to actually had over tasks that I’m used to doing, has been hard.

To help me determine who I should hire as my VA, I chose to ask for references from my mentor Mari Smith (@MariSmith) and she gave me 5 VA names. I immediately contacted them via Facebook but the strangest thing is that only one of the persons responded to me. I thought this was strange because if you are in business and someone contacts you about your services, it’s customary that you respond. So I communicated with the person who responded and now she and I are developing a working relationship.

What are some of the lessons that I learned from my experience in hiring a VA, hmmm let me share:

• Ask people you trust for referrals
• Make sure that you know what you are looking for in a VA
• Hire someone who is professional
• Hire someone who is prompt in responding to you
• Be prepared to sign an agreement, if they don’t have one then you should be concerned
• Be open to suggestion from the VA in how they can best assist you