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The True Cost of Inflation (Virtual Assistants Give You a Discount!)

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“This is my letter of resignation.” Those are tough words for any leader to see come across their desk under any circumstance. Let alone with a recession looming! We’ve talked here about the so-called “great resignation” several times already. However, that’s kind of a vague oversimplification of a very real problem. What we’re talking about here today, is a very clear and present danger to the professional world. It doesn’t have a cute name that makes for a clever article title, it’s just called inflation. And it’s costing you, valuable employees, whether you realize it yet or not.

MyOutDesk realizes it. In fact, we’ve been helping businesses scale up in ways that specifically counter inflation since 2008. There are three specific pain points that many businesses encounter, even more so during times of inflation, which lead them to services like ours. We’re proud to be able to provide a quality of service that empowers companies to scale up in such a way that it practically makes them inflation-proof. Even when pricetags get as high as they are today. So let’s talk about how virtual assistants from MyOutDesk can give you a big discount on the real cost of inflation. Here are three of the most common pain points growing businesses face, along with our proven solutions to each.

Pain Point 1: Local Employees Want Better Compensation

According to a recent LendingClub report, 64% of Americans are living paycheck to paycheck. Even those earning six-figure incomes are feeling the pressure of inflation! As 48% of those households also claim to be living paycheck to paycheck right now. It’s easy to see that as the cost of living rises, so too does the stress of keeping up with it. Wanting better pay is the leading cause of resignations. No one wants to devote their loyalty and hustle to a company that doesn’t make them feel valued and important. Of course, it’s not as easy as it sounds, to just snap your fingers and give everyone on your team a raise or a big bonus. But what if it was?

Solution:

Hiring a virtual assistant from MyOutDesk can save you up to 70% of the cost of a traditional local hire. So you get the same quality of employee; experienced, educated, passionate and reliable, and English-speaking. But at less than half the cost of the same professional locally. Not to mention when you’re hiring a remote working assistant who is in another country, you get more flexibility with hours. You could have two assistants doing the same job it’d take 3 or 4 people to manage in your own timezone. That’s a lot of money saved! This means more money to reallocate where you deem most valuable; like your local team. Imagine saving so much while still growing your productivity, that you can give your local team a competitive raise and a little thank you bonus. That’s how you keep people happy. 

“Virtual Assistants are key. Without VAs, it limits us and we have more responsibilities in-house. A VA is significantly more affordable to the business pattern. We get more value for the price.” – Charles Pulliam and Olivia Cooley of the Olivia Cooley Group, at Keller Williams Realty. 

Paint Point 2: Local Team Feels Overwhelmed and Burned Out

American workers across the board saw increased rates of burnout in 2021, according to APA’s 2021 Work and Well Being Survey. About 26% of the employees surveyed reported negative impacts of work-related stress, like motivation or energy. While 32% reported being emotionally exhausted, and a shocking 44% reported physical fatigue. If a job is wearing you out, and it’s not paying you enough anyway, why keep putting up with it? Most aren’t, and they are leaving their positions in record numbers to find something better or start their own business. While that’s commendable for the individual, it’s leaving managers feeling stressed and cynical. So not only are you losing the employees that make up the foundation of your business, but you’re squeezing out the leaders and specialists too. For a lot of these people, a pay bump isn’t going to cut it. For them, their mental and physical health is just as, if not more important than the cash in their pocket. Often times even being paid well is still not enough justification for the physical and mental toll a stressful job takes. 

Solution:

Adding a virtual assistant(or two, or three) to your team not only saves you money, but it helps you get more work done in more efficient ways. So many tasks at your business can fall under the term “busy work”, and can be done remotely(even some high-level responsibilities can still be outsourced). A lot of these tasks are being juggled by people you hired for more specific talents and abilities. By outsourcing that busy work to one or more virtual assistants, you lighten the load for your local experts. Free them up to focus on the specialized tasks you hired them for, while still knowing those other tasks are being perfectly handled. These can be entire departments you begin outsourcing, like administrative and customer service. Or they can be sub-tasks inside your busiest departments, like billing or marketing. Coupled with solution one above, the possibilities are staggering. Imagine telling your local staff that they have less to worry about and they’re getting a cost-of-living raise! You pull that off and they’re not going anywhere.

Virtual assistants were able to do the job that the local people were able to do …   AND they actually raised the bar! – Mihran Berejikian, President of Belami, Inc(e-commerce)

Pain Point 3: Finding the Right People is Difficult and Time-Consuming

Researchers from LinkedIn’s Economic Graph team analyzed the profiles of 400,000 confirmed hires on their platform between June 2020 and March 2021. They were determining which jobs take the longest time to fill across 15 different industries. Technical positions in research, finance and IT take on average about 46 days to fill. The shortest time-to-hire was administrative, and that was an average of 33 days if you’re lucky. So on average, it takes at least a month+, if all goes perfectly well, to fill a job position. As you know, one business quarter is three months. So it takes about half a quarter at best to hire one person. That’s not very productive! And that’s also not to mention turn-over. Imagine spending all of that precious time bringing someone on, only to lose them shortly after and have to start the process all over again. Not only are you wasting valuable time and resources, but you’re also fueling pain point 2 above. Your recruiting and HR teams are going to burn out quickly, and then you’ll be rushing to fill their roles in addition to the roles they themselves were trying to fill. Yikes.

Solution:

The average time it takes MyOutDesk to provide a client with a perfect match for their needs is less than a month. That’s right, just a few weeks at most, and sometimes even less. This is because our ever-growing pool of professionals is already interviewed, vetted, and assessed by us before they ever reach you. We know what they’ve done before, what they can do now, and how well they can do it. You tell us the role you need to be filled and we give you 3-5 qualified candidates handpicked just for your needs. Our virtual assistants are experienced, trained, and often educated to the same level of qualifications as any US-based hire. They also speak fantastic English, and they’re all hungry for opportunities. They’ll bring their own knowledge to your team while learning your specific processes quickly and thoroughly. You can be up and running with a virtual assistant in almost half the time it would have taken with someone locally. 

“Three of the four interviews you guys provided were very hireable. Typically out of 15 candidates you’re lucky if 2 are that hireable. We were picking from the best, rather than wondering if any of them would really work out.” Brandon Burg, Founder, and Attorney at the Burg Wynn Law Firm.

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Conclusion

Those three common pain points are not exclusive to times of inflation. Compensation, workload stress, and professional matchmaking will always be speedbumps on the road to success. At a time when the world is experiencing multiple hurdles, inflation being just one, these issues become amplified. A speedbump becomes a brick wall. And right now time and money are of the essence more than ever. Businesses can’t afford unnecessary speedbumps let alone brick walls in their path to sustainable, ever-growing success. A MyOutDesk virtual assistant has been the saving grace for thousands of companies for over a decade, especially during times of turmoil and uncertainty. 

If you want to more about how we solve these problems for businesses just like yours, or if you have any questions or concerns, we’d love to hear from you. You can use the link below to request a consultation with one of our experts. They will hear you out first, understand your concerns and needs, and determine if we’re even the right fit for you. If so, they’ll pitch a plan involving one or more virtual assistants to get you started. No pressure, no obligations. If you want to make your business “inflation-proof”, the choice is yours. 

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June 22, 2022/by Dan Trujillo
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How to Rank on Google & Bing in 2022 (SEO Tips)

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When it comes to your brand presence, are you happy with how you’re appearing on search engine results?

You want to appear on the TOP of search results with the main search terms of your product and services. With so much content out there nowadays, you can find your way to the top of search results with Search Engine Optimization (SEO). In order to bring in high-quality and high quantity LEAD FLOW and traffic into your business, you need to dedicate copious hours to SEO daily. Attracting and retaining top digital marketing talent for your team is a time-intensive process. However, a strong marketing team is one of the most important growth decisions you’ll make as a business owner. To reduce the cost and risk of growing your marketing team, consider a blended Virtual Professional team. But you’re not here to read about how much money our marketing virtual assistants save teams like yours. You’re here to learn about improving your SEO ranking. So let’s dive in!

What are the most important factors to ranking & SEO?

+ How to improve your SEO + rank higher on Google & Bing

Too technical? You can have a full-time highly qualified SEO & Marketing or IT Virtual Assistant working for you at full time, for up to 70% less than a full-time traditional worker. Schedule an interview with our talent pool today.

  • Website security & accessibility

Search engines love secure, always updated, and easy to read websites. Ensure that your WordPress or other Content Management System (CMS) plugins are installed properly and regularly updated. Ensure that your website is safe with a strong SSL certificate. Use the correct heading hierarchy (H1, H2, etc.) in the content body of each page.

  • Browser page speed, mobile page speed

Search engines take into account how fast your website loads on browsers and on mobile smartphones. Use Google PageSpeed Insights to understand where your website stands. To optimize your website’s speed, enable compression tools, like GZip, to reduce the size of your images and code. Improve your server response time and leverage browser caching.

  • Mobile friendly & responsive

According to Google, in the USA, 94% of people with smartphones search for local information on their phones. Interestingly, 77% of mobile searches occur at home or at work, places where desktop computers are likely to be present. Check to see if your website is mobile-friendly. What makes a website mobile-friendly? The work involved in making a mobile-friendly site depends on your developer resources, business model, and expertise.

MyOutDesk’s IT virtual assistants have the full-time skills you need to bring your company’s technological goals to life, plus they’re much more affordable than an in-house consultant or employee. Schedule an interview with our talent pool today.

  • Your Domain Authority

What is domain authority? This is a search engine ranking score determined by several analytics companies’ algorithms (think of it like your website’s credit score). Websites with a very large number of high-quality external links (such as Wikipedia or Google.com) are at the top end of the Domain Authority scale

  • Optimized Content

Understand the fundamentals of keyword and user intent research. Your website will rank higher with pages deemed as having high-quality content. This is based on an understanding of your audience. Use the same language as that of your audience to provide the information they’re actually looking for (the who’s, what’s, when’s where’s, why’s.)

Your articles and blog posts should be longer in (high quality) content (between 800 to 1,000+ words). Longer articles tend to rank better in organic results. Include captivating calls-to-action or clear next steps. By understanding the readers and your buyers’ journeys, they will read your content and stay on your pages longer, which helps your domain authority!

  • Technical SEO (Meta descriptions)

You need to have a great meta setup for your website. Meta titles, meta descriptions, and meta tags are the language and content that search engines, like Bing or Google, look at first and display on search results. You include this in your page’s hidden code so that search engines have a clear understanding of the abstract of your content, as well as how you want to display pages in search results for viewers. 

  • Social Signals

Your new content should accompany features from social media as well as other websites. The more your links appear on other high-quality pages and content, the higher your rank. A seamless full-time digital marketing campaigner works for this.

You can have a full-time highly qualified SEO & Marketing or IT Virtual Assistant working for you full-time, for up to 70% less than a full-time traditional worker. Our remote working professionals know all the tools of the trade, and can help you jumpstart your online presence in no time. Whether your team is inexperienced and needs an injection of real-world experience or veterans who just need a helping hand. Our talent matching process ensures every client of ours gets multiple proven professionals to select from. It’s safe, secure, and faster than hiring locally on your own. So use the link below to schedule a Q&A session and find out if it’s a good fit for you. 

 

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June 7, 2022/by Jeremy
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Leader or Assistant – You Can’t Be Both

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Not too long ago we shared a particular quote that we found motivating. It was a graphic image with a very blunt quote, shared on our social media channels. We expected that some folks would agree and of course, some would disagree. Everyone’s entitled to have their own opinion, especially when it comes to bold claims like the one quoted. What we didn’t expect was just how passionate(and misleading) some of the responses were! As of writing, that post has 4,000+ reactions, 340+ comments, and 550+ shares. So we felt it only appropriate to not only address some of the responses we saw repeating but explain a bit more about the message behind the quote. 

The Quote

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Let’s talk about the quote itself, first. What does that even mean? Where did we come up with it and why do we support it? The idea here is that by taking on all of the responsibilities of a particular job, you become multiple employees yourself. Just because a particular task like processing paperwork is part of the business you lead, doesn’t mean you need to be doing it. It’s really no different than if you stopped and went down the hall to clean the employee bathrooms. If you’re a manager and you’re doing that, then you’re also the janitor. Regardless of the extra tasks you take on, the point is that you shouldn’t have to. You have higher-level, dollar-producing tasks that adhere to your expertise. Those tasks can’t play second fiddle to busy work, or your business will never grow to its full potential. 

The Arguments

“Or you are capable of doing your own work. Nothing wrong with that.”

This comment was one of the most popular responses under this post, with 70+ reactions and 20 replies! At first glance, this statement makes sense and sounds agreeable. Unfortunately, it misses the entire point of the post. The quote isn’t referring to whether or not you are capable of doing paperwork, it’s about why you shouldn’t be in the first place. An entrepreneur who is trying to grow their business really shouldn’t be dividing their time among menial tasks. It’s not about being capable, it’s about focusing on the right things and delegating the rest to someone else just as capable. Processing paperwork, data entry, reviewing for signatures, filing, etc are not complex tasks that require a specific skillset. Those are the kind of tasks that just about anyone can learn with a bit of training. Need more proof that time is of the essence when you’re growing a business? Check out this informative piece when you’re done here.

“I’d rather be my assistant and know that it’s done right, and finish the job I started with my clients…”

Here’s another response that got some decent attention, with 15 reactions and a few replies. Luckily, someone replied to this comment and demonstrated their own understanding of the quote when they said; “That’s a lot, I mean a lot of work for a growing business. Imagine if every business owner said they don’t want help…yikes”. This guy gets it! But let’s dive deeper into what the initial response is saying; they don’t trust someone else to get the job done right. That sounds like a personal problem rather than the strategy of someone successfully scaling their business. When you take a bit of time to find the right people and train them well, you solve your own problems. For an organized, efficient team, the paperwork should not be so complex that an experienced assistant can’t learn it and do it for you. Freeing you up to devote more time and effort to the higher-value tasks you deserve to be focusing on. And guess what? It also frees you up to spend more time with those clients they mentioned, since you’re not juggling paperwork when you could be adding value to your customer experience. 

“If we are doing our paperwork, we are smart and know what to do to get things done when we can’t afford a staff.”

This comment references the concern about “getting it done right” again but also mentions the cost. Since we already covered the issue of thinking you’re the only person in the world who can do paperwork, let’s talk about the price point. It’s totally fair to be concerned about the cost of hiring additional hands. For a lot of entrepreneurs, the early goal is to simply increase revenue. And they think they’re cutting into that by adding more employees that need to get paid, but they couldn’t be more wrong. It’s called an investment! The time you waste doing your own paperwork, taking time away from higher-value tasks, and facetime with your customers, will equal slower gains and even loss of income over time. By investing in one or more virtual assistants, you pay a little in the short term but increase productivity and thus the potential for more revenue in the long term. When you outsource to a virtual assistant you save up to 70% off the average cost to hire a local assistant, but you get the same quality of reliable work. So in this scenario, you kind of can’t afford to not hire an assistant. 

“And if you own your own business you’re also the window cleaner, security, janitor, etc. All of that is ok.”

This is a perplexing comment because it continues on, even more, to really take offense to the original quote. This sentiment was echoed a few times, which showed us that message here really was missed by many. When you’re just getting started, sure it makes sense that the owner will be handling a lot of things themselves. That’s just how it goes, no argument there. But as you grow, you will need helping hands. That’s a fact. As far as business owners go, you’re not special. It’s simply not professionally intelligent or business savvy to think it’s ok for the owner or other executives to also have to process stacks of paperwork, let alone clean windows or be security. That’s just silly. Maybe if you have a “mom and pop” book store or pastry shop that might make sense for your model, but for most growing companies it simply doesn’t make sense to not delegate busy work to trusted assistants. You started your business for a reason; you have a vision, and the skills and talent to execute that vision. Not just anyone can do that! Once you’ve hit the ground running you should be focusing on those skills and talents, not doing paperwork. That’s something anyone can do. 

The Ones Who Get It

“In order to purchase time for yourself, even though you can do some things yourself, pay a professional to free up time for other things you want to do.”

Now there’s someone who really gets it! Like we said above, this idea of not doing your own paperwork isn’t about being capable or not. It’s about dividing your time appropriately and efficiently. And in the case of MyOutDesk, doing so cost-effectively as well. By hiring a helping hand for busy work like paperwork, you free yourself up to focus on what made you excited about this job in the first place. We’re sure doing paperwork isn’t why you wanted to be a business owner. So why force yourself to do it? Time is money. By insisting on doing everything yourself, you’re wasting both.

“Doing everything myself makes me an employee of my business, not a business owner. I’m working to free myself of the work an assistant can do.”

Bingo. Business owners often start their businesses because they didn’t want to work for someone else anymore. Some could argue that by doing their own paperwork they’re just working for themselves, which was technically their goal. But just because you are your own boss doesn’t mean you’re a good boss! Imagine if you were an experienced expert in the field of HR, but your boss made you set aside time every day to process a stack of recruiting paperwork. This starts eating at your available facetime with the employees you’re there to serve, for example. Eventually, you’ll resent your boss for not investing in an assistant to help streamline your processes so you can focus on what they hired you for. Well, don’t resent yourself someday for not asking for a little help because you thought it was impressive or admirable to always be grinding. It’s not.

Words of Encouragement

  • “Yep and you’re right, been there done that… whew!”
  • “Right! I needed to get an assistant. She’s great!”
  • “Ooh I felt attacked, that’s great marketing!”
  • “Truth, I agree because I do need assistance. Don’t want to be boss and secretary too.”

We felt like adding a few more positive blurbs from the comments to highlight that it wasn’t all protest! It was a controversial post because the response was fairly divided. While a lot of folks did seem to miss the point a bit, quite a few understood the message and could relate. Perhaps it has to do with their own experience being business owners? We did notice that a lot of the protests came from people who didn’t appear to be business owners, anyways. And the folks who are might be speaking from their experience with much smaller businesses. The kind that doesn’t necessarily have much need for scaling up as an expanding business does. So while the message behind this quote may have been controversial for some, we understand it’s also relative. But for most growing businesses, you’re either a leader or an assistant, not both.

Work Smarter, Not Harder

When you hire a virtual assistant, you’re investing in your own business. Ask yourself: what is truly stopping you from embracing the timeless business practice of hiring an assistant? If it’s the cost, the uncertainty, or some false sense of pride about “doing it yourself” then you’re looking at this all wrong. Any business that has any kind of goal around scaling up, growing, and expanding so as to increase revenue, will certainly find a need for assistance. If your business is small enough or has a narrow enough focus, then this message simply isn’t for you. In fact, power to you for being a hustler in your world! We agree it can feel good to do it all yourself and have that peace of mind and satisfaction at the end of the day. But that life isn’t sustainable for every person or every business model. Most enter the business ownership world because they eventually want their business to work for them, not the other way around.

So, are you still firmly against the idea of an assistant? Or are you undecided now? If so, is it the cost or the fear of reliability? Because at MyOutDesk we got you covered on both. Our virtual assistants grant all of the same benefits as a local assistant, but at a fraction of the cost. They also come with years of experience, natural talent, education, and drive. We verify all of our virtual assistants before adding them to our pool of available professionals. We also provide certain assurances, support, and benefits to smooth the transition for any business new to the concept. You have nothing to lose and everything to gain by exploring your options with a virtual assistant. So use the link below to request a consultation. Our expert will go over everything with you and answer any questions or concerns you may have. Like we said before, time is money. And we’re not in the business of wasting either of yours.

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April 14, 2022/by Dan Trujillo

The 7 Steps to Building a Vision for Your Business

MOD Virtual Assistants, Vertical Markets

Welcome back! Last week I talked about a little thing called hopium. If you need a quick refresher; hopium is a slang term for “irrational or unwarranted optimism”. Kind of like buying a few shares of stock and expecting to be a millionaire by the end of the year. Last week we went over what hopium is and how not to get addicted to it but in broad strokes. This week we’re going more in-depth, with more specifics and quotable advice direct from our CEO Daniel Ramsey. He himself fell victim to hopium, years ago when he was growing MyOutDesk and dabbling in other ventures too. But he learned how to direct his focus to what matters, and create a realistic, sustainable vision for the future of his brand. So without further ado, here are the 7 steps every entrepreneur needs to avoid hopium and build an executable strategy plan.

7 Steps To Anti-Hopium

1. Love your existing business, clients, model, who & how you serve.

You need to first analyze how you currently make money, and also why you do. It’s not enough to just assume that you’re successful because you have a good product and you sold it well. To grow that success you need to understand why it worked for you when it didn’t work for others. Plenty of people has had great ideas and great products yet still faded into obscurity. Something about your business model is working, and you need to understand exactly why. Then you can truly appreciate and love that win, which so many others never had.

2. Talk to your customers.

Ask your clients why they use you, but come from a place of gratitude and understanding. What benefits do your customers receive by working with you, and why do they refer their friends & family? What value do you and your business bring to the world? Understand who your clients are and why your product has served them so well. What is it about you specifically that has endeared them? Then, be proud of that. Don’t take it for granted. Loving what you do, and then knowing why others love what you do, is imperative to giving the people what they need next.

3. Look at your model (gross margins, expenses, team members, marketing dollars, sales process)

Get a clear understanding & document it all.  So, how are you doing today?  Your team and your business; how is it all performing right now? Most people never print out their P&Ls! You’ve got to really look at your company margin, and understand the cost to acquire a new client. BTW, this is the hardest part of being an entrepreneur – really understanding your business model. It doesn’t happen overnight, and it often doesn’t happen naturally either. You’ve got to sit down and dig in, devote some time to crunching the numbers yourself. Having it all laid out in front of you, every turn, stop, and speedbump, will help you more than you realize. You can’t know where you’re going without a map.

4. Ask yourself: what would be amazing?

Without constraints, without money issues, people issues, process, and system issues; the question is if I could BUILD anything that would supercharge my existing business, what would that be? Who would need to be on my team? What do I need to start doing? Here’s the answer…. MORE! Dream big, dream without constraints – then narrow down to 1 or 2 initiatives that will deliver. One of Daniel’s favorite questions is, “if I waived a magic wand and you had to double your business how would you do that?” You should be able to answer that without coming up with some whole other endeavor unrelated to your business.

HINT: When you are under 1 million in revenue – #4 is typically more Sales & Marketing, at 1-10 million in revenue it’s about Systems & Processes and the right accountability, at above 10M – Team (the people) & Vision is the accelerator. 

5. Don’t forget to model the big boys!

You are not alone; there are a ton of creators, brokers, managers, and tech founders out there. Find 2-3 examples of someone who is already successful and copy them!  Study their path to success and learn from it. BUT only pick a competitor that is right ahead of you, someone just out of reach. DON’T look at the way Mark Zuckerburg is doing it if you’re a tech founder. How a trillion-dollar company does it is very different than how you’ll get to the next step in your development. Think of it like racing in NASCAR; if you’re just staring at the guy in 1st place from back in 5th place, you’re gonna crash into 3 other cars trying to catch up. Take it one car at a time.

6. Ask for help!

Cliche quote coming right up: Rome wasn’t built in a day! In fact, Rome wasn’t built in one lifetime, and it was never built by only the emperor. He had help and you should too.  A coach, mentor, therapist, attorney, investment advisor, peer group, etc. There are so many resources out there to take advantage of, and absolutely no one worth your time will look down on you for reaching out. Truly successful, real leaders often love to pass down their wisdom. And a good community loves to support and see each other win.

7. Build a plan.

I mean a real one, a plan that is likely to be successful. Baby steps at first, methodically – and then execute! Scaling a business isn’t magic,  it isn’t surprising, and it’s never an accident. Growth comes from a carefully thought out plan, and the discipline to stick to it(even when you may not have immediate results). Executing with grit even when there are roadblocks or failures or setbacks(there will be). And know that everything takes longer than you expect, but the results are always worth it.  

Conclusion

Once you’ve accomplished these steps, to the best of your ability, then you can call yourself a true CEO. A proper leader who provides an income for a whole team of people, and sells a product or service that truly helps their customers. No shortcuts, no tricks, no fluff, and no BS. Then comes the best part of all; when you walk in the front door to your family, you can hold your head up with pride because you had the courage and knowledge to grow & scale your business. The right way, the sustainable way. 

And now for the shameless plug; MyOutDesk! If you follow those 7 steps above, per our CEO’s advice, you should find yourself in the perfect position to grow. The next step(the bonus 8th step) would be to reach out to us about getting some virtual assistant help. We specialize in matching an eager, qualified professional from our pool to the needs of any business experiencing growth. Tasks that typically pain any successful business, like administrative assistance, customer service, marketing, sales, billing, etc. We have loyal professionals with the experience, education, and talent to do it all. So use the link below to request a consultation with one of our experts. We’d love to hear about your business and see if it’s a good fit. 

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March 2, 2022/by Dan Trujillo

Entrepreneurs Die Chasing A Fantasy: Addicted to Hopium

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This is part 1 of a 2 part blog that aims to help professionals learn how to focus their ambition and vision to achieve greater, more sustainable success.

“Focus is a matter of deciding what things you’re not going to do.” That’s a very wise quote from John Carmack, co-founder of iD Software, a video game studio that started in the ’90s. He was the lead designer on titles that even the most non-video game adept person likely still knows about; like Doom, Quake and Wolfenstein. He knew then what our CEO Daniel Ramsey preaches today; you can’t have vision without focus. And that’s not about your eyeballs, it’s about the mission you’re on with your business. John Carmack helped make his company one of the most successful and beloved software developers in the world by focusing on the right things. iD Software didn’t sell one game and then decide they wanted to produce and sell consoles too. They’re a software company, not a hardware company. Their customers just wanted them to keep producing bigger and better video games. So they listened to their fans and delivered on the expectations while evolving things the fans didn’t even know they wanted yet. Leave it to companies like Sony and Nintendo to handle the console side of things, that’s a whole different league. This is an example of a focused, successful vision. And they didn’t become a global phenomenon overnight; it took time and focus to grow their brand according to the wants and needs of their community. Long-term success means short-term focus. 

Narrow Your Focus

The purpose of this article is about how important a focused vision is. So let’s make sure this article does that too by getting to the point, shall we? Daniel speaks to a lot of other business owners; ranging from entrepreneurs growing a startup to seasoned CEOs managing major corporations. One such business owner was recently telling Daniel about his growth plans for the residential business he owns. They are currently planning and building a 5,000-unit apartment building. Holy crap! That is a massive project. Daniel asked about their most recent completed projects and was surprised to hear those apartments all ranged from only 50 to 75 units. Going from under 100 to 5,000 is quite an ambitious move. And in Daniel’s eyes, it’s an unnecessarily high-risk move.

Don’t Get Addicted

This kind of blind ambition is what some, including Daniel, refer to as ‘hopium’. It refers to when someone is metaphorically high on a false sense of hope. They are literally banking the success of their next big venture on hope and a prayer. This can be a dangerous habit to form, as by expanding one’s vision one also expand their focus. You’ve probably heard the phrase “keep your eye on the prize”; that is a simplified basis for this lesson. By trying to do the most we often fail at doing even the minimum. Grandiose ideas too often lead to failure and disappointment. It’s much more efficient and reliable to focus on what you’re already doing right and grow that incrementally. You got your start by providing something for a specific customer and you did it well. Don’t sabotage that progress by biting off more than you can chew. Have you ever eaten too much and felt like crap after, and said “my eyes were too big for my stomach”? Overstepping your business goals and stretching yourself thin leads to similar regret. But it’s not just about doing too much, it’s also about what you do at all.

 

“That’s been one of my mantras – focus and simplicity. Simple can be harder than complex: You have to work hard to get your thinking clean to make it simple. But it’s worth it in the end because once you get there, you can move mountains.” – Steve Jobs

Love The Now, For Future’s Sake

Daniel Ramsey had an idea of how to solve a problem, and he executed it well. As things went smoothly, he focused on why they were going smoothly. What was working so well for everyone and how can it work even better? He didn’t expand his vision to include call centers with local professionals or start selling energy drinks to help business owners stay caffeinated. Instead, he added a proprietary tracking application for his virtual assistants, to better suit the concerns of prospective clients. He worked on adding more diversity to the expertise offerings of his virtual assistant pool to widen his net of potential customers. These moves expanded the business and grew its success, without chasing some dream of a detached venture that did nothing for MyOutDesk at the time. This is a big lesson he preaches often and one which we’re trying to teach here. Love your current team and their accomplishments. Love them every time they push the goal post a little further. Don’t take the small steps for granted because you’re trying to skip ahead. Don’t assume that because you nailed this thing, you can nail that other thing too. As they say, “stay in your lane”. 

 

“It is those who concentrate on but one thing at a time who advance in this world. The great man or woman is the one who never steps outside his or her specialty or foolishly dissipates his or her individuality.” Og Mandino

Foundation First

Being a good leader isn’t about some lofty vision you preach to impress everyone and make them think you’re going places. It’s about being consistent with your vision and the actions that support it. So you successfully completed a project with 75 apartment units; next time up it to 100. And how did that go? Did you knock that out of the park with ease? Great, maybe double it and do 200 next time. You’re still a far way off from the thousands, and that’s okay. These smaller victories are the foundation upon which you build something truly grand. You won’t have all of these small victories that build you up if you keep losing your focus by aiming for something else. Something else isn’t a reality, it’s a fantasy. The reality is what you have today, and you need to intimately know why you’re successful today and focus on that. Why did your customers choose you and why are they sticking around? Why do your employees support your vision? Once you know the answers to those, you’ll better know how to grow your business than you ever did before. 

Ground Your Dreams

If you’re the best yoga studio business in the city, where do you go from there? Some might think the answer is to expand the business into fields adjacent to yoga, like the healthcare industry. That seems like an ambitious and smart move that pivots perfectly from what you’re already doing! Wrong. That’s getting ahead of yourself, that’s losing sight of why your customers made you the most successful yoga studio, to begin with. Instead think about growing the reality of your business, as it is now. Maybe that means starting your own line of yoga mats that you can offer clients when they visit and even sell online to those who aren’t local. Something that simple adds value to your existing customers and even expands your offerings to those outside of your community.  While staying grounded and humble with today’s success, you naturally set yourself up for even greater opportunities for success. Being an entrepreneur isn’t about dreaming and wishing you had something you don’t. It’s about being passionate about what is real now, for you, your customers, and your employees. It’s about being awake and present in the now, and loving every second of it. Because if you don’t, then you’re in the wrong line of work anyways.

Conclusion

We’ve mentioned several quotes that support the wisdom behind this lesson, but I’m sure you’ve got some counter quotes of your own. Like that cheesy poster in the classroom that said “Shoot for the moon, even if you miss you’ll land among the stars”. Sure, that’s an inspiring quote and all, but remember that space is a cold, vast nothingness of darkness and silence, waiting to pull you into a black hole from which there is no escape. So keep that in mind. Hire a virtual assistant to help you focus on your target and keep you out of black holes.

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February 23, 2022/by Dan Trujillo
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Robert W. Massie Testimonial: 150% More Recruiting At Half The Cost!

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Brightstar is a rapidly growing in-home healthcare organization striving to help Americans with quality, affordable assistance – but when it comes to recruiting the best of the best for their organization, who helps them? MyOutDesk! Just listen to what Brightstar Fairfax Owner & President Robert Massie has to say:

“Mark, our virtual assistant, is basically our recruiting department – and he’s been able to drive us from two hires a week to just over four hires a week in the last 12 months. He’s a very skilled individual who understands the health care market, very technically savvy, and he’s been very effective.”

A few years back, Massie left a successful Fortune 500 executive career to launch a Brightstar Franchise with his wife – and in the process, learned how painfully competitive the market is for qualified healthcare staff. He turned to MyOutDesk to help his recruiting, and in less than a year we gave him 150% higher results, for less than half the cost of in-house staffing! If you want to do the same, schedule your Double My Business Strategy Session now!

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So what’s the secret sauce that makes his MyOutDesk VA work? We found him a qualified, healthcare experienced recruiting assistant to handle all of his recruiting and turned it into a full-time role that let his HR staff focus on more important tasks in their daily routines. The results were impressive:

“I would’t have expected it was going to be quite this successful. You know, I thought that if I can get 70% of what I would have gotten otherwise maybe that’s good – but I’m getting 150% of what I used to get and it’s less than half the cost of a really good recruiter. It’s turned out to be very, very good – the outcomes can’t be argued with!”

Robert’s experience is similar to many MyOutDesk clients who rely on our trained recruiting assistants to find, follow up with, prequalify help onboard the best & brightest talent for America’s up & coming organizations. We have experience in several industries and across dozens of national market areas, and know-how to help your organization grow rapidly by outsourcing the phone work & scheduling to a trained virtual assistant.

Brightstar Fairfax is assisted by Mark – a hard-working VA with past experience as a trained nurse. We placed Mark with Robert’s team, and over the course of a year, he took them from 2 hires to over 4 per week: and helped them beat the competition to the highest quality trained labor for their organization!

If you’re trying to grow your organization, a recruiting assistant is an amazing resource to put your team growth into high gear, and is available for less than 60% of what you’d pay for in-house staff! Schedule a Double Your Business Strategy Session now and add a virtual assistant to your team today!

 

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January 26, 2022/by Tim
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Harvest Growth: You + the Right People = Profits

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In this Harvest Growth Podcast interview, Daniel Ramsey, the Founder, and CEO of MyOutDesk, asks the powerful question, “if you were forced to double your business, what tasks would you remove from yourself so you could focus 100% of your efforts on growth?”

The Harvest Growth Podcast

Grow Your Business Virtually

Link to Podcast

 

MyOutDesk has employed 1,200 virtual employees and helped over 7500 clients off-load tasks from themselves so they could grow their own businesses. 

Whether or not you are considering hiring virtual employees, during COVID even “regular” employees are now working virtually, and Daniel shares some great advice to make this new virtual workplace perform more effectively.

Jon LaClare at the Harvest Growth Podcast features MyOutDesk CEO, Daniel Ramsey.  The show covers:

  • How to increase productivity for your entire workforce, even when they are not working in your office on a daily basis
  • How to profitably hire the right people to offload time from your calendar so you can focus on growth, both business and personal
  • Understanding how to best utilize virtual assistants

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If you have a product you are looking to launch or grow and you would like some help from a partner that has helped successfully launch hundreds of products that now total over $2 Billion in revenues, visit HarvestGrowth.com and set up a free consultation with a Product Launch Expert. 

 

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January 19, 2022/by Jeremy

Every Leader Needs Help: The Case for Virtual Assistants

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No matter where you are in life & how successful you’ve been, all leaders know you can’t do everything on your own.

Even Iron Man needed the Avengers.

 

Effective Leadership: To make the best use of time & maximize productivity, leaders know how to effectively delegate & benefit from the assistance of others. Even leaders need help!

Let’s face it in today’s digital world, every successful business has its online presence. Whether we like it or not, it’s simply not feasible to operate without technological savviness. When daily busywork can bog you down, leverage the right kind of support that helps you thrive.

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Every leader needs an assistant

Now, you can have a full-time Virtual Executive Assistant with a career background from your preferred industry and skillset!

A Virtual Personal & Executive Assistant can handle most, if not all of your paperwork, transactions, concierge-related tasks, and even reception calls! Whether it’s working on documentation, managing emails, transaction coordination, and the list goes on. A Virtual Personal Assistant can save you valuable time while handling these essential tasks that you do not need to be doing yourself.

 

You can sleep well at night knowing that your work transactions & tasks are handled on time -AND- you have plenty of quality personal & family time.

 

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You can acquire top talent for your daily needs even while cutting your costs, saving you up to 70% of the cost of a traditional employee. Professional virtual assistants can grow your everyday capacity. Schedule an interview.

MyOutDesk can save you up to 70% on employment costs

 

OUTSOURCE YOUR PERSONAL & PROFESSIONAL WORKLOAD WITH PERSONAL ASSISTANT SOLUTIONS

The math is simple with an enormous ROI. A full-time Virtual Personal Assistant will lower your costs, reduce overhead, save time, and leverage professional talent for your career, business, and personal goals.

It’s no wonder entrepreneurs & career-focused professionals trust us most — with 15 years of experience serving over 7500 clients. We’ve saved our clients $55 million in the span of a single year, as the highest-rated virtual assistant company with more than 800 verified 5-star business reviews.

 

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January 12, 2022/by Jeremy
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A Blended Business Model: Ways To Successfully Utilize Virtual Assistants

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In the ever-changing landscape of the modern workforce, labor markets are tight. Right now, and maybe since forever, a CEO’s #1 concern is finding and retaining talent and building highly productive teams while also maintaining company culture. This principal job has been complicated by the current work-from-home environment that has been sweeping not just the nation, but the world. If you’re leading a hyper-growth company (i.e., 50-60% annual growth), it’s time to consider the Blended Business Model, where your domestic employees head up strategic projects, client-facing sales, and marketing work, and where much of the other administrative work is handled by Virtual Assistants.

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Who Are They?

So, who are Virtual Assistants and what exactly is a Blended Business Model? Let’s start here. Virtual Assistants are remote-working professionals based in other countries who have higher education and academic degrees, possess all the necessary and new technology, communicate with ease and professionalism, and have the same, and sometimes better, skills as a local hire. Essentially, Virtual Assistants bring scope and depth of skills and experience that is very difficult to harness in any one local labor market, especially smaller ones. The Blended Business Model allows a company to leverage the incredible value presented by Virtual Assistants for a variety of work and work products that absolutely don’t require a physical presence. The Model also ensures a company maintains and grows its in-person staff for all the many reasons that handshake exchanges matter.

This new business model may have felt controversial or even scary a decade ago–perhaps even three years ago–but with the rapid societal changes over the past two+ years, this is becoming the only model that makes sense. It is the business model of the now and the future and can expand both short- and long-term value for almost all company types.

Naturally, I’m biased. I own and operate MyOutDesk, which has been successfully providing Virtual Assistants to businesses since 2008. MyOutDesk is the first and only of its kind of scale at which we operate. Heading this operation has truly opened my eyes to the value of integrating virtual and physical staff, not just for the business owner/operator but also for employees and their job satisfaction and quality of work and life. I’ve worked to spread this realization and these tools to thousands of clients, all over the country, by starting locally here in Sacramento, California, where MyOutdesk, and me and my family, live and thrive. One of these clients, Belami eCommerce, is near and dear to my heart and presents a relatable case study for this Blended Business Model.

A True Story About Blending

Belami eCommerce is a California company that began providing online retailer and e-commerce services in lighting and rapidly expanded. Long before the COVID pandemic, company presidents Mihran Berejikian and Belami were facing major struggles with recruitment and retention for their customer service roles. They would seek out local people, interview, train, and build them up in these entry-level, customer-facing roles…only to lose them to other internal departments, job promotions, or other companies. The turnover rate with their customer service staff had become such a problem that it was dramatically hindering their growth. By 2014, when I first met Mihran at a CEO masterminding group, he had just heard about Virtual Assistants. We talked over the next 6 years, and then, true to his form, Mihran did his homework. Eventually, he decided to try out MyOutDesk as a means of solving his turnover problem.  Belami eCommerce now has about 100 employees–75 local and 25 MyOutDesk Virtual Assistants living in the Philippines and working remotely–just like more than 26% percent of the current American workforce. Belami saw immediate gains after hiring its first Virtual Assistants, and those gains have continued to grow over a period of years.

At the onset, Belami’s existing local employees were wary that they were being replaced. Concerns were expressed, moderate protests were lodged. But, Mihran and his team ensured their staff that they weren’t being replaced but rather supported, and in a way that they hadn’t been before because of financial constraints and logistics. Employees were now free to move on to managerial positions or transfer to other more fulfilling roles, while the ever-capable and reliable Virtual Assistants maintained the frontline of customer service. Saving on traditional employee costs for ¼ of the company has directly increased Belami’s profits by 4%, with company revenue approaching 100 million dollars. By embracing this Blended Business Model, Belami has substantially increased the company’s enterprise value. As for Mihran, well he views this positive growth and change as “tens of millions of dollars to the valuation of his business” Obviously, I agree.

Blending In Virtual Assistants Is Good for Everyone

A survey conducted by Envoy, a hybrid workforce support platform, recently reported that 47% of employees would look for another job if their employer refused to adopt a more flexible work model. This survey comes on the heels of many employers being forced to allow scores of their employees to work from home during the pandemic. Employees have rapidly adapted to this flexible work environment and realized the same thing Mihran realized when he opened his company’s virtual doors to Virtual Assistants–that when done right, flexibility works. Employers see improvements in employee morale, productivity, and job stability, i.e., reduced turnover. I personally have seen firsthand that my employees–more than 1,800 and growing– thrive when trusted with work-life flexibility. Blending in Virtual Assistants builds on this trust and demonstrates to your employees that you’re dedicated to this popular new, and here-to-stay, work model. That with the right structure and expectations, maintaining work flexibility and incorporating Virtual Assistants can be relatively seamless and beneficial for all.

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Work / Life

A major benefit to your employees includes achieving that elusive but important work-life balance. In the past, this was the stuff of dreams. But now with more staff working from home and companies adapting, it’s a happy reality. Benefits to the company are limitless. Off the top, benefits include those associated with operating and maintaining a smaller office with shared workspaces and less need for costly onsite amenities. You’ll save on equipment, office supplies, and rent. Also, when an employee’s office is just down the hall from their bedroom, they’re more inclined to stay on the clock during times when they would otherwise need to take leave–such as when a child is sick or there’s a home repair that needs their attention. This has a positive impact on productivity and problematic overlaps in paid time off between employees. These benefits become exponential when incorporating Virtual Assistants into your employee portfolio.

Same Quality, Lower Price

The Blended Business Model adds immense flexibility to recruiting when you’re already intending to employ remote professionals, as is increasingly the case. The only difference between hiring a local remote employee and utilizing a Virtual Assistant from a company like MyOutDesk is that the former adds hiring costs and uncertainty, and the latter comes with low to no hiring costs and a guarantee in the quality of work and professionalism, because Virtual Assistants are meticulously vetted and trained by their service providers. Although I can only speak personally for MyOutDesk, it is a fact that our Virtual Assistants are top-notch, educated, and trained professionals who are matched specifically and personally to a company’s needs and who are eager and ready to develop long-lasting personal and professional relationships with their clients.

In short, when you begin to embrace a model that includes remote workers, you are no longer confined to nearby applicants. You can hire someone with the same skills, same experience, same talent, and often more education, from anywhere in the world. And when you embrace hiring Virtual Assistants, you can take that next step and hire in a way that increases productivity and predictability and saves on things like physical facilities, paid time off, insurance, benefits, etc. Service providers like MyOutDesk handle the costs associated with keeping your Virtual Assistants employed, you just pay a flat monthly rate to keep them as dedicated workers for your company. Your company will experience immediate savings and relief that endure well into the future.

Everyone Wins

The Blended Business Model is a win/win for everyone, including the Virtual Assistants whose relationship with your company and their service firms is a virtual dream come true (pun intended) for a group of highly educated and trained professionals whose home country has yet to offer them the quality of work that they desire or themselves and their families. Enter MyOutDesk, offering Virtual Assistants a better job and a better life, and bridging the gap between their skills and your needs.

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How To Blend…First Steps

Ask The People

Although there are dozens of “right ways” to enter the Blended Business Model, in my experience a great first step is to survey your employees. This initial outreach will promote transparency and confidence and will elicit feedback that will ultimately help you shape the perfect model that fits everyone’s needs. If you haven’t already, start by asking who wants to work from home, what equipment do they already have or will need, what hours do they prefer, if they’re ok with a split schedule, etc., and how they feel about incorporating remote workers from other parts of the world to assist them in their work. You’ll likely find that some people will actually prefer coming into the office for various reasons–lack of space at home, too many distractions, better access to equipment, change of scenery, etc. Not to mention that not every role is fit for remote work. Some people can do everything from a laptop anywhere in the world, whereas some roles require a physical presence for more oversight, to attend meetings, take inventory, etc.

Once you get the results from your survey, you can begin to develop a strategy for your next steps and your ultimate pathway forward. Be sure to consider other factors when deciding who must be present in-office and who can work remotely, such as experience level, department duties, and recent promotions or infractions, and determine the gaps that need to be filled and that can be filled by Virtual Assistants.

Build A Foundation

The next steps involve building the infrastructure for these changes and establishing best practices. Ensure that each employee gets the technology they need to fulfill their current and future role, perhaps by letting people borrow their office devices or setting a budget to purchase new equipment. You can even sell your existing unused equipment to recapture some spent costs. Then set company-wide rules and expectations–it’s easy to draft up a hybrid work agreement and have everyone sign and return. Conditions should be the same for everyone working remotely, so no one feels singled out or favored. And after existing staff have adjusted to this new flexible work environment, or on a parallel course, begin incorporating Virtual Assistants to create the Blended Business Model that has been wildly successful for hundreds of companies just like yours.

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The Blended Business Model Is Easier Than You Think

Despite any perceived complications, the path toward a Blended Business Model is relatively simple. Evaluate what your business does and how it handled unexpected remote work during the pandemic. Then survey your employees to get a finger on their pulse, and review the results. Make your selections, create a budget, then sign off on some new infrastructure and best practices. That’s literally the only hard part. Hiring Virtual Assistants to complement your changing workforce requires such a small effort and comes with such low risk, it’s essentially a non-task.

Once you hit the ground running, it’s just a matter of staying up to speed with your company’s needs and your employee’s wishes–keeping an eye and ear on what’s working and what isn’t and adjusting accordingly. In this way, you can keep the company culture alive that your employees desire while also increasing overall success. You can keep your staff connected, and keep them personally connected to your Virtual Assistants, by arranging virtual events over Zoom or other platforms to bring people together and recognize accomplishments. Regularly scheduled meetings to keep teams connected and in sync.

Remember, your culture is not the building everyone sits in. Your culture is not the brand of coffee in the office kitchen, or the electric scooters gathering dust. It’s what you do as an organization, how you work together, and what you accomplish as a team. What you do and who you are do not change because of local differences and incorporating new types of help. In a world where each employee may be hundreds of miles apart yet only a click or a call away, the culture becomes less about “where” and more about “who” and “why.” The “why” is what drove your company to relevancy and success in the first place, and that doesn’t ever have to change. The “who” is what companies like MyOutDesk strive to improve for you and your existing team.

In Conclusion

The only thing holding your company back from reaping the benefits and rewards of a Blended Business Model that combines Virtual Assistants with local staff working both remotely and in-person is taking that first step. And as it turns out, it’s a step that many companies have already taken during the pandemic. You might as well make the most of these unusual times and use what you know while leveraging what has been working for hundreds of other companies. Step ahead on the path toward the future instead of languishing in the past. As Mihran puts it, “This has been one of our best financial decisions we’ve ever made for the company” And, obviously it makes the team here at MyOutDesk very happy.

Free Stuff!

To get you started, we’ve linked below to FREE guides that should prove immensely helpful on your journey. There you can find download links to different guides, varying from detailed job descriptions to launch guides for starting with your first virtual assistant. Think of these as like a window into the experience and benefits you’ll get once you sign up, like a free sneak preview!

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Whether you took a look at those guides and decided you want the real deal, or maybe you already know that and you’re just ready to talk to a human being… follow the link below! Click that button to request a FREE one-on-one consult with one of our experts. We’ll listen to you first, hear and understand your needs and concerns. Then, our expert will outline an action plan for how our virtual assistants can be the missing piece of the puzzle for you. No obligation, just knowledge. You have nothing to lose and everything to gain.

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December 15, 2021/by Dan Trujillo
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Industry Leader Gets Personal with Entrepreneurs Guide to 2022

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Are you ready for 2022? It might be hard to imagine anyone being truly ready for a new year, after the tumultuous couple of years we’ve had as of late. Nonetheless, anyone seeking success needs to have some kind of plan mapped out for the upcoming year, and entrepreneurs are no exception. After having a conversation with a fellow entrepreneur, someone very successful and established, Daniel realized that not everyone has a solid plan. At least not one for themselves! We often hear people discuss their plans for things like their business and financial goals, but rarely discuss their personal plans to support themselves. We have to remember that our plans are meaningless if we aren’t in a position to execute them in a healthy manner. That led Daniel to record this helpful little video for any entrepreneur out there who needs a little nudge in the right direction, as this year winds down. 

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We’re only a couple of months away from 2022, so there is no time like now to start preparing for its inevitable arrival. It’s easy to assume that because someone is an entrepreneur and seems successful at it, that they must have everything figured out. But not always! And that’s who Daniel hopes to target with this content; the people without a solid plan or support system. The people who might be banging their head against the wall, burning themselves out and wondering why. Perhaps with a bit of insight into Daniel’s own entrepreneurial routines, someone might realize that missing piece of their own puzzle. So read on for a summary of Daniel’s advice, and watch the short video above for even more details. It might just save your year!

 

Get Layered Up

Daniel thinks of his own support system as having layers, each with a different purpose but all working together to reach a common goal: keep Daniel sane and effective. These layers have varying consistencies, which we’ll highlight for each. Let’s go over those layers…

 

Layer One: Peer Groups.

Having people to confide in and exchange words of advice with is invaluable. It’s especially important in this context that they share some experience with the path you’re on. A peer group should have people doing similar things that you are, pursuing similar goals in similar fashions. You can vent to them, and they can give advice when appropriate. You also have the opportunity to hear their struggles, give your own advice and reflect on it all. It’s therapeutic, without the therapy bill.

Schedule: Accountability meetings: weekly. 

Strategy meetings: quarterly.

 

Layer Two: A Coach. 

This layer is often one, maybe two people. What differs the coach from a peer, is this should be someone who’s “been there, done that”. They aren’t really on the same path as you right now, because they already walked it. Your coach should be someone knowledgeable and experienced with what you’re going through. If you’re climbing a mountain do you want to hire a guide who read about mountain climbing once or someone who already climbed a mountain? In this case, they should already confidently understand high-level leadership, sales, marketing, etc. They’ve built something before, and now they’re in a position to help others build too. 

Schedule: Monthly meetings.

 

Layer Three: Advisory Board. 

Also referred to as a “business advisory group”, this is a source of people in your industry. People who understand your model and may have similar experiences. Similar to the peer group, except these folks typically should be a bit more versed in your specific industry. These aren’t folks with “book knowledge”, but rather hands-on experience. They may be slightly ahead of the curve from where you’re at and are typically composed of 3-7 individuals. 

Schedule: Quarterly meetings.

 

Layer Four: Therapy/Spirit Coach.

This is probably the most controversial layer, as not everyone believes in the value of therapy. Nonetheless, Daniel does and he has found it immensely valuable on his journy. Whether you call it a therapist or a spirit coach, this is someone not necessarily involved in entrepreneurship the way you are, but more so an expert on mental well-being. Someone you can just talk to about all things non-professional, for mental stability. Think of it as going to the gym for your soul. Never underestimate the value of mental health and never take it for granted.

Schedule: meet weekly.

 

Support Yourself

There you have it; four layers of support that any and all entrepreneurs should at least consider. It’s all part of having a healthy routine in your life, a rhythm if you will. These weekly, monthly, and quarterly meetings are just as important as your daily routine. You do have one of those, right? For instance, a Daniel Ramsey day consists of waking up early, hitting the sauna, grabbing some coffee, journaling, setting aside some “thinking-time”, and getting on his feet to do something physical. Never forget that last one; it’s important to regularly get up and sweat. Keep the blood pumping in your body and your mind. Combine a daily routine with layers of support much as Daniel does, and you’ve got a healthy support system for any entrepreneur. 

 

Support Your Business

One last tip for anyone trying to go themselves and their company is the utilization of virtual assistants. While you’re busy practicing that layered approach to entrepreneurial support, your business needs to be supported too. And what better way than to hire some helping hands for your local team, at up 70% less than the cost of a local hire? A virtual professional who can do all the same things someone down the street can, only they’re much further away. If you care to learn more, click the link below to request a FREE one-on-one consultation with one of our experts. We’ll listen to you first, hear you out and understand your situation. Then we’ll discuss an action plan for how a virtual assistant might help, with no obligation.

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Talking to Entrepreneurs: As Told by Entrepreneurs

Franchise, MOD Virtual Assistants, Podcast, Technology, Vertical Markets

If you could sit down with someone you really admire and interview them about whatever you wanted, how do you think it’d go? Would it flow like a casual conversation between two friends? Or would it be fast-moving and direct, with a series of specific questions? What would you hope to walk away having learned, after this interview? These are things you should be considering before you try to pick the brain of someone you look up to, or they may end up looking down on you. Talking to someone whom you hope to learn from isn’t as simple as just reading off a list of questions; there is actually a professional way to go about it that will benefit not only you but that expert you’re trying to learn from. Andrew Warner is an accomplished entrepreneur who wants to give other entrepreneurs something he wished he had years ago; an easy way of talking to each other. Because when you’re building something yourself, few things are more valuable than talking to someone else who already built something successful. And why stop here? Talk to several people who did what you’re trying to do, because different success stories have different beginnings. 

 

In this podcast our CEO Daniel Ramsey sat down with the highly successful Andrew Warner, to talk about the art of, well, talking! And to plug his amazing new book, Stop Asking Questions, which drops on October 18. Watch above, or read the breakdown below…

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Get Your Beauty Sleep

Andrew Warner got his big break when he founded a successful electronic greeting card company which he later sold for millions. After doing so, he learned a valuable lesson that is worth passing on here: don’t be afraid to take a break. The entire experience of managing an exit from a successful business completely wore Andrew out. He had been operating at 100% around the clock, constantly in that mindset of “the hustle never sleeps”.  They say if a shark stops swimming it dies; he was in the mindset of some kind of entrepreneur great white! But that isn’t the way. Taking time to yourself, to reflect and grow outside of the daily grind is incredibly important. So after closing that sale he finally had the opportunity to step away. Andrew took the time to ride his bike all over, read more, and travel. He came back from this time-off refreshed, energized, and with a whole new idea. An idea for something he wished he had back when he was getting his start.

 

“Life is full of moments that have more value than we can imagine.”

 

Knowing =/= Doing

Enter his new venture, Mixergy. A platform he started in 2004, specifically for entrepreneurs to get together with other entrepreneurs and help each other. The business had its ups and downs, it wasn’t an overnight success. But it found its footing eventually, ironically with a bit of helpful advice from a fellow entrepreneur. Today it’s a place for successful entrepreneurs to teach other ambitious upstarts. They do remote interviews, podcasts, and even teach courses. It’s a stark contrast from those entrepreneur coaches that often leave a lot to be desired. Andrew recalls paying one of those business coaches for lessons in how to grow a million-dollar business. He didn’t find it as helpful as he’d hoped, largely in part because this coach had never made a million-dollar business themself! How can you teach how to do something that you’ve never done yourself? If you wanted to learn how to rock climb, would you pay someone to teach you if all they’d ever done was learn about it on YouTube? Heck no. The future of your business is no different from climbing that mountain, so don’t trust it to someone who’s never even gone hiking.

Come Prepared

Another interview tip Andrew mentioned, was actually something he noticed Daniel was already doing himself! And that is being prepared, with a clear direction and goal for your interview. This doesn’t simply mean having your questions written out in a list. While that helps, if you rely on that too much then the interview starts to feel mechanical. This leads to people feeling bored, and might be less forthcoming and natural with their discussions. It’s good to know what you’re going to ask, but you should also know how you’re going to ask it. You sound needy and come across as whiney if you keep pestering your mentor with questions. For example, instead of “How can I grow my sales team?”, reword that to something like “How did you grow such a successful sales team?”. You’ll get virtually the same answer, except it’ll probably be even more informative and helpful. A simple rephrasing can go a long way towards getting the answer you need, not the answer you think you want. It should be clear from the start what you hope to accomplish from this talk. Where is this conversation going? What are we teaching each other and possibly others with this discussion? Who benefits from this and why? If the conversation feels aimless, or robotic, you’re not gonna have a good time. Motivate this person to want to engage with you and give you the answers and content you want. An entrepreneur who’s hustled their way to the top of their respective business doesn’t want to sit and answer 21 questions to give some other entrepreneur a shortcut. Give them that “motivated moment”. They have to have a reason to want to be there, answering your questions and talking it out with you.

Pro Tips for Pros

There you have it! Pro tips from actual pros. We hope this advice anyone out there, entrepreneur to otherwise. Sitting down and talking to someone in a professional capacity is something almost everyone has to do at some point. Be it an interview for a job, a podcast, business research, etc. No matter the case, these tips should prove beneficial to all. We at MyOutDesk love opportunities like this, to talk to other experienced professionals and learn from them. And in some cases just simply validate what we already know! We pass this knowledge onto our followers, our customers, and even our own employees. Because offering a wide variety of virtual assistants means having a wide variety of skill sets and knowledge. If a company wanted to hire a virtual assistant to help them conduct interviews of any kind, these very lessons would be common knowledge to any VA we provided them. If you’d like to talk more with us about how virtual assistants fit into this, and how they could benefit your own business, follow the link below. We’ll schedule a FREE one-on-one consultation whenever is convenient for you. Thanks for reading!

 

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How To Recruit and Retain – with Dan Stewart at Happy Grasshopper

MOD Virtual Assistants, Mortgage, Real Estate, Recruitment, Webinars

The foundation of any professional empire is recruitment and retention. Because people are the material that makes up your business, and that material needs to be strong and long-lasting. In this webinar recording, you’ll be encouraged to reflect on this topic, and how it pertains to your specific company needs. Nowadays remote work is the new normal, and believe it or not, it actually has gotten easier to implement remote services to help you recruit the right people. All the while saving you up to 70% of the cost of a traditional employee!

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Recruit and Retain

 

R&R has a different meaning from 9 to 5, and it isn’t rest and relaxation; it’s recruit and retain. We talk about exactly how to best do that, here in this webinar series with Dan Stewart, president of Happy Grasshopper.

[Virtual Success Webinar Series] This mastermind webinar shows you how to:

  • Leverage recruitment strategies. What you need to know to attract instead of recruit. Attract competitive talent without seemingly “recruiting.”
  • Nurture & break the cycle. Break the churn-and-burn cycle & nurture productivity with your current team.
  • Scale business & improve processes. Understand the entrepreneur’s scale strategy. Build an engine to efficiently process recruits & new hires.
  • Use VIRTUAL best practices. Metrics, tools, and filters. How to recruit remotely.

 

Key Takeaways
  • Identify, Attract, Retain. If you’re more certain of what you want, you WILL get it!
  • Know the Power of Questions. Slow down and think about the right questions to ask. What’s the purpose of your prosperity? What’s your overall GIANT GOAL?
    QUESTIONS lead to… CONVERSATIONS … which lead to RELATIONSHIPS … then to OPPORTUNITIES … and lastly to SALES. (Read more)
  • Recruitment is a process of EXIT and ARRIVAL EXIT. Receives a signal that they’ve outgrown their former life ARRIVAL – In a new, fantastic adventure, opportunity, career, or way of thinking. Ask yourself, “Are you going to be the HERO of the story, or the GUIDE, the MENTOR?” — YOU ARE THE GUIDE!
  • 2 Recruiting Styles. 1) OBI-WANs recruit and depart. They show up, and then they’re gone! 2) LUKEs stay on a mission with the recruit, someone they go to battle with. They stay on the mission together.

 

Dan Stewart is a veteran of multiple startups with over 10 years of experience in helping businesses save more money, while also making more money.

Book a tour with Dan Stewart’s Happy Grasshopper:
https://happygrasshopper.com/tour/

 

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How virtual staffing solve recruitment challenges

 

Now that we’ve established the importance of recruiting and how to keep good talent around, let’s talk about the best way to achieve all of that. In a world quickly becoming increasingly remote, it pays to lean into that trend. This is why it’s become highly recommended to look into virtual staffing solutions, like MyOutDesk.  Let’s take a look at an easy-to-digest list of exactly why a virtual professional can be right for just about anyone…

Recruitment Duties Solved by Virtual Assistants

Industries: Professional Services, Healthcare, Retail, Mortgage & Lending, Real Estate, Residential Services, Cannabis, HRO & PEO, Insurance, Finance, Creative Agency, IT, Web, Technology, and more!

  • Prospecting
  • Outbound Prospecting recruitment calls and follow-up
  • Cold calling
  • Pre-screening
  • Recruitment cycle coordination
  • Calendaring and appointments

Example Real Estate Recruitment Duties Solved By Virtual Assistants

  • Calling realtors/agents & set up appointments with brokers
  • Check-in with monthly RE exam passers
  • From the initial interview to an office visit

Example Healthcare Recruitment Duties Solved By Virtual Assistants

  • Healthcare-educated staffing solutions
  • On-boarding paperwork
  • Director of Traffic
  • Virtual reception

 

Business leaders, take your time back & let virtual assistants grow your company talent!

 

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Company growth potential with virtual recruitment assistants

Successful individuals and businesses often do not have the time it takes to hire and train a talented individual properly. You should be leveraging this job to experts who have already mastered recruiting and training. Imagine only having to sit back and observe as your expert recruiter leads a deep dive into three impressive candidates’ personalities, operating styles, successes, failures, learning experiences, and more… Then having the confidence that they’ll pick the one who’s the exact right fit for your business needs. 

The math is simple with an enormous ROI. A full-time Recruiting Virtual Assistant will lower your costs, reduce overhead, save time, and leverage professional talent for your company.

 

 

MyOutDesk’s Commitment to You 

We’re in the business of helping you find the best solutions for ‘hybrid’ virtual & physical offices. If you need help or want to explore some ideas, you can schedule a free Grow Virtual Strategy Call with us today. 

 

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Les McGehee
19:46 15 Jun 20
I've worked with and recommended MOD and have seen great results. Now I'm also a client. I'm willing to share about my experience with others considering MOD.
Victoria Bickford
Victoria Bickford
00:50 23 Jan 21
I contacted this company as a potential new client. Really I am a small business owner and like all business owners from time to time we see what others are doing. This company is very professional,... clear speaking, and got right what I was wanting without dragging out a long conversation. Very prompt and information was immediately sent to me. I am a Virtual Real Estate Investor Assistant and Small Business Owner and I highly recommend this company. Great job to the rep Arvin! Thank you!read more
Terri Dewell
Terri Dewell
16:02 24 Sep 21
Just hired our third Virtual Professional through My OutDesk! We couldn't be happier with the ease of process, professionalism and the quality of our team members that came to us via MOD!
Zach Neumann
Zach Neumann
23:29 08 Jul 20
My out desk is a great company and Daphne is great to work with. I have many VAs and they are all great.
Edward Howell
Edward Howell
23:33 17 Sep 20
Great experience thus far! Can't wait to onboard our new employee!
Joshua Neitz, Realtor
Joshua Neitz, Realtor
14:41 18 Dec 20
They were very responsive and provided many qualified candidates.
Shawna Moore
Shawna Moore
16:23 18 Mar 21
MyOutDesk has consistently provided the talented leverage I need to grow my business in a scalable model. From the CEO to the placement team to virtual assistants, I have been impressed by their... professionalism and desire to truly meet my needs!read more
Brandon Foy
Brandon Foy
18:15 16 Jul 21
Just hired my first ISA. The on-boarding was great and appreciate the guidance, general pre-training for VA's they offer, and certainly the communication. A special thank you to Papples and the MOD... Support Team!read more
Leon Juncaj
Leon Juncaj
23:38 11 Mar 21
My experience with MyOutDesk over the past few years has been wonderful. We have been able to bring on many high quality team members. The entire team at MyOutDesk is very helpful and extremely... responsive when a need for a hire arises. They've are quick to put together some quality candidates to interview, and are extremely helpful with providing feedback to help make the right hiring decision. I strongly recommend MyOutDesk to anyone in need of their services.read more
Luke Feldmeier
Luke Feldmeier
15:39 20 Aug 21
Very organized and friendly staff!
Mary Jo Quay
Mary Jo Quay
23:04 31 Jul 20
Papples at My Out Desk held a super interview with a potential assistant and my self to see if the assistant was a good fit. She did an excellent job of preparing so each of us had targeted questions... on how it would work. She made great suggestions, and it went very smoothly.read more
Lenny LaRocca
Lenny LaRocca
21:51 17 Feb 21
MOD is excellent to work with and to help you find talent & skills for your business needs.
Rahul Parikh
Rahul Parikh
16:54 25 Jan 21
Very professional and excellent service. I highly recommend.
Owen Swift
Owen Swift
12:26 15 Jul 21
MyOutDesk responded very well when I contacted them about hiring a virtual professional. Their staff were friendly and efficient at moving through the process, and I was surprised at the high quality... of the candidates they presented.read more
Bob Davenport
Bob Davenport
01:09 09 Sep 20
I just interviewed and Hired my Virtual Assistant. MyOutDesk has been an excellent source. Professional and courteous . Can not wait to get things started. Wow!!!
Richard Hall
Richard Hall
17:56 28 Apr 21
Papples was easy to work with, focused and diligent
james sheehan
james sheehan
20:45 18 Feb 21
Great experience so far. my new assistant starts Monday.
Daisy Ortega
Daisy Ortega
15:09 20 Jan 22
Great service! They have been very detailed and keep us informed the whole way through.
Katty Cavalieri
Katty Cavalieri
14:04 07 Jun 21
excellent!
Phil Mistrata
Phil Mistrata
20:52 04 Apr 21
Anj did a great job assisting me in selection and explaining the entire process, I always felt very well informed
Elizabeth Boehnlein
Elizabeth Boehnlein
20:12 14 May 21
Great easy to work with. They seem to know what I am looking to hire before I do.
Garrett Lyon
Garrett Lyon
17:30 16 Sep 21
Just hired our 3rd VA and the process is fantastic. The placement specialists do a great job of provided qualified candidates and the VA's we have hired are doing a great job. Partnering with... MyOutDesk has allowed us to scale our support seamlessly with our rapid growth.read more
Chad Miller
Chad Miller
23:02 16 Jun 21
They've made the process of hiring a Virtual Assistant so easy! Highly recommended.
Joseph Cardinale
Joseph Cardinale
21:18 18 Jun 21
I have to say, I was exited to see the professional process they had set up from the start of defining the requirements and attributes of my future hire. Then the interview process where I got to... interview 3 very good candidates of which one matched my needs fantastically and resulted in hiring that candidate. I highly recommend MyOutDesk!!read more
Joel Camacho
Joel Camacho
18:48 11 Aug 20
People would be crazy not to take advantage of this business.Papples Cenina has been an amazing Rep.
Tracey Newmones
Tracey Newmones
12:14 05 Aug 21
Amazing attention to detail and great communication. This is the most professional VA company I have worked with.
Jim Romano
Jim Romano
19:17 04 Nov 21
MyOutDesk helped me find an phenomenal asset to our team. In just about 4-weeks she has become an integral part of our team and has done more than we can ask for. From day-to-day work to implementing... new systems and sharing innovative ideas our team couldn't be happier! The quality of work is top-notch! If you're in the market for a VA MyOutDesk is who you want to speak with.read more
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