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Recruiting For Healthcare During The Pandemic: Best Practices

Administrative, Healthcare, Human Resources, MOD Virtual Assistants, Recruitment

The most important thing in the world today is healthcare workers. The reason for this is clear when it comes to frontline work during a pandemic. They are directly responsible for saving lives (and preventing premature death).

Are you interested in what the best way to implement remote healthcare recruitment is or are you interested in how to make it possible?

This article covers:

Best practices for healthcare recruitment during the pandemic (COVID-19)
The purpose of remote healthcare recruitment
Hiring & recruitment operations while working remotely
What recruiters need to know today

Best practices for healthcare recruitment during the pandemic (COVID-19)

Purpose of remote healthcare recruitment:

The purpose of remote healthcare recruitment is to provide a way for health clinics to to get better access to healthcare professionals they would not otherwise have.

As your business grows, you’ll need more labor: healthcare needs certified caregivers, and other industries have similar needs. When effective remote operations are in demand, professional virtual recruiting assistants are able to work alongside your human resources department and find the best possible candidates for your team.

Virtual recruiting assistants work to prospect for candidates, review inquiries, set interview appointments and pre-qualify candidates for available positions. Hire a MyOutDesk recruiting assistant to take over the initial stages of your candidate contact & screening process, and let them focus on finding you the best candidates possible, while your experienced in-house staff focuses on final qualification & hiring.

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Hiring & recruitment operations while working remotely

The problem with a traditional approach to recruitment today is that it can take a lot of time and there’s no guarantee that traditional teams can outcompete digital methods of recruitment.

The second approach is very different. With a remote team and in addition to candidate prospecting & screening, a virtual recruiting assistant can help with and expand with follow-up calls to prospective candidates already in your pipeline, helping to maintain your relationship with them throughout the human resources process.

Remote recruiting assistants can serve as a single point of contact for ensuring that paperwork is sent, completed, returned & correctly filed in your systems. your lead generation efforts.

PHONE, EMAIL & SOCIAL REACH-OUTS

Reach out to potential candidates from web & trade-fair inquiries, LinkedIn or Indeed job postings, or work from a list of past candidate submissions to follow up on prospects to build relationships & convert them into new team members.

CANDIDATE SCREENING & PREQUALIFICATION

Following your script(s) and qualification checklist, your recruiting assistant can identify candidates for appointments so you can spend time with your most valuable leads/clients.

CANDIDATE FOLLOW-UP

Onboarding candidates requires following up again and again. Your recruiting assistant can perform this activity routinely and systematically. As a part of this virtual assistant’s follow-up role, this crucial element won’t fall through the cracks.

CANDIDATE NURTURING

Remotely, a recruiting assistant will track qualified candidates and help with automated content delivery & targeted follow-up calls to increase engagement & make you the agent of choice for employment.

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What recruiters need to know today

As you already know, healthcare professionals have a difficult job because of how much medicine & methods to care there are and how complex human bodies are. It takes years of training to be qualified as a doctor or nurse or any other similar profession, but even then it takes constant study throughout one’s career.

Not only is it an important job and requires much training to do well, but doctors are similar to soldiers in some ways: they have a high risk of death or serious injury as part of their daily lives.

Beyond talents & skills, remember this:

The strength of healthcare workers requires them to be selfless in their service to others. They cannot avoid feeling compassion for those whom they serve. However, healthcare workers must also be aware of their own limits to serve and maintain a balanced lifestyle. Oftentimes, they only treat others but rarely receive treatment themselves.

The most important thing for healthcare workers is to maintain a sense of purpose and belonging. Otherwise, they will tend to become unhappy and distracted from their duties.

Therefore, the first thing you need to do is give a sense of purpose and belonging. If they feel like their work has meaning, your workers are more likely to stay. The second thing you need to do is prevent them from getting bored.

You need to find ways to engage them in their work so they see the value of what they do.

Lastly, if possible, you should provide a sense of community and belonging. Healthcare workers need to have time to socialize within a peer group while on the job.

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ENVISIONING OF A NEW REALITY FOR YOUR BUSINESS

Simply put, MyOutDesk equips entrepreneurs & business owners with tools, strategies, and virtual employees – and when combined, businesses have a competitive edge and find growth while efficient systems and processes are put in place. MyOutDesk recruiting virtual assistants will help you generate more candidate leads, prequalify them and allow you to focus on finding the very best staff members for your organization.

MyOutDesk proudly provides additional free business growth guides, books, and strategy calls.

See what we are about, and schedule a free consultation with us. We’ll take the time to learn more about your business and offer solutions to foster top talent and lower operational costs for your company.

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Did You Know? MyOutDesk’s origin story is set during the last global financial crisis of 2008. Yes, that’s right — our business started by scaling businesses with virtual assistants during a recession! Pioneers of virtual assistant services, our first client in 2008 went from five to seventeen VAs with a completely revamped organizational model in short order, and he told MyOutDesk, “Our virtual professionals have shaved $250,000 off our monthly overhead.”

December 8, 2021/by Jeremy

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9 Awesome Real Estate Apps

Administrative, Inside Sales, Marketing, MOD Virtual Assistants, Real Estate

There are so many Real Estate apps out there and some of them can be expensive. How do you know which ones are essential? How do you choose those that will be helpful for your business and your remote team? We’ve put together this list of free and affordable Real Estate apps to help in your research. Let’s dive in!

Trello

Trello is one of the most popular projects management tools for real estate for many reasons. It has a free version which would be adequate for most teams but for bigger teams, it has upgraded tools that can scale with any size. Philadelphia Realtor, Jennifer Geddes, uses Trello to streamline her transactions. You customize your Trello board to fit your business processes and gives everyone on your team the ability to see where the project is at and what needs to be done next. She talks about it here:

Trello

HubSpot CRM and Sales Tool

With over 30,000 customers in 91 countries, HubSpot is one of the most widely used free CRMs real estate apps and sales tools on the planet. The best part? It’s FREE. HubSpot is a CRM that also offers marketing and sales tools. Furthermore, with the free version of HubSpot’s software, it offers contact management, deal and task pipelines, email scheduling, email templates, and more. Hubspot reported a 100% traffic increase in the first three months for Rever.VN.

HubSpot CRM and Sales Tool

Clozio

Custom checklists that keep you (and your team) on track. Elegant calendars to keep your clients informed and engaged. All in one central place. A starter account is free! Realtors usually go for Clozio to stay organized. Additionally, it allows you to keep clients on the same page for all the dates and to-dos that come along with a typical real estate transaction.

Clozio

Broker Assist

Broker Assist is the on-demand agent-to-agent referral network real estate app and collaborative marketplace for real estate professionals. BrokerAssist connects agents and brokers in real-time on their outbound referrals and notifies them of inbound referral opportunities in their area. As well, BrokerAssist offers a marketplace solution for agents and brokers to collaborate on fractional assistance for deal-specific tasks (showings, open houses, inspections, etc). Broker assist is Free to sign up, free to request & assist, free referral networking.

Broker Assist

Spacio

Spacio helps you maximize open house lead generation opportunities and increase ROI by automating lead capture for 100% follow-up. Make the best first impression at your open house by inviting visitors to check-in by filling out Spacio’s professional and elegant digital sign-in form. Accurately collect visitor information and automatically send follow-up emails after your open house ends. No more unreadable handwriting no more lost leads. Spacio offers a 30-day free trial and offers affordable packages for as low as $25 a month depending on your needs.

Spacio

Propertybase

Propertybase is a powerful website builder website / CRM combo for advanced lead generation and nurture. Its well-equipped CRM does pretty much everything a Realtor could need from managing projects, opportunities, and contacts. It makes lead and pipeline management easy with a customizable lead scoring platform. You can request a demo and decide how you want to proceed after that.

Propertybase

Amitree Folio

Folio attaches to your Gmail account and automatically organizes transactions, documents, and deal timelines. This gives you the ability to share with your clients. You can also sync calendars, set reminders, and even loop in service providers to make sure everyone is on the same page. It automatically detects a real estate professional’s transactions and organizes them in real-time into Smart Folders. Sign-up is free.

Amitree Folio

Zillow Premier Agent app

Zillow Premier Agent offers a surprisingly robust free CRM real estate app that lets you import leads from Boomtown! or Realtor.com through Gmail. You can set up tasks, reminders, texts, and emails like any good CRM. Additionally, it also gives you a granular look at what your leads are searching for on Zillow in detail if you sign up for their My Agent program that makes you the only buyer’s agent your leads see on Zillow.

Zillow Premier Agent app

ProAgent Solutions

Pro Agent Solutions is a real estate app that works with you to help automatically reach out to realtors who have shown your listings. Additionally, it can get relevant timely feedback from them that you can read and pass on to your clients. You can also have Pro Agent Solutions send it along for you. If you use Supra or another electronic lockbox service, you can link your account, further automating the feedback solicitation process. Lastly, with a 30-day free trial, this is a tool that everyone should check out and see if it is worth the cost, which ranges from $3 to $50 monthly a month (paid annually).

ProAgent Solutions

CONCLUSION

Working from home can make you feel isolated or like you can’t get everything that you needed to be done. Luckily, with the help of these apps and all the amazing online tools that are available. Thankfully, you are now given the ability to stay on top of all the things you need to do remotely, on your smartphone. In conclusion, now all you have to do is choose whether to completely handle these apps yourself or delegate them to your team, or a combination of both.

Now you have the technology, what about people to manage them?

MyOutDesk Virtual Assistants

MyOutDesk is the leading provider of virtual assistants in real estate, generating massive GCI while cutting costs. We have white-glove service and an astringently vetted talent pool. Our virtual assistants can manage your real estate apps, keep you up to date, and research upcoming technology that can give you a competitive edge in the market.

It costs up to 70% less than a traditional employee, yes you heard that right. Realtors can access IPC and GPDR compliant productivity tracking software through the MyOutDesk Client Portal with MyTimeIn timesheets. MyOutDesk Virtual Assistants have professional experience in sales, marketing, transaction coordination, operations, general administrative management, and more.

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September 28, 2021/by Abby

Blended Business Model: Remote Work with Traditional Employees & Virtual Assistants

Administrative, Cannabis & Legal Marijuana, Financial Planning, Healthcare, Human Resources, Inside Sales, Insurance, Marketing, Marketing, MOD Virtual Assistants, Mortgage, Property Management, Real Estate, Technology

We all know that businesses are thriving online in today’s information age. So why aren’t businesses proportionally blending their physical and remote practices?

Working from home is actually more productive than working from the office. According to studies from Stanford, it turns out work-from-home employees work a true full-shift (or more) versus being late to the office or leaving early multiple times a week and found it less distracting and easier to concentrate at home.

The fact that the Internet and other modernizations have globalized our economy gives you a chance to scale your business faster and further than ever before, using a blended business model, as many big companies do.

What exactly is a Blended Business Model?

A blended business model is an engineered organizational chart where part of an organization works in-house and another part works virtually.

Symptoms when without a Blended Business Model:

Company revenue productivity is suffering because most of your time as the CEO is spent on non-revenue efforts.
Your growth curve is flat because you’re stuck with administrative work.
You know you need support but do not want to go through the tedious process of hiring, only to have your hires leave after a period of time, thus putting you in a vicious cycle.
Your workload is starting to get overwhelming and the quality of your life is suffering.

Hiring Virtual Assistants solves a lot of problems and actually brings many benefits. For example, a full-time Virtual Assistant will cost you 25%-30% of the cost of an in-house employee. A Virtual Assistant will have their own equipment and software, and will not take up any precious office space, so overhead costs are cut down as well. Organizations like MyOutDesk cover HR concerns, benefits, and even things like paid time off; while all you do is pay your monthly subscription.

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The Stats: Blended Teams Outperform Competitors

Stanford Studies have shown that remote workers show increased productivity by 16%. Those who work from home seem to be more focused with fewer distractions. They also found that employees working in open offices took 62% more sick days than virtual employees.

Deloitte’s Millennial Survey 2017 found that remote work arrangements are “strongly linked to improved performance and employee retention.” Furthermore, 38% of respondents reported they were likely to leave their current employer within the next two years, with much citing work/life balance and flexibility as major contributing factors.

Large companies are benefitting from using a blended employment model. In fact, a new regulation stemming from the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act has given us a clearer picture of the extent to which some of the largest U.S. companies employ global talent.

You might be surprised at the high percentages of global talent that successful companies have reported so far:

Kellogg: 80%
General Electric: 66%
United Technologies: 68%
Whirlpool: 80%
Merck: 55%
Honeywell: 58%
Hanes: 80%
Mattel: 78%
Wal-Mart: 35%

If these major companies employ this strategy, there is no reason that you cannot for your own business as well.

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Implications of Outsourcing: Virtual Assistants + Traditional Employees = Growth

Employing a Virtual Assistant means that the company is making an investment for the entire team and looking to achieve the next level of excellence and performance. A Virtual Assistant is a full-time addition to the organization, but they will work with you virtually. They can shoulder specific daily responsibilities, help maintain smooth operations, and allow the physical team more freedom to focus on their work.

Imagine not needing to take every distracting phone call anymore, until a relevant call is forwarded to you!

We’re helping to level the business playing field by helping small & medium-sized businesses offshore as the big companies have for years. It doesn’t mean that jobs are going away, but it does mean that more work is available and more income is generated because entrepreneurs finally have the affordable help they need to close more transactions & generate more commissions.

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Virtual Assistants & Blended Teams

When we founded MyOutDesk 15

years ago, we realized that a virtual assistant living in the Philippines could do all of the clerical work online that an assistant could here in the USA for a fraction of the cost, and when we started helping small businesses to hire them we realized that it was a win-win proposition for everyone.

Virtual assistants have all the qualifications (and often more) than local labor but at 1/3 the cost — which means you can afford to hire better help for a lower price, and you can afford to employ MORE of that help to grow your business. They’re high-quality labor, with a great education and an outstanding work ethic, and available for wages that similarly qualified Americans typically won’t work for.

Blended teams are exciting because it finally means that entrepreneurs can employ a competitive advantage in their business formerly reserved only for top-tier manufacturing companies — like the folks who made your iPhone. Just like them, you’re able to delegate repetitive, non-dollar productive tasks to a virtual assistant, which in turn helps you focus your time & energy on what actually makes you money.

The fact that the Internet and other modernizations have globalized our economy gives you a chance to scale your business faster and further than ever before, using Virtual Assistant services. Demand for virtual talent is increasing because it works for most business owners. Simply put: it is good for business.

To learn more comprehensively about the blended business model (as well as other awesome strategy guides) schedule your Go Remote Business Strategy Session today and find our how a MyOutDesk Virtual Assistant can support you to boost your business.

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February 22, 2021/by Jeremy

Sales & Marketing for 2021: The tips you need to know

e-Commerce, Inside Sales, Marketing, Marketing, MOD Virtual Assistants, Technology

There are new ways to communicate and exchange information, which is crucial for the future of your business in 2021.

Living in the digital age has many advantages that we’ve never seen before. The digital market is a hyper-competitive environment. It has its own rules and they are far different from the traditional ones that we have used to in the past.

Companies such as Amazon have changed the way we shop. We no longer need to go out and search for our products when they are available online. The digital market has allowed companies to reach a wider audience with their products and services. They are able to provide new features, which improves the business.

However, this hyper-competitive environment has its downfalls. There is a lot of competition in the digital market and it’s difficult for a company to stay afloat.

In order for a company to be successful, they need to reach a wide audience. It’s not enough for them to just provide the best products and services.

In this article, you’ll read about:

Sales goals for the digital age
Sales development plans
Importance of digital marketing
Getting good ROI & increasing online traffic, when nobody is going outside

Sales goals for the digital age

To understand how sales teams work, it helps to look at how customers they buy nowadays. In general, buyers are now information gatherers. They aren’t only going to take your word, but the words from what’s on the internet.

An everyday buyer:

“If I was to looking into buying something, the key thing would be to read reviews of the product or service first. Even though I don’t believe in 100% honest and fair reviews online, but it’s still necessary for me to make an informed purchase decision.

To form goals for a sales team, you must first determine the goals of each customer. Each person has a set of desires that they seek to satisfy.

There are two types of goals: terminal & instrumental. Terminal goals refer to things that someone wants in order to be happy, while instrumental goals are the means through which those terminal goals are accomplished. For example, if someone wants to be happy, they might set a terminal goal of having a good job. Getting that job would then be an instrumental goal. The main problem with terminal goals is that fulfilling them does not guarantee a sense of satisfaction, and their fulfillment can be short-lived. For example, if someone achieves the goal of getting a good job, they might still be unhappy because they are required to work long hours at it. The same holds true for instrumental goals. Working hard to get a job can temporarily satisfy a person, but it may be only the first step toward achieving their terminal goal of happiness.

By understanding the full capacity of how your product can answer your buyers’ many terminal and instrumental goals, you’ll be able to provide the type of information that buyers seek online.

Why does this matter for me?

To effectively sell, it takes a large amount of evolving and adapting. Sometimes it’s the product, while most of the time it’s the sales personality.

A strong sales & marketing team with the right talents can effectively nurture & be a top producing team with predictable results. It requires the leader, the CEO, or the entrepreneur to curate and a foster these desired traits.

And here’s how…

MyOutDesk, rated #1 Virtual Assistant Services by TechRadar, has been in the industry for over a decade, helping all types of businesses grow. We have provided sales development virtual assistant services for years, becoming one of the top virtual assistant providers available.

Our B2B services are ranked #1 is because we deliver the most value out of most competitors. While you save up to 70% off on employee costs, you get highly-vetted top talent, as well as:

free business strategy consultations
growth templates & guides
monthly CEO mastermind group sessions
productivity tracking software
dedicated client services, and more!

After serving more than 5,000 clients and employing over 4000 professionals, we have seen firsthand how this investment supports business growth. Because of this experience, MyOutDesk, currently caters to other industries as well such as professional services, mortgage, and insurance to name a few.

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Sales Development Plans

What is a sales development plan?

Sales development plans are generally developed by sales managers and executives to provide strategic direction for the company’s sales department.They usually cover one year but can be extended up to three or four years in length and, depending on the size of the organization, may extend beyond a single site into multiple sites.

A typical sale development plan will include some or all of the following:

External environment analysis – where does your business fit within its external environment? What are your key competitors doing in this market space? How have they performed over time?
Internal environment analysis – how is your business performing? What are the key areas of performance you need to improve upon?
Competitor analysis – what is the performance of your competitors? What are they doing to be more successful in this market space?
Benchmarking – what is the average performance of your competitors? How are they performing against their competitors?
SWOT analysis – what are the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats in your business environment?
Mission statement – what are your long-term goals? What is the purpose of your business?

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Importance of digital marketing

Digital marketing is a particularly effective strategy to achieve the goals of an individual or company in today’s world where people have become accustomed to finding information online. Online marketing strategies are also very cost-effective, especially when compared with offline alternatives such as TV and radio ads and billboards.

Effective digital marketing operations

Anyone who has spent time on Facebook or Twitter knows that online marketing is rampant. We are all marketed to, both directly and indirectly, every single day of our lives. It’s no wonder why people have become increasingly numb to traditional advertising methods.

One of the biggest reasons for this move is because there are more people on social media than on any other platform. In fact, almost all digital consumers use some sort of social media.

This means that social media platforms are the best way to get your message out there. Not only that, but it also allows you to have a two-way conversation with potential customers.

However, online marketing methods are increasingly becoming more effective. This is because the digital space gives marketers an unprecedented opportunity to track and measure their effectiveness.

For example, by tracking how many times a person clicks on an ad or visits the company website after reading an online article, marketers can more accurately gauge their return on investment (ROI). This allows them to spend their advertising dollars more effectively.

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Getting good ROI & online traffic, when nobody is going outside

In today’s uniquely stay-at-home world, the math is simple with an enormous ROI by employing virtual assistants who can effectively handle the many aspects of a tedious online business operation.

You can lower your costs, reduce overhead, and leverage remote work for your business. It starts with a MyOutDesk Virtual Assistant.

With over 15 years of leveraging the power of remote work, we’ve gained the knowledge to help your business scale, increase profits, and allow your team members more freedom to focus on growth, all while lowering operational costs.

Nowadays, interaction is key to marketing efforts. Enhance your interaction with a full-time virtual assistant with proven experience, at up to 70% less than a traditional employee.

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Focus on your growth & scale your operations for 2021

ENVISIONING OF A NEW REALITY FOR YOUR BUSINESS

MyOutDesk proudly provides additional free business growth guides, books, and strategy calls.

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December 2, 2020/by Jeremy

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How to Run a Remote Business: Building & Scaling Effective Teams

MOD Virtual Assistants, Podcast

Dive inside the minds and processes of CEOs, managers, nomads, and dynamic entrepreneurs who are building impactful businesses and organizations through this new and innovative movement.

October 25, 2020/by Jeremy

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The True Value of Remote Staffing | MyOutDesk vs. “The Other Desks”

MOD Virtual Assistants, Vertical Markets

Other companies are hurting the trust that businesses have for virtual assistants — MyOutDesk competes with the best overall value of virtual assistant solutions.

July 12, 2020/by Jeremy

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The Remote Work Success Method ☑: Creating Systems & A Culture of Productivity

Accelerator, MOD Virtual Assistants

Launch your remote teams & virtual assistants the right way & get results sooner with this checklist!

How to prepare for collaborative & productive remote work

In today’s global economy, many companies are leveraging talent between both physical and remote employees.

When your organization transitions to remote work or hires a virtual assistant, they will need to be on-boarded and trained like any other employee. At the same time, the team will determine and adapt to best practices, technological tools, and procedures for training a strong blended (remote & physical) team.

Luckily, MyOutDesk offers training materials and resources that will help prepare you to interact successfully with a virtual team member. We equip all clients with a service portal, a dedicated account manager, and a virtual solutions trainer.

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Remote Team Success: Launch Checklist – ☑

Setting clear objectives is foundational to a successful team. On a weekly basis, reiterate your goals and procedures to allow the team to access how they can best contribute. When virtual professionals are given a collaborative space to voice their thoughts, you can see how productive and collaborative remote teams can be for your business.

To ensure our ongoing success, ensure you clearly note procedures on:

✔ Phone/email/messaging

Encourage open communication, and use the platform as a means to carry the same conversations that you would otherwise have in the office.

How will you communicate and how often?

- Establish the best way to communicate – preferably via a real-time medium such as:
  - Skype, Google Meet, Ring Central, Slack, and/or a VOIP phone system
- Discuss alternate means of communication – email, text
- Client can provide VP with an office email specific to their role in the business
- Leverage different types of communication with VP, not just email

✔ Training and Supervision

Neuroscientists and psychologists proved that it takes about 90 days to solidify a habit. The same goes for a remote team still figuring out how to work best together—for successful adoption, allow an adjustment period and repeat key messages regarding the change intentionally and consistently. By doing so, you will get everyone on the same page.

What is your plan for training for your Virtual Professional and who is the main point of contact?

- Refer to SOP Framework & Play, Pause, Do
- Foster an effective work culture: Building a Remote Culture & Organizational Change Model

Consistently train and repeat key messages, as well as regularly use effective frameworks like SOPs (Point 3) and Play-Pause-Do (Point 7). These guides are part of the 7-Figure Business Roadmap, and additional resources are available through a free strategy call with MyOutDesk.

✔ Productivity

A variety of organizational tools will help employees and the business stay productive. Here are some tips and trips to immediately keep teams accountable and for managers to recognize patterns in productivity. Remember that during an adjustment period to remote work, employers should not expect employees to immediately produce the same amount of productivity.

When will you set up Virtual Professional logins to essential tools such as CRMs or other databases?

- Use a password manager, like 1Password.
- Manage projects & tasks with Trello, Asana, or Monday.com.
- Store files on a cloud drive, like Google Drive.

✔ Scheduling

Videos and images can greatly improve communication among virtual teams. Video conference calls are the new (virtual) conference rooms and allow team members to show body language, facial expressions, posture, and hand gestures—all important aspects of communication. A

Find time to meet regularly & Confirm Virtual Professional work schedule & client availability restrictions

- Manage schedules & track productivity on the MyTimeIn Client Portal
- Submit support tickets for further assistance

Key Takeaways

Remote work requires an adjustment period for all employees. A business cannot simply apply the same systems and procedures from the physical office and expect the same productive output immediately. Treat the transition to remote as a retraining process where employees need to relearn how to work effectively in this new environment.

It is important for the management to maintain a fully supportive and flexible state of mind. Encourage and communicate a reasonable adjustment period for allowing mistakes, offering training, and consistently repeating key messages in order to foster a fully functional remote workforce. Key themes to embody at this time are that your team is a connected, supportive, and positive force; and mistakes are reinterpreted as positive opportunities.

We have a vested interest in your success! Every MyOutDesk client wants to maximize the ROI on their investment in virtual assistants. Our CEO Daniel Ramsey hosts a live mastermind discussion with MyOutDesk clients and discusses tactical, practical & utterly invaluable strategies to best utilize a virtual assistant while you scale your business!

It’s time to gain market share new by leveraging virtual assistants!

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June 27, 2020/by Jeremy

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Excellent Executive Coaching: Remote business hacks in the changing market

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The Excellent Executive Coaching Radio Show is all about helping you thrive in the most challenging coaching situations. The program aims to support you in bringing your coaching to the next level.

EEC 128: Thriving While Going Remote

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MyOutDesk CEO Daniel Ramsey is interviewed by Dr. Katrina Burrus, MCC, and discusses the following:

How do entrepreneurs take their businesses + employees to remote work & stay productive?
What are some of your favorite business hacks to increase efficiency and productivity in this changing market?
How do you lead in a crisis with a CEO’s mindset?
What to say to your clients, vendors, and employees?
How do you benefit from, manage & motivate: virtual professionals, virtual teams, a geographically dispersed team, a distributed team, or a remote team?

Daniel Ramsey is the founder & CEO of MyOutDesk, the highest-rated Virtual Assistant company in the marketplace with over 800 5-star reviews, and over 15 years of experience, serving more than 7500 clients across the US and Canada.

HERE’S HOW BUSINESSES ARE THRIVING TODAY

MyOutDesk has the secret sauce for businesses to tackle the market downturn in this health crisis. Don’t just take our word from it–here’s what our clients are saying:

“We were up and ready to operate in this new change environment instantly. MyOutDesk completely transformed our office, and we were already set up for remote work.” — Daniel Del Real, client of three years

“We are doubling down on hiring more and preparing to expand in a way that we’ve never done in the past. This moment provides us with the opportunity like nothing that we’ve ever had before.” — Charles Pulliam, MyOutDesk client

Daniel also shares his new book, “Scaling Your Business with MOD Virtual Professionals: How to Drive Revenue, Save Time, and Create Your Dream Company.”

We are giving away this book for free and also a timely resource amid today’s health crisis, called the“Go Remote Fast Guide.”

MyOutDesk proudly provides free business growth business guides, books, and strategy calls. See what we are about, and schedule a free consultation with us. We’ll take the time to learn more about your business and offer solutions to foster top talent and lower operational costs for your company.

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THE WORLD IS TRANSITIONING TO REMOTE WORK AT AN ALL-TIME RECORD.

Headquartered in Sacramento, California, MyOutDesk has over 15 years of experience serving over 7500 SMBs, and we know for a fact how businesses benefit from leveraging our business strategies and virtual assistant services. US and Canadian entrepreneurs have longtime success in leveraging our virtual solutions for business success.

Learn how to stay ahead of your competition & actually gain market share.

Schedule a free, personal ‘Grow Virtual’ Strategy Session – and you’ll also receive our complete collection of business strategy guides!

About EEC Podcasts

The EEC podcasts are sponsored by MKB Excellent Executive Coaching that helps you get from where you are to where you want to be with customized leadership and coaching development programs. MKB Excellent Executive Coaching offers leadership development programs to generate action, learning, and change that is aligned with your authentic self and values. Transform your dreams into reality and invest in yourself with coaching programs to reach your goals.

The host is Dr. Katrina Burrus, MCC, founder and general manager of www.mkbconseil.ch a company specialized in leadership development and executive coaching.

MyOutDesk can save you up to 70% on employment costs
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June 26, 2020/by Jeremy

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B2B Sales: What CEO’s Need to Know About Leading a Remote Team

MOD Virtual Assistants, Podcast

Sweet Fish Media has launched over 100 podcast programs, totaling over 1,600 episodes! Their flagship podcast, The B2B Sales Show, is known to be the only B2B podcast to broadcast 7 days a week.

In this episode, Logan Lyles interviews MyOutDesk CEO Daniel Ramsey to help businesses, managers, employees, entrepreneurs manage this time where everybody is going remote.

The point of owning a business is that it should free you. The only thing you can’t buy more of is time. Daniel wants to help as many entrepreneurs as possible regain their time and lead a remote team as they scale.

Learn how to stay ahead of your competition & actually gain market share.
Schedule a free ‘Grow Virtual’ Strategy Consultation

HOW TO BEST TRANSITION TO A REMOTE WORKFORCE AND FIND TALENT USING THE CEO MINDSET

Tune in to understand how MyOutDesk has helped businesses scale and grow with virtual assistants primarily in sales, marketing, and operations for over 15 years and7500 clients.

Talented workers from around the world who help U.S. & Canadian businesses attain real leverage.
The proven benefits of remote work: improved productivity & employee happiness
Tips and advice on promoting an effective workplace.
Thriving and staying productive with the CEO Mindset. It’s our civic duty to stay productive at this time to add value to people and businesses.
Virtual staffing done right—the “easy button” for talent. Top talent for 70% less cost than a traditional administrative assistant.

Daniel also shares his book, “Scaling Your Business with MOD Virtual Professionals: How to Drive Revenue, Save Time, and Create Your Dream Company.”

June 26, 2020/by Jeremy

NO MORE remote work hesitation: MyTimeIn Productivity Tracker

MOD Virtual Assistants, Technology

Remote work presents new opportunities for many businesses — from lowering overhead costs to hiring competitive, global talent. Not only can you save up to 70% on employment costs with virtual assistants, MyOutDesk also created the MyTimeIn portal to manage your team’s overall productivity & performance.

Introducing MyTimeIn

All-in-One Remote Team Productivity Tracker

MyTimeIn is our in-house scheduling software that ensures your virtual assistants & remote workers are on-time and productive. This is your go-to MyOutDesk client portal is a place where you can manage all aspects of your MyOutDesk account, in ONE PLACE.

If you want to explore how you can manage your team’s productivity & accountability, schedule a free Strategy Consultation today.

Remote Work Has Never Been Managed Easier

High-caliber providers of virtual assistants & remote work services should provide you with the tools you need to easily manage and track the productivity of your virtual assistant & remote employees.

Typically, when you hire a virtual assistant, you have to provide these kinds of productivity tracking systems yourself. MyOutDesk understands the importance of having these systems in place, so we created one for our clients.

Manage your virtual assistant’s (or assistants’) department, teams, service accounts, schedule & PTO, and payroll.

Real-Time Visibility – This feature allows you to have real-time visibility into your Virtual Assistant’ productivity as they are working during their shift. You get real-time status updates, so you are never left in the dark as to what your Virtual Assistant is working on!
Billing and Invoicing – Through our client portal, you can also keep track of your billing and invoices. You can manage your information and view and print your invoices as well. You won’t need to wait for anyone to send you your invoice or call anyone as all the information will be ready for you here.
Work History – On MyTimeIn, you will be able to access historical data on your Virtual Assistant’s work hours.
Support – If you need any assistance with your Virtual Assistant, say, for example, you need help to train them on a particular system, or you want to change their schedule—whatever need arises, you can get support by merely logging in to our Client Portal.
Manage Email Preferences – You can set your preferences in receiving emails from us through here as well.
Scheduling & Timesheets – In-house scheduling software that ensures your Virtual Professional is on time and productive.

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MyOutDesk can save you up to 70% on employment costs

A more efficient team, anywhere

MyOutDesk’s MyTimeIn software allows teams to stay accountable and track productivity effortlessly. Managers can access IPC- and GPDR-compliant productivity tracking software through the MyOutDesk’s Client Portal with MyTimeIn timesheets.

If you never had success with a past remote employee or past virtual assistant, it’s probably because you weren’t equipped to keep a distanced worker accountable.

MyOutDesk MyTimeIn: Team Productivity Software

The Stats: Blended Teams Outperform Competitors

Large companies are benefiting from using a blended employment model. In fact, a new regulation stemming from the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act has given us a clearer picture of the extent to which some of the largest U.S. companies employ global talent.

You might be surprised at the high percentages of global talent that successful companies have reported so far:

Kellogg: 80%
General Electric: 66%
United Technologies: 68%
Whirlpool: 80%
Merck: 55%
Honeywell: 58%
Hanes: 80%
Mattel: 78%
Wal-Mart: 35%

If these major companies employ this strategy, there is no reason that you cannot for your own business as well.

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June 22, 2020/by Jeremy

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Remote Work: Are you going back to the office? The millionaires say…

MOD Virtual Assistants

COVID-19: Are you going back to the office yet or not?

We posed this question to over 500 millionaires, entrepreneurs & CEOs and asked for their thought processes.

Here are the results:

18% Back at the office

19% Never left the office (+ essential work)

12.3% Creating a transition plan & not back in the office

23.7% Because of COVID-19, we’re staying remote

27% We’ve been 100% remote since before COVID-19

From these business owners’ responses, there is a slightly greater lean towards working remotely. Nonetheless, businesses are seeing value in both physical and remote locations.

MyOutDesk advocates for the ‘blended business model,’ where teams leverage the power of working remotely in any profitable business — especially for businesses still requiring physical commercial space. If you need help or want to explore some ideas, schedule a free Strategy Consultation today.

Sample Responses:

“Working in the same place you live is rough. Need physical separation between the two hats. I expect to be back in full office swing by July with social distance + masks.”
“My work-life balance is so much easier out of my home office. I will probably end up going in one day a week, but that will be it.”
“I am committed to never returning to the office in my capacity.”
“I never had an office, but the closure of Starbucks was a real kick in the junk.”
“Our team wanted to go back to the office so we started back 2 weeks ago. Although I’m working from home way more now than before. It’s probably around 40% office, 60% home.“
“This experiment with working virtually has made me like my home office even more. COVID-19 gave us a reason + incentive to go 100% remote, something we have been talking about doing months before the pandemic.”
“My staff is back at the office as of a month ago. I’m not and don’t plan on returning. I’ve been wanting my office at home and COVID-19 gave me a big reason. Very comfortable here and way more productive. When my office lease is up, I will be moving my staff home and going virtual.“
“I worked from home full time for the better part of 10 years, opened up an office in September, only to go back to working from home. The first few years it was great, but then I realized I was building unhealthy habits and needed to be around people. We’ll see how it goes to get back to it.”

A more efficient team, anywhere

MyOutDesk MyTimeIn: Team Productivity Software

The Stats: Blended Teams Outperform Competitors

You might be surprised at the high percentages of global talent that successful companies have reported so far:

Kellogg: 80%
General Electric: 66%
United Technologies: 68%
Whirlpool: 80%
Merck: 55%
Honeywell: 58%
Hanes: 80%
Mattel: 78%
Wal-Mart: 35%

If these major companies employ this strategy, there is no reason that you cannot for your own business as well.

MyOutDesk can save you up to 70% on employment costs
Claim a free business strategy consultation & ‘Grow Virtual’ Guide

June 12, 2020/by Jeremy

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Houses Don’t Have To Be Seen To Be Sold – Virtual Real Estate Selling with Knolly Williams

Accelerator, Administrative, Inside Sales, Marketing, MOD Virtual Assistants, Real Estate, Testimonials, Webinars

In this STRATEGY-focused webinar, understand the magic of selling physical real estate through virtual solutions. This year is your ultimate test.

Fun Fact: Knolly Williams doesn’t go to a showing UNTIL he’s already signing the listing agreement/selling/closing the sale. He’s worked remotely more than he has stayed in an office (started at 23 years old, and he’s in his early 50s now).

As a top-performing real estate broker who has coached tens of thousands of agents & brokers around the world, Knolly Williams has over 300 listings without ever physically seeing any house, and he’s been doing this since 2008!

Tune in to understand his remote business model and how he leverages his virtual assistants to prepare everything. Knolly shared very important tips, tricks, and resources on our topic:

“Houses don’t have to be seen to be sold: Virtual Real Estate Selling”

The new mentality & discipline for selling remotely
How to do a presentation without being physically present & what they look like
How to handle objections
The proven Virtual Real Estate model

Agents didn’t think it was possible to effectively sell virtually until COVID-19 forced everyone to.

Knolly has been featured on ABC, NBC, FOX, CBS, Newsweek, and in over 300 newspapers worldwide. He is an author, trainer, national speaker, entrepreneur, real estate broker, and pastor of the Front Row Church.

Resources:

Knolly’s Sample Team Checklists https://bit.ly/2XmMWZ7

Knolly’s Sample Assistance Form https://bit.ly/36rAXO7

Knolly’s book “Consider it Sold!” https://bit.ly/3bU3LA5

May 29, 2020/by Jeremy