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Grow When You’re Slow – Vendor Love: FREE BACKDROP DESIGN

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In 2018 only 5% of America worked from home, today that number is more than 50%! 

MyOutDesk brings to our clients – Vendor Love!  Discounts on the products and services that we need during the crisis!  Sorry, we can’t help with toilet paper! :)

 

Vendor Love: Kick-Ass Media

 

This week, our featured company offer is Kick-Ass Media!  Here is the thing, it’s our civic duty to stay productive, continue to provide our service/products to our clients, and add value to our communities.  The best way to re-invent your value proposition is to have a professional background and a new sales presentation (the world has changed). If you need help or want to explore some ideas, book a Schedule a free Thrive Strategy Call today.  

 

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It’s our civic duty to stay productive, and MyOutDesk has a program to help you pivot your business now!

Give your customers, vendors, employees, and prospects a nice branded backdrop that looks professional, doesn’t break the bank, and creates a memorable experience. 

 

Claim Your Vendor Love Offer

Call (877) 880-0326
Or, Fill out a contact form
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Offer: FREE Backdrop Design. Backdrop price starting at $179.

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One of the ways we’re all adapting to business is by working from home. Custom video backdrops help you create professional-looking videos so you stand out and impress viewers!

More than ever we need to look professional to create confidence so we build trust and people choose us. Custom video backdrops hide the house, kitchen, bedroom or boring wall and create the experience you want your viewers to have.

With unlimited options, like branding and contact info, to full-color images, you know it’s going to look great every time. Avoid glitchy virtual backdrops that cut out in the middle of calls and get a custom printed video backdrop that sets up in minutes, looks perfect on video, and raises your status on camera.

Connect with us through MyOutDesk and get FREE graphic design proofing. Now is the time for you to be remembered for the right reasons.  

 

 

Claim Your Vendor Love Offer

Call (877) 880-0326
Or, Fill out a contact form
(Mention MyOutDesk)

 

Survive and Thrive

We are here only for your success. That’s why we are offering zero-obligation strategy calls with free access to our guides and books.

Schedule your free Thrive strategy call today. We’ll map out a plan for attaining:

  • The CEO Mindset. Lead by example, double down, and gain market share.
  • Your piece of the $2.2 trillion stimulus money. Figure out which part of the stimulus you can benefit from. Understand how to gain free money through forgivable loans and grants.
  • Refreshed value. Understand what people want and need now, and how your business can respond to these demands.
  • Becoming an Exceptional Force – all while reducing operational costs. Reduce operational costs with virtual assistants, a forgivable expense through the SBA. Restructure to a remote workspace and create new plans with a CEO’s mindset.

MyOutDesk brings you 13 years of recession-tackling knowledge. We are committed to supporting your continued drive to champion a thriving business and support your local community during the COVID-19 health crisis. Schedule a free strategy call today.

 

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Edmund Bogen: PR-Industry Secrets That Drive Real Estate Success!

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Learn the public relations secrets to building a top-producing real estate business in this exclusive interview with Edmund Bogen. He leveraged his career experience as the founder of a highly successful PR firm to break into luxury real estate & investing, and in this exclusive webinar he’s going to share with you the strategies he used to make it work!

Let’s face it: real estate can be a tough, competitive market — and any edge you can get will help you rise to the top. By cross-pollinating your real estate marketing with secrets from a seasoned PR vet like Bogen, you can take your business further in today’s market and stand apart from the competition. Learn how to differentiate yourself from the competition in this exclusive webinar event, and get the leverage you need by scheduling your Thrive Strategy Session now!

 

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Edmund Bogen is a seasoned sales professional, entrepreneur, and real estate investor. Edmund started his career in public relations growing his New York City-based company as a solo practitioner to greater than 30 employees. After exiting his firm, Edmund used proceeds to invest in properties in NYC, Maryland, and Indiana. He also founded First Degree, a marketing company with offices in NYC and London. First Degree was designed to help business owners grow their own client base. In thirteen years, First Degree has served more than 2000 customers.

For clients interested in luxury home ownership, Edmund is a sought-after broker who understands the ins and outs of this special real estate niche. Entirely focused on the luxury market, Edmund’s portfolio includes the homes of St Andrews Country Club and South Florida.

“I moved my family to Boca Raton from New York City just over 3 years ago and I truly understand what families need to make the move to South Florida,” says Edmund. “I have all the pertinent information including neighborhood dynamics, schools, contractors, and any other service provider and I enjoy sharing my own experiences to help them find the perfect place to make their home.” Sellers can count on him to know what is selling in the area and to utilize creative marketing techniques, creating a picture of life in a new home for the buyer.

By actively listening to his clients and addressing their concerns, Edmund places emphasis on honestly demonstrating the true cost of homeownership and is always at the ready with alternative properties that could better fit their needs and expectations. You can do the same! Schedule your Thrive Strategy Session now!

 

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Survive and Thrive

We are here only for your success. That’s why we are offering zero-obligation strategy calls with free access to our guides and books.

Schedule your free Thrive strategy call today. We’ll map out a plan for attaining:

  • The CEO Mindset. Lead by example, double down, and gain market share.
  • Your piece of the $2.2 trillion stimulus money. Figure out which part of the stimulus you can benefit from. Understand how to gain free money through forgivable loans and grants.
  • Refreshed value. Understand what people want and need now, and how your business can respond to these demands.
  • Becoming an Exceptional Force – all while reducing operational costs. Reduce operational costs with virtual assistants, a forgivable expense through the SBA. Restructure to a remote workspace and create new plans with a CEO’s mindset.

MyOutDesk brings you 13 years of recession-tackling knowledge. We are committed to supporting your continued drive to champion a thriving business and support your local community during the COVID-19 health crisis. Schedule a free strategy call today.

 

Free Thrive Guide + Strategy Consultation

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6-Point Blueprint for Crisis Management: Prevent sinking ship while undergoing change

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Crisis management is designed to protect an organization and its stakeholders from threats and/or reduce the impact of the threats.

This guide is made for teams whose businesses are under threat in today’s health crisis. This blueprint will support transforming the way teams work together in these changing times — with best practices for businesses to effectively respond during a crisis.

Undertaking organizational change helps businesses continually improve, sustain a positive brand, and stay competitive.

Here at MyOutDesk, we use a comprehensive approach so that our core values become rooted in the organization and the people that it impacts.

Drawing inspiration from our popular Organizational Change Framework, this Blueprint for Crisis Management is a current take on helping teams work together on creating REAL, impactful work and growth.

 

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6-Point Blueprint for Crisis Management

The Blueprint for Crisis Management allows entrepreneurs and business professionals to implement change under external threats and to breathe life into any idea, any concept, any organizational culture change, and any procedural change.

Here is the framework we use at MyOutDesk:

 

Let’s address threats and concerns with an actionable response plan. Pass them through this 6-Point Crisis Management Blueprint:

  1. Identify
  2. Inquire
  3. Acquire & Contain
  4. Protect
  5. Recover
  6. Learn & Adapt

 

The Blueprint for Crisis Management is a helpful guide especially for businesses looking to thrive and scale at any stage of the 7-Figure Business Roadmap.

We’ll guide you through each stage and give our own examples of how we brought our philosophy of adding value and being of service into existence.

 

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The Blueprint

 

1. Identify

 

In this first step, you will need to identify the tangible risks and threats affecting your organization. Be specific with what you are articulating. These are internal factors within your business.

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Example: 

  1. Loss of revenue streams
  2. Costs currently greater than profits
  3. Dip in productivity, decrease in personnel, decrease in output

 

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2. Inquire

 

After you identified these risks. Understand that you CAN overcome these threats. You must double-down and seek knowledge — which brings us to this step, Inquire.

Understand that you don’t have to do this alone. There are plenty of resources today that want to help your business thrive, from governmental relief to strategic partners.

In this phase, seek knowledge from trusted partners and resources that could help you tackle these challenges.

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Strategic Partners:

You are not in this alone. These are your partners in today’s changing times.

Consult your strategic partners in this order, and make an informed decision after you’ve inquired with all of your trusted sources. 

  1. Business Solutions, Professional Network, Strategy Consultant, Virtual Staffing – (We have them all through MyOutDesk!)
  2. Tax Advisor
  3. Financial Advisor
  4. Legal Advisor
  5. Lenders

 

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3. Acquire & Contain

 

By now, you’ve made an informed decision and plan to move forward. This important step helps you maintain your positive brand and reestablish stability for your business.

Acquire the help you need:

  1. Apply for cash relief. Prioritize on free monies before you borrow (government grants and loans).
  2. Strategize on lower labor costs & higher productivity. Double-down on productivity with skilled professionals who have remote work experience & decrease your overhead costs. Get the staff you need.

Contain: Ease concerns and anxiety by providing leadership communication:

  1. provide accurate, timely information to all targeted internal and external audiences
  2. demonstrate concern for the safety of lives
  3. safeguard organizational facilities and assets
  4. maintain a positive image of the organization as a good corporate or community citizen

 

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4. Protect

 

Protect your workers and your company assets. You know that your new plan is well thought out, but how do you get your employees to quickly enact this change and thus protect profits?

As you ramp up productivity with a refreshed business plan, you must demonstrate unwavering support to your employees. Explain to your employees every step that you are taking and how these new changes will support their livelihoods.

Discussion points for staff:

  • Employees: Daily updates regarding steps you’re taking to promote safety, remote work culture, positive reinforcement to new plan outlines.
  • Virtual Assistants: Communicate with them exactly as you treat your employees. MyOutDesk Virtual Assistants work for you full-time at 60% less cost than a traditional employee.
  • Applied for grants and loans? Discuss financial stipulations and if they may affect the roles of employees.
  • Sales & Marketing: Daily huddles to discuss new scripts and campaign strategies.

Communicating with stakeholders:

Protect your brand and product value by having regular conversations and rearticulating why your business is necessary at this time. According to Dr. Timothy Coombs, an expert in crisis management communications, you should:

  • have proper internal communication in preparing for a crisis moment of media frenzy.
  • maintain dialogs with different stakeholders in the middle of a crisis.
  • explain clearly and accurately the extent of damage and crisis management steps to stakeholders to assure that they comprehend the situation without misunderstanding or confusion.

 

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5. Recover

 

At this stage, a new plan that effectively addresses the crisis is incorporated into the rhythm of the organization. Like a regular heartbeat, the plan is integrated into the daily business as an organizational habit.

Track and measure your outcomes to ensure that the team is working towards the anticipated outcomes. It is also important to constantly repeat key messages as the leader, so everyone understands what is expected to be completed in all processes and is fully equipped to carry the tasks out.

To effectively recover, always revisit all stages of this blueprint to ensure your plan is appropriately responding to any new threats when new situations arise from the crisis.

 

 

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6. Learn & Adapt

 

If the first five steps have been thoroughly applied, your company will have business maintained as usual, with new revenues and value propositions.

You will find that you have these completed:

  • Company reputation is improved by effective crisis management.
  • Incidents are contained, and appropriate responses are enacted.
  • Policies and procedures are changed, and lessons of the crisis are applied to future incidents.
  • Resources are produced by the company and available to employees and stakeholders.

 

Find the Help You need with MyOutDesk

When you apply the Crisis Management Blueprint, you are able to revisit any stage of the process and make adjustments as you adapt to a more perfect solution. When applied alongside the Entrepreneur’s Thrive Guide & 7-Figure Business Roadmap, business leaders can learn to effectively scale, increase profits, and lead a talented workforce.

 

Get cash relief + the knowledge, support, and staffing
that you need to thrive during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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The First California Local Government Mandated COVID-19 Screening Guidelines (Download Now) for Employers

 

Win clients, Thrive in today’s environment and Protect Lives with this simple checklist.

Whether your business is working remotely or demands a physical workplace, you can promote health & safety today by daily COVID-19 Screenings. (Click here to Download Now)

 

Don’t do this alone

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Be Vigilant. Promote Productivity. Bring peace of Mind.

 

Don’t ignore today’s concerns. As an employer and entrepreneur, you can relax anxieties in the workplace by implementing daily screenings. This temporary, everyday routine assures that you are serious in protecting the health and safety of all employees as well as protecting productive business functions. You must ensure that your employees feel safe in these times for your business to thrive.

 

Many of our clients have scheduled a Thrive Strategy consultation in recent weeks. If you want to keep your business thriving today, download our complimentary Entrepreneur’s Thrive Guide now!

 

The first, local government-mandated guidelines for employers to fight COVID-19 with daily screenings was implemented in Fresno County, California, an important agricultural hub in the state. The county requires employers to perform daily employee screenings to ensure community safety against COVID-19. Do your part and enact this measure in your community right now, even before any city or county orders. Trust us, these efforts won’t go unrecognized.

 

Thrive with MyOutDesk.

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Download Screening Checklist Templates

Download checklist templates. These checklists not only screen employees for symptoms but also offer an everyday reminder to practice safe physical distancing and practice good handwashing protocol. The worst-case scenario by ignoring this method is unknowingly spreading the virus in your workplace and losing your workforce in this important time to remain productive.

Word Document (.docx) Files:

  1. Screening Checklist for Employers
  2. Accompanying Daily Health Screen Form for Employees

 

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Survive & Thrive: CARES Act Explained Part 2 (LIVE Tax Implication webinar)

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You don’t want to miss this!

Find out how the CARES Act can help your business and how you can get your hands on part of the $2 trillion stimuli. Due to popular demand, MyOutDesk will host another live webinar TODAY—helping you further understand the implications of the CARES Act and how you can take advantage of it.

 

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MyOutDesk wants to support your business as you go through this change in today’s market. We serve you by adding value through resources, helping you support your customers, and providing remote solutions that allow your business to thrive and survive!

 

Virtual Assistant costs can be covered by EIDL! The cost of full-time MyOutDesk Virtual Assistants for your business can be included as a covered expense and does not need to be repaid as part of the $10,000 advance. 

 

Webinar Pt. 2 with Tim Mahoney, CliftonLarsonAllen LLP

[DOWNLOAD] Notes: Webinar Pt. 2

 

 

We at MyOutDesk pray that your team, families, and communities remain safe and healthy during this time of heightened concern.

LINKS TO RESOURCES

Note that we at MyOutDesk are not providing tax, legal, or financial advice. We strive to support the success of all SMBs and want to pass along useful and practical information that can help your business draw out effective solutions. Please consult a qualified tax advisor, attorney, and investment professional for guidance.

 

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Watch Live Morning Show: MOD Helps America Go Remote!

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The world is transitioning to remote work at an all-time record.

Hosts of the Morning Blend show in Las Vegas and Tuscon featured MyOutDesk for an EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW with CEO Daniel Ramsey to help businesses, managers, employees, entrepreneurs to manage this time where everybody is going remote.

 

Learn how to stay ahead of your competition & actually gain market share.
Schedule a free, personal Go Remote Strategy Session – and you’ll also receive our complete collection of business survival guides!

 

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 Professionals primarily in sales, marketing, and operations for over 13 years and 5,000 clients.

MyOutDesk brings & fosters:

  • Talented workers from around the world who help U.S. & Canadian businesses in the US 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. You tell us what you need, and we go out into the world and find folks that meet exactly those requirements. We then come back and let you interview them. Top talent for 60% less cost than a traditional administrative assistant.

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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Low Overhead & High Profit Business During A Recession – Virtual Assistants are the Key

There are a MILLION ways that a Virtual Assistant can help DURING a recession.

Tackle the Recession

MyOutDesk virtual assistant services provide you with the flexibility, scalability, and cost-savings to adapt quickly to today’s changing business & market conditions. Here is a list of all that a virtual assistant can do to uplift your business during a recession.

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  • Keep calm and thrive on. Realize that a market downturn is an amazing opportunity for you to gain market share as competing businesses are reducing their staffing & capacity. Don’t freak out and cut your entire operational force ad hoc. Now is the time to double down on the projects and ideas that will drive future growth and scale.
  • 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! Our first client in 2008 went from five to seventeen VPs with a completely revamped organizational model in short order, and he told MyOutDesk, “Our virtual professionals have shaved $250,000 off our monthly overhead.” 
  • Your Next 90 Days of Planning. One of the keys to thriving during a recession is to focus your time on finding out opportunities to thrive and survive during this uncertain time. Spend the next 90 days of quiet time for deeper planning and preparing.

The recession will eventually pass, and so when we come out of this thing, you will be the winner. Here’s a guide for thinking through all the things that you can do right now. Think through all the things missing or need updating in your business.

 

Do you have a leads reporting system? A client reporting system? Now is the time to develop your operations. 

We completely understand how to harness your business potential in a recession like no other. MyOutDesk has over 400 positive reviews & over 5,000 clients over the last 13 years.

 

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A Million Ways a Virtual Assistant Can Help DURING a Recession

General Administration
Having virtual professionals tackle operations and administrative outcomes for you can go far beyond what a traditional assistant does, like answering phones and keeping your calendar. There are many more ways a virtual professional can help you administratively. Here are some concrete examples of my favorite things administrative virtual professionals do for our clients.

  • Virtual receptionist
  • Client care & relationship building
  • Screen calls & emails
    Loan processing
  • Administrative support
  • Accounting & bookkeeping
  • Lead management
  • Lead reporting
  • Recruitment
  • Agile project management
  • Performance reporting
  • Customer support

Marketing
There are many things a virtual marketing virtual assistant can do for you to supercharge your company’s scalability. Focus your talented marketing professionals on the above sales tools and also on ideal client targets. If you know who buys from you and why your marketing virtual professional can really help drive your message out to the marketplace. 

  • Online marketing, listings & social media
  • Virtual showings & open houses
  • Webinars & speaking events
  • Marketing automation
  • Brand work
  • Design coordination
  • Collateral development
  • Repurposing content
  • Audio, video & multimedia
  • PR & paid advertising

Prospecting Assistant
A sales prospecting assistant can take over your prospecting and expand your lead generation efforts. Our inside sales virtual assistants will help you generate more leads, qualify them and allow you to focus on selling and generating commissions. In addition to warm & cold calling, our virtual assistants can assist you with lead screening & pre-qualification, lead nurturing, prospect & client follow-up calls & more!

  • Telemarketing & inside sales
  • Smart plans
  • Appointments
  • Warm & cold calling
  • Prospect & client follow-up
  • Lead nurturing
  • Recruiting assistant
  • MLS

Loan Processor
MyOutDesk loan processor virtual assistants can to manage all the paperwork and deadlines involved in your mortgage & lending transactions – including every step of the process, from contract to close, and everything in between!

  • Gather documentation
  • Cloud e-agreements management
  • Lender follow-ups
  • Documentation review
  • Internal reporting
  • Manage mortgage or lending pipeline
  • Communications liaison

Transaction Coordinator
A Transaction Coordinator Virtual Assistant manages all the paperwork and deadlines involved in a contract transaction. They’re trained in every step of the selling process and tasked with monitoring progress from the time the seller accepts an offer through the steps involved in the close of escrow.

Become more effective by using a virtual professional transaction coordinator to handle the repetitive tasks involved with closing a transaction – such as gathering documentation & signatures, calling clients, completing paperwork, following up on contract terms & requirements, and ultimately creating a broker file for the completed transaction.

  • Manage signatures & documentation
  • Manage paperwork processing & deadlines
  • Coordinate inspections
  • Respond to contract terms
  • Compliance coordination
  • Communications liaison

Service & Support
MyOutDesk virtual assistants provide the leverage you need to meet your customer service & support demand at a fraction of the cost of hiring full-time staff. Customer service outsourcing lets you work smarter, not harder, and helps you invest your time in dollar-productive activities that matter.

  • Manage trouble tickets
  • Manage escalation calls
  • Run reports
  • Manage calendars
  • Update CRM
  • Customer training & education
  • Issue resolution

… and the list goes on! With a business strategy in place that leverages virtual talent, there are a million ways that virtual professionals at MyOutDesk will transform your business during a recession.

 

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The Future is a Remote Workforce

In today’s high-tech economy, a remote workforce helps to maximize profits, grow clientele, improve business capacity, and often outperform competing companies that have fewer remote workers.

  • 50% of the US workforce will be remote by 2020.
  • 73% of teams will have remote staff in the 10 years.

MyOutDesk has served over 5,000 SMBs in health care, real estate, finance, and more. We have taken the lessons learned from over a decade of experience with virtual assistant services to help our clients eliminate the pitfalls of outsourcing. This hands-on experience has helped us to develop a better system of checks and balances to ensure we are delivering the highest quality of service possible.

With recent government directives, you can keep your workforce and go remote now. We’re offering, for free, [DOWNLOAD] Shelter In Place: A Guide to Working Remotely.

  • Increase your touchpoints to the most influential clients
  • Double down on branding and marketing — differentiate yourself
  • Focus on adding value to your suppliers and vendors
  • Double down on your prospecting and outreach programs
  • Keep key talent and stay connected to your people
  • Manage cash and cut out but (but don’t cut muscle)
  • Set up clients & employees to be fully remote

Envisioning of a New Reality for Your Business

Simply put, MyOutDesk equips entrepreneurs 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.

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 find top talent and lower your operational costs.

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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TAKE ACTION NOW & THRIVE: The Entrepreneur’s Thrive Guide

Now Available:

Entrepreneur’s Thrive Guide in Today’s Changing Market

 

Yes, YOU can access government cash relief, survive, and come out ahead in this crisis!

Our exclusive Entrepreneur’s Thrive Guide in Today’s Changing Market gives you an exact, step-by-step plan for action to help your business survive in these uncertain times.

Get cash relief + the knowledge, support, and staffing you need to thrive during the COVID-19 pandemic.

 

The Entrepreneur’s Thrive Guide

 

 

For business owners who want to stay productive the right way, this FREE guide includes these important topics to get started.

  • The CEO Mindset – It’s Your Civic Duty
  • Stack Cash & Find Economic Relief
    – Navigating the CARES Act
    – CARES Act Disaster Loans, Loan Forgiveness, & Paycheck Protection Program
    – Resources: Where & How to Apply
  • Die Slowly, or Reinvent the Value You Provide
    – Sales is like the air we breathe for a business
    – What leaders need to say:  Clients, Employees, Vendors
    – Free offer for #1 Best Selling Book: Scaling Your Business
  • Be Exceptional – all while reducing operational costs
    – Go Remote with MyOutDesk
    – Update Your Roadmap
    – A Million Ways: Everything a Virtual Assistant can do to help you.

The Entrepreneur’s Thrive Guide gives you an exact, step-by-step plan for action to help your business survive in these uncertain times—it comes with a free Thrive Strategy Session with our specialists!

 

 

The Entrepreneur’s Thrive Guide

 

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Stack Cash & Find Economic Relief: CARES Act Explained (LIVE Tax Implication webinar)

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What you need to know now about the US CARES Act

Businesses, ACT FAST, and get your hands on this aid now.

THIS IS BIG. The federal government just passed the $2 trillion CARES Act providing emergency assistance to affected businesses during the COVID-19 outbreak. Here’s how to get your part of the $2.2 trillion as a business owner, as an entrepreneur, and as a leader.

Our CEO Daniel Ramsey said last week, it’s our civic duty to stay productive. We want you to have ALL of this information now to be prepared. If you might have missed the first webinar—no worries. We’ve bundled all the available resources for you, and also there will be another webinar!

  • Navigating the CARES Act
  • Upcoming Live Webinar, Part 2
  • Links to Resources
  • Strategize, Thrive, & Survive

 

What the US CARES Act can do for your business

Navigating the CARES Act & Getting started. If you need:

  • Capital to cover the cost of retaining employees, then the Paycheck Protection Program might be right for you.
  • A quick infusion of a smaller amount of cash to cover you right now, you might want to look into an Emergency Economic Injury Grant.
  • Relief for keeping up with payments on your current or potential SBA loan, the Small Business Debt Relief Program could help.

What’s the catch? NONE. This is 100% forgiveness for 2 months of eligible expenses. FREE MONEY.

How to Apply for Aid:  You can apply at any bank offering loans under 7(a) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(a)).

 

Upcoming Webinar – Part 2 – TODAY!

Live TAX IMPLICATION Webinar (Pt. 2) for Entrepreneurs: Due to popular demand, MyOutDesk will host another live webinar TODAY to help you understand the implications of the CARES Act and how you can take advantage of it.

Part 2 with Tim Mahoney, CliftonLarsonAllen LLP
TODAY, Tuesday, March 31, 2020
3:00 PM, Pacific Time

Register Now

Spots are limited, register today!

 

(PASSED) Part 1 with Jack Randall, CEO & Founder of Taxbot
Saturday, March 28, 2020
12:00 PM, Pacific Time

[DOWNLOAD Notes: Webinar Pt. 1]

Jake Randall is CEO of Taxbot and the host of “The Profit Junkie.” Taxbot helps self-employed people keep more of their hard-earned money by helping them keep more of it out of the IRS’ greedy hands.

Links to Resources

 

Strategize, Thrive, & Survive

Organize a Restructure into Remote Work for Your Business Today!

MyOutDesk can support your business as you go through this change in today’s market. We serve you by providing valuable business resources, helping you support your customers, and providing remote solutions that allow your business to thrive and survive!

For business owners who want to make the switch to remote work the right way and stay productive, our FREE Go Remote Quick Guide includes three easy steps to get started.

 

Go Remote Today

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We at MyOutDesk pray that your team, families, and communities remain safe and healthy during this time of heightened concern.

 

Note that we at MyOutDesk are not providing tax, legal, or financial advice. We strive to support the success of all SMBs and want to pass along useful and practical information that can help your business draw out effective solutions. Please consult a qualified tax advisor, attorney, and investment professional for guidance.

 

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IMPORTANT! Bob Corcoran: Survive In These Uncertain Times

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TAKE ACTION NOW. Watch this webinar with coach Bob Corcoran & learn how to survive the crisis! Don’t be chicken little. Don’t bury your head in the sand. This very moment is a make-or-break time for your business, and in this webinar, you’ll learn the exact steps to survive in these uncertain times.

With nearly 250,000 COVID-19 cases worldwide, combined with school & business closures across the country, The Coronavirus is going to hit the US economy harder than the 2008 financial crisis, and if you don’t have an action plan in place, there’s a very real risk that you’ll go out of business. Get the knowledge, support & staffing you need to go fully remote: schedule your Free Personal Consultation now!

Our special guest Bob Corcoran will be joining us to give you an exact, step-by-step plan for action to help your business survive in these uncertain times. By implementing the strategies we’ll show you on the call, you’ll stay ahead of your competition and actually gain market share. Yes! You can come out ahead in this crisis.

Our guest, Bob Corcoran, has worked with hundreds of top agents worldwide in developing and implementing customized, money-saving business systems. Corcoran’s implementation has empowered agents to run efficient offices while harnessing the latest technology to increase their business.

Corcoran is a nationally recognized speaker on such topics as “Taking Your Business to the Next Level,” “Teaching the Real Estate Broker the Art of Coaching,” “Managing & Converting Your Leads,” “Keeping an Eye on Your Bottom Line” and “Building and Running a Real Estate Team.” Get the knowledge, support & staffing you need to go fully remote: schedule your Free Personal Consultation now!

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Michael Krein: Recession & Real Estate – Stay Alive In Today’s Market!

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Michael Krein, president of the National REO Brokers Association, joins us to offer timely advice on the COVID-19 crisis, along with valuable tips on how you can take action to save your real estate business & grab market share in your local market area.

“This crisis will pass,” Krein says, “but we’re going into a recession and the market will be down for a while, so agents need to focus on thinking about where their future deals will come from,” along with building the relationships & lead-generation channels to make them happen.  Agents also need to learn how to effectively go remote in their businesses. To get personal, 1-on-1 support & training on how to take your business remote & leverage the power of virtual assistant services, schedule your Thrive with MyOutDesk Strategy Session now!

 

In addition to being NRBA president, Michael Krein is currently the CEO of RIO Software Solutions, the parent company and provider of the RIO Genesis software platform. It was Dr.Krein’s, 27 years of experience in the real estate and default servicing industry that led to the creation of the RIO Genesis system, whereby his ideas and management systems were incorporated and designed into a user-friendly software system for both general and default real estate companies and their affiliate partners.

Michael Krein is formerly the Owner of Sellstate NRES a/k/a Nevada Real Estate Services.  Over the past twenty-five years, he has personally listed and/or sold over 25,000 single-family homes — many of which were properties owned by various financial institutions from around the country. Michael is married with seven children and makes his home in Henderson, Nevada.

The NRBA is a multifaceted national organization comprised of a cohesive group of experienced, connected brokers, appraisers, and attorneys who specialize in all phases of default management and servicing of distressed real estate. Are you ready to go remote? Let MyOutDesk help you create a fully remote business strategy for success, and learn how virtual assistants can play a helping you survive the crisis and grow your business in 2020! Schedule your Thrive Strategy Session now!

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Relief for Taxpayers: 90 Day Extension!

We at MyOutDesk strive to support the success of all SMBs and want to pass along useful and practical resources that can help your business draw out effective solutions.

On Wednesday, March 18, 2020, the IRS released Notice 2020-17, issuing a 90-day extension for tax payments.

Tax Payment Relief

The Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service are providing special payment relief to individuals and businesses in response to the COVID-19 outbreak.

For individuals, except C Corporations: Income tax payment deadlines for individual returns, with a due date of April 15, 2020, are being automatically extended until July 15, 2020, for up to $1 million of their 2019 tax due. This payment relief applies to all individual returns, including self-employed individuals, and all entities other than C-Corporations, such as trusts or estates. IRS will automatically provide this relief to taxpayers. Taxpayers do not need to file any additional forms or call the IRS to qualify for this relief.

For C Corporations: income tax payment deadlines are being automatically extended until July 15, 2020, for up to $10 million of their 2019 tax due.

Penalties and interest will begin to accrue on any remaining unpaid balances as of July 16, 2020. If you file your tax return or request an extension of time to file by April 15, 2020, you will automatically avoid interest and penalties on the taxes paid by July 15.

Learn more & find any updates regarding state tax filing here.

Organize a Restructure into Remote Work for Your Business Today!

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) website recommends businesses actively encourage employees to stay home and/or to practice good hand hygiene and coughing/sneezing etiquette in the workplace.
MyOutDesk has thousands of clients & virtual assistants across the world working in a virtual environment, giving us 13 years of experience in virtual & remote workplace environments – and we’re offering to walk you through EXACTLY how to take your business remote during the COVID-19 crisis.

View our free webinar and downloadable guide on implementing effective remote work during a ‘shelter in place order.

We encourage your business to take advantage of and utilize the telework tools and systems that are in place with MyOutDesk Virtual Professionals should you need to expand remote work for your employees while ensuring low overhead costs. Schedule your Go Remote with MyOutDesk Strategy Session now and learn more!

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Building a Remote Culture
SOP Framework

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$50 Billion in Allocated Funds Available for Economic Relief

We at MyOutDesk strive to support the success of all SMBs and want to pass along useful and practical resources that can help your business draw out effective solutions.

Over recent days, the US Small Business Administration announced a $50 billion allocation for Economic Injury Disaster Loans to businesses impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Find Economic Relief

The SBA’s disaster loan assistance is provided to businesses who have suffered economic injury regardless of physical damage. The loans can be used to help meet financial obligations and operating expenses that could have been met had the disaster not occurred.

Check if your region or business qualifies for a loan on the SBA Disaster Declarations page, click here.

  • There four types of disaster loan assistance offered by the SBA:
  • Home and Personal Property Loan
  • Business Physical Disaster Loan
  • Economic Injury Disaster Loan
  • Military Reservists Economic Injury Loan

Find more information & apply for a disaster loan here.

Organize a Restructure into Remote Work for Your Business Today!

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) website recommends businesses actively encourage employees to stay home and/or to practice good hand hygiene and coughing/sneezing etiquette in the workplace.
MyOutDesk has thousands of clients & virtual assistants across the world working in a virtual environment, giving us 13 years of experience in virtual & remote workplace environments – and we’re offering to walk you through EXACTLY how to take your business remote during the COVID-19 crisis.

View our free webinar and get our downloadable guide to implementing effective remote work during a ‘shelter in place order.

We encourage your business to take advantage of and utilize the telework tools and systems that are in place with MyOutDesk Virtual Professionals should you need to expand remote work for your employees while ensuring low overhead costs. MyOutDesk is your partner in building a remote workplace: Schedule your Go Remote with MyOutDesk Strategy Session now and learn how!

Read more:
Building a Remote Culture
SOP Framework

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URGENT: “Shelter In Place” Remote Work Webinar!

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Nobody knows remote work like MyOutDesk. Watch this exclusive webinar event to give you complete, step-by-step instructions to take your business remote!

Watch now & download our free how-to guide below!

This week, California implemented a “Shelter In Place” policy, locking down the Bay Area to everything but essential businesses. Washington State has done the same, closing restaurants, bars, gyms, and schools – with other states soon to follow. Make no mistake: for most businesses, this will be a forced transition to a virtual/remote work environment, so prepare now for a smooth, seamless transition! Also, to get the knowledge, support & staffing you need to go fully remote, schedule your Double My Business Strategy Session now!

MyOutDesk has thousands of clients & virtual assistants across the world working in a virtual environment, giving us 13 years of experience in virtual & remote workplace environments – and in this exclusive, upcoming live webinar, we’re going to be walking you through EXACTLY how to take your business remote during the COVID-19 crisis.

This must-watch webinar event is presented as a community service by MyOutDesk to help you prepare, transition, and keep your business going during our current economic uncertainty.

What You’ll Learn In This Webinar

  • How Remote Work Differs From In-Office Work
  • Fundamental Steps To Get Setup To Go Remote
  • How To Prepare Your Employees Mentally
  • How to Prospect & Hold Sales Calls Remotely
  • How to Avoid Client Cancelations (Key Objection Handlers)
  • Beginning & End Of Day Productivity Reports
  • Voip Vs. Traditional Phone Systems, What To Use & How To Setup
  • Remote Video-Conferencing Software: What To Use, When & How To Use It
  • Team Chat Software: How To Effectively Setup & Manage A Team Chat Environment
  • Personal Communications Solutions: Facetime, iMessage, Skype & Messenger
  • Remote Documents & Signatures: Docusign, FedEx & More
  • Remote Productivity: Time Blocking, Managing Family & Work Responsibilities)
  • Naming Conventions For Share Files & Folders
  • Productivity (Time Blocking, How To Manage Your Time)
  • File Sharing Solutions for Remote Teams
  • Important Checklists, Guides & To-Do Lists
  • Using ScheduleOnce For Meeting Management
  • How To Run A Virtual Meeting
  • Task Management Solutions To Stay Organized

In Chinese, the word “crisis” means danger + opportunity. In today’s market, agile businesses will adapt to new rules & challenges of the remote workplace & rise to the top of the market, while brick & mortar competitors continue to struggle & lose market share. Which of these would you prefer to be?

Get The Free Materials In This Webinar

Virtually any professional services business can go remote: from real estate to telemedicine. The question is how to do it quickly & effectively. MyOutDesk is your partner in going remote –  schedule your Double My Business Strategy Session now and let us help you!

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The Market Is Shifting – Cut The Fat, Not The Muscle!

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The Coronavirus health epidemic has already cost the stock market billions, and it’s now impacting governments, retailers, and other businesses that are shutting down to help prevent the contagion. While some of these closures are mandatory, others are due to cost-concerns in a rapidly contracting economy – and driven in many cases by a quick-fix approach to cost-cutting. While this may seem like a logical decision, can you really shrink your way to growth?

General Motors is an example of what happens when you try this: in the early 20th century, GM sold 50% of all vehicles owned in America, but by 1988 that number had fallen to only 15%. What happened to them? The short answer is cost-cutting – and it’s not good. Engage a virtual assistant and get the leverage you to stay afloat by scheduling your Double My Business Strategy Session now!

In 1974, GM’s new CEO, Thomas Murphy questioned the company’s strategy in selling cars with different features and suggested that they sell basically the same kind of vehicle with different external accessories. He did this to reduce costs. Consumers didn’t like this, and GM’s market share began to slide – and it’s been falling ever since.

In a recent conversation we had with Mike Michalowicz, author of Profit First, he said: “Cut the fat and not the muscle.” In the case of General Motors, cost-cutting cut too much muscle,  and in the end, it cost them a lot of business affecting thousands of people and their livelihoods.

The Fat In Your Business

Businesses generally have two types of costs that can be categorized as muscle and fat. The fat is where you find costs that do not produce any revenue for your business. They are costs you incur in your business that have no quantifiable benefits. The muscle, on the other hand, would be those costs that have a tangible benefit to your business. How do you know if a specific cost has a quantifiable benefit and is not fat, but actually muscle? It can be tricky because you can make excuses and justify the cost or the expense for something. For example, if you decide to rent extravagantly expensive and beautiful office space. You can justify in your head that you need this because when potential clients come into your office, they will see how awesome it is, and will, in turn, want to do business with you, when in fact it is simply a way to relieve and serve your ego since potential clients rarely come to your office anyway.

The Muscle In Your Business

Muscle is something that drives benefit to your business. So for example, if you have a staff of 15 people, and you are thinking, “I need to cut down my workforce because they are costing my business too much money.” Assess your workforce and think again. “Person A” takes care of all your Transaction Coordination so if you cut them, what would happen to that area of the business? “Person B” does all your prospecting, what would happen to your leads without them? Your team members are an example of the muscle in your business. These are the costs that provide support or take action on tasks that drive revenue for your business. When you cut a cost that compromises your ability to serve your clientele and bring you business, then you are cutting the muscle.

Survival Requires Both Cutting Fat & Building Muscle!

Survival in today’s shifting market is about more than simply cutting costs: you need to retain your competitive advantage & hold steady and carefully your business assess costs and expected benefits. During an economic contraction, hiring a Virtual Assistant is a highly valuable way to keep your labor supply intact, while ensuring you have the freedom & flexibility to focus your own efforts on the on revenue productive aspects of your business. In other words, cutting the fat goes beyond simply financial savings: it also means cutting the waste from your schedule and leveraging your skillset on the highest dollar-productive activities you’re able to.

A shifting market can mean the end of a business if you stick to the old traditional ways of thinking. Shift your perspective and the way you think as well. By doing this, you set yourself up not just to survive but to thrive amidst the shift and everything it may bring.

Let MyOutDesk bring you more muscle! Leverage a MyOutDesk Virtual assistant, schedule a Double My Business Strategy Session today, and having a discussion about how to make your business stronger in the midst of this market shift.

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Grow Your Business With Remote Real Estate Sales & Closings!

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With the coronavirus now a full-blown pandemic, many businesses and even major companies have turned to remote work in order to keep everyone safe and healthy. While the nature of their business might allow this to be a viable option, how about those whose businesses do not? One, in particular, is Real Estate. While much of the transaction coordination and other tasks can be done virtually, there are key steps in the process that may prove difficult not to do in person such as showings, open houses, etc. The good news is that there are ways to get this done remotely and doing so is not so completely foreign.

Selling and closing remotely is not a newfangled idea by any means. Many home sellers and buyers have successfully finished transactions remotely for many reasons. Closing could be from your home in another state, a hotel lobby if you’re traveling, a coffee shop, really anywhere…

Handle everything in your business remotely and seamlessly with a MyOutDesk Virtual Assistant. Schedule your GoRemote with MyOutDesk Virtual Assistants Strategy Session today to find out how!

In guidelines issued by the National Association of Realtors, agents have been encouraged to propose alternative marketing opportunities for their sellers’ consideration such as video tours and other methods to virtual tour a property. This isn’t really new is it? All your properties for sale are already online anyway, so now all you have to do is find a way to make your marketing and advertising more interesting and most importantly, more detailed.

There are many new methods, programs, and other tools that have come into the market recently and now might be the perfect time to test them out. Instead of your traditional virtual tour or photo gallery, you might consider looking into 3D walkthroughs or even hosting live video streams instead of an open house where you go through a home for sale, sending invitations out online before you do it. You can have your virtual assistant or someone on your team moderate the live video where you can address specific questions and accommodate requests to see specific areas or features of the home. The best part is that you can have the video up for people to watch later and you can continue to engage with any additional questions or comments that come in even after the live stream.

Closing remotely can be really easy if you plan ahead and make sure that you accommodate for the time it may take for any documents that need to be mailed over and the like and that all parties that need to be informed are aware that you are using this route.

Angie Spangler, a Realtor from Fort Collins CO, recommends the following steps:

-Find out from the title company if they have an office in proximity to the buyers/sellers. If they don’t, the closing paperwork must be taken to a notary to sign. The buyer/seller will want to review the closing paperwork prior to signing with a notary. It is a good idea to schedule a time to review the documents with the Realtor to answer any questions prior to signing.

– The buyer/seller needs to confirm with the title company how they will deliver the closing documents. Will they send them to the buyer’s home or office via FedEx? Email everything? Emailing the documents can be an easy and quick process, but this also takes a lot of printing. After the buyer has signed the documents they cannot be scanned and emailed back because the title company must have a “wet signature”, meaning the original signature with a pen rather than one that is copied or scanned.

– Make sure to clarify deadlines of when the title company needs the documents returned to them, what time the local FedEx overnight drop-off times are and if the buyer/seller is in a remote location (Alaska) accounts for possible delays in shipping.

– It’s a good rule of thumb to sign the closing documents and overnight them back to the title company 1 business day early to allow for any delays. For example, once the date of closing is confirmed with the title company and they need the documents by (Monday) May 23rd, notarize and overnight the documents back on the (Thursday) May 19th so they arrive at the title company on (Friday) May 20th.

– In the process of coordinating the mail out, the wire transfer to the title company must also be scheduled! Each title company is different and they will provide instructions on how to wire funds. Following these instructions is very important to ensure a safe and successful transfer.

Requirements are different state by state. Always confirm with the title company or attorney in regards to specific requirements when closing remotely. Some states allow closings via facsimiles while others do not. To avoid confusion, mistakes, and any problems the buyer/seller must do their research; know what it is expected of them and all parties involved from the very beginning.

If you MUST physically show a home or take a buyer to visit a property NAR reminds you to be mindful of the following precautions set by the CDC:

The CDC urges individuals to take these measures to protect themselves and others:

  • Wash your hands frequently with soap and water for at least 20 seconds. If soap and water aren’t available, use an alcohol-based hand sanitizer.
  • Avoid touching your eyes, nose, and mouth with unwashed hands.
  • Practice social distancing by staying out of crowded places, avoiding group gatherings, and maintaining distance (approximately 6 feet) from others when possible.
  • Avoid close contact with anyone who is sick.
  • Stay home if you have a fever, cough, shortness of breath, or any other cold or flu-like symptom.
  • Clean and disinfect frequently touched objects and surfaces.
  • Cover your mouth and nose with a tissue when you cough or sneeze, or cough or sneeze into your sleeve.

Additionally, to help prevent the continued spread of coronavirus, on March 15, 2020, the CDC recommended that for the next 8 weeks, all in-person events consisting of 50 or more people, such as conferences and assemblies, be canceled, postponed, or modified to virtual events On March 16, 2020, President Trump announced new guidelines, advising that individuals avoid groups of more than 10 people for the next 15 days. Avoiding these in-person gatherings is an effective measure that will reduce your risk of contracting or spreading coronavirus.

When an infectious disease, such as coronavirus, is associated with a specific population or nationality, fear and anxiety may lead to social stigma and potential discrimination. REALTORS® must be mindful of their obligations under the Fair Housing Act, and be sure not to discriminate against any particular segment of the population. While the coronavirus outbreak began in Wuhan, China, that does not provide a basis for treating Chinese persons or persons of Asian descent differently.

Lastly, suddenly taking all your responsibilities online can be a challenge. This may be the perfect time for you to hire a Virtual Assistant to help you manage all your responsibilities. The best part is, they already work remotely and can help ease you into the new norm we all have to adapt to. Make sure to book a GoRemote with MyOutDesk Virtual Assistants Strategy Session with us today. Stay safe and healthy!

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Remote Business Strategies To Thrive During The Coronavirus Crisis

Lock-downs, social distancing, and community quarantines are in full force all over the world, and for those whose who are able to accommodate it, working from home is the new norm for many businesses as well. Switching from a normal office setup to a remote setting can be a huge adjustment and those of us who have been doing this for years would like to share some tips and insights on what you can do to ensure that you and your business continue to thrive despite this major shift. Make sure to read all the way to the end, we’ll be sharing some other articles we’ve posted in the past that might be helpful as well!

Navigate the ins and outs of running your team remotely with a MyOutDesk Virtual Assistant. Book a consultation with us today to find out how.

Your Home Office

Setting up a home office can be a great way to ensure that you continue to remain focused on your daily grind. If you don’t have one already, make sure you have enough space and all the materials and supplies you need. Anything from stacks of notepads and sticky notes, a corkboard, and even a snack drawer think of everything you usually need at your office desk and make sure you have them handy. You might need to invest in some hardware or technology that could be very helpful to you as well. Like a good pair of noise-canceling headphones or headset, a webcam, etc.

If space is an issue for you, putting up a divider of some sort can be a great option.  If you have children, roommates, or other people who are staying home just like you, have a conversation about what you need and perhaps agree on “quiet time” or “do not disturb” hours so you can all focus on what you need to get done.

The important thing is to focus on the positives of working from home, like your fully equipped kitchen and the fact that you can wear your PJ’s to work, oh and did we mention the short and hassle-free commute from your bed to your desk?

Your Team

Leading a remote team will have its unique challenges but if you are able to set it up well then you can expect smooth sailing. By setting specific parameters that you not have had to do in your office, you can all go on as you usually do. Assess the roles in your team and how working remotely might change the dynamics of that role and find solutions to how those differences can be addressed in your new setting. As time goes on, make sure you are all clarifying and re-clarifying goals and roles so that nothing slips through the cracks.

A disruptive event like coronavirus will generate new and competing tasks across the business. As a result, leaders need to continually clarify goals at the team and individual levels to stay focused on key priorities. A great way to keep track of this is by using a project management tool like Monday or Slack. Make sure all members of your team are\updating their boards consistently and in real-time so that nobody gets lost and everyone knows each other’s progress.

Keep your team’s unity strong by creating ways to interact online. Schedule regular meetings via applications like Zoom or GoToMeeting. Many programs offer free subscriptions and many are offering free services for companies and businesses in light of the coronavirus. Make sure you also set time to have interactions that are not work-related so that you and your team have a chance to check in on each other’s personal lives.

The Harvard Business Review suggests the following:

Take a virtual tour. At the start of a project, encourage each person to take a few minutes to show the team his or her home workspace and share some personal context. What are the possible distractions — like barking dogs, noisy passing trucks, or kids coming home from school? The aim is to help colleagues develop an understanding of each person’s work context so they can be more sensitive to each other’s constraints.

Acknowledge non-traditional workspaces. Michael, a millennial working in New York City, lives in an apartment with multiple roommates and doesn’t have private office space for working at home. If some of his roommates are also working remotely, he is likely to face the challenge of people walking or talking in the background during video calls. Let Michael know you appreciate his challenge and are open to discussing alternatives like flexing work hours so that calls happen when it’s quieter for him.

Keep your assumptions or stereotypes in check. Sarah, an executive participating in a conference call, received a text message from a colleague: “Mute yourself. We can hear your baby crying.” She replied: “My baby is napping. That’s Matthew’s son you heard.” The ambiguity inherent in having team members working from home can lead to biased assumptions about focus and commitment to work.

Here are some articles we’ve published that might further help you out as you lead your virtual team:

While the coronavirus and other such calamities might lead to disruption and cause you to have to change things quite drastically, we now have technology and means to be able to adjust with the right strategies.

If you would like to find out more about MyOutDesk Virtual Assistants and how they can become key players in your team during this time, please schedule your consultation so we can help you out.

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Fight the Coronavirus With a Killer Email Strategy!

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Now more than ever, how you market and do business online has become crucial as we all try to survive these uncertain times. While we look into new solutions, remote employees, and test out new strategies that may work with this new paradigm in running your business, we must not forget about traditional methods either. Email marketing can still be a powerful approach that you may want to put even more time into now that people have more time to actually sit down and read their emails.

Beat the virus and see your business thrive through it with a MyOutDesk Virtual Assistant to stay on top of all your campaigns and marketing! Schedule your Double My Business Strategy Session now to find out how.

Here are some email marketing statistics you should know:

  • 81% of US online shoppers are more likely to make additional purchases, either online or in a store, as a result of emails based on previous shopping behaviors and preferences.
  • 72% of consumers say that email is their favored conduit of communication with companies they do business with. 61% say they like to receive promotional emails weekly and 28% want them even more frequently.
  • According to The Relevancy Group’s findings, US marketing executives believe that email alone drives the same amount of revenue as their social media, website, and display ad efforts combined.

If that doesn’t convince you that email marketing is still important and relevant today, then we don’t know what will.

First and foremost look into an email marketing service provider. Find a system that you can personalize and automate seamlessly. Look into what they can do with your data and what kinds of streams you can create and make sure it fits within your business. We love Marketo, but there are many other great services you can find out there.

If you are starting your email list over again from scratch or want to build on it further, start with your Sphere of Influence. Your friends, family, former clients, colleagues, etc. reach out and let them know that you are about to launch a killer email campaign and that they should sign-up for your email list. Ask them to invite other people to sign up too. Use your website and social media platforms to spread the word as well! You can set up opt-in forms and even pop-ups on your website.

Next, you want to create a solid lead magnet. A lead magnet is a piece of digital content you create, such as an e-book or checklist that you position on your website to attract people into signing up to your email list. Make sure that you are providing value to your audience that is not only visually appealing but highly informative. Make it so amazing that you will have them wanting more from you.

Finally, you want to ensure that you are always producing good content as opposed to focusing on sales, sales, and nothing but sales. Give your current list a reason to keep opening and reading those emails and to invite other people to opt-in as well, virus or not.

This strategy requires a lot of time, after you build a strategy, executing it needs a lot of attention and careful curation. A MyOutDesk Virtual Assistant can help you ensure that your email marketing is always on point and that your opt-ins, leads, and other data you glean from those emails are always organized and are flowing to where they need to be. Make sure that you book that Double My Business Strategy Session!

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Improve Your Organization Starting Today – with The Organizational Change Framework

This guide is made for teams who are looking to transform the way they work together and for the organizations who want their vision, mission, values, and goals fully enacted.

Here at MyOutDesk, we use a comprehensive approach so that our core values become rooted in the organization and the people that it impacts. Get the leverage you need by scheduling your Double My Business Strategy Session now!

Introducing the Organizational Change Framework for real people and teams working together on creating REAL, impactful work and growth.

The Organizational Change Model

The Organizational Change Model is a great framework to bring change into effect and to breathe life into any idea, any concept, any organizational culture change, and procedural change.

Here is the framework we use at MyOutDesk:

Let’s turn your list of ideas into existence. Pass them through this Organizational Change Model framework:

  1. Name it
  2. Brand it
  3. Wear it
  4. Teach it
  5. Institutionalize it
  6. Recognize it

 

The Organizational Change Model is a helpful guide especially for businesses looking to scale at any stage of the 7-Figure Business Roadmap.

We’ll guide you through each stage and give our own examples of how we brought our philosophy of service into existence, called the MOD Movement.

 

A Guide: Our Approach for Each Step in the Organizational Change Model

 

  • Name it

 

In this first step, you will need to name what you’re trying to change in your organization.

Be specific with what you are articulating in your idea. Complete this quick exercise to find out what you’re naming, below.

Complete this phrase: I want to create a(n) product/service/idea characterized by _______.

Then, give the idea a name!

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Example: Here at MyOutDesk, we wanted to evolve our organizational culture by extending the movement of the company’s core values through charitable work. We named this the MOD Movement.

We are big believers in the core values of MyOutDesk — Family Table, Healthy Soil, and Servant Heart. Through the MOD Movement, employees are empowered to carry these values beyond the office, so that they can make the furthest impact possible.

Through the Organizational Change Model, MOD Movement has evolved into a nonprofit charity founded as a result of the kindness and generosity of wonderful clients and individuals working for MyOutDesk.

You can learn more and also join the MOD Movement, here.

 

 

 

 

  • Brand it

 

After you “name” your idea, the next step is to package it nicely. Brand it!

Place the brand everywhere and anywhere you possibly can. On t-shirts, on banners, in email signatures, and anyplace else. Brand presence tells your networks the organizational change is present and is prioritized.

You can also let the team or leaders decide on a creative phrase to express the idea. This new phrase will be your brand, and it will need to stick. The brand can include a phrase, a term, an image, a sentence, or a mantra – it needs a good ring to it.

With a brand, your idea is now a memorable and conversational concept.

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Example: MyOutDesk’s slogan is Find Talent, Match Talent, and Extend the Movement. We find the talent to match your company’s needs — so that all businesses we serve can also extend the movement! 

As the MOD Movement brand focuses on #extendthemovement, we bring the brand to all our charity work. And, by taking plenty of photos, employees of the organization and our partners can see the value of the work and find inspiration to become involved.

 

  • Wear it

 

Next, all participants in the work should embody and characterize the idea or change.

You should figuratively and LITERALLY wear your brand. Update your website and social media. Make t-shirts and other swag to distribute. Plus, freebies turn any situation more exciting!

For it to succeed, the idea must be expressed regularly and outwardly. By wearing and personifying the concept, you are modeling the idea to reach as far as possible.

Legendary CEO of General Electric in the 1980s and 1990s, Jack Welch, is a famous advocate of repeating key messages. He once shared, “I realized the message was always new to someone. And so, you keep on repeating it.”

Your idea is now tangible and can be seen.

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Example: 

MyOutDesk employees and clients volunteer to identify, create, and lead service projects and charity work through the MOD Movement.

The MOD Movement has been doing charitable work since 2013. One project of the MOD Movement is an annual day of giving at the Boystown Orphanage. In the photo, below, a Boystown child is wearing an #extendthemovement backpack!

 

  • Teach it

 

Your idea begins to spread tremendously in this stage. You must teach it.

When you talk about the idea for enough time, and when you teach it intentionally and consistently, you will allow all questions answered and get everybody on the same page.

Realize that this is a slow process, but a generative one. In this time, you will learn to give concrete feedback, backed by your best intentions. This learning stage might present mixed emotions, and these experiences are always best supported when leaders are bringing positive praise and fostering two-way communication.

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Example: 

We showcase and teach about the MOD Movement through both internal and external communications channels and through social media.

Check out one of the videos produced during one of our visits to the Boystown Orphanage:

 

 

  • Institutionalize it

 

Ideas at this stage are ready to become incorporated into the rhythm of the organization. Like a regular heartbeat, the idea should be integrated into the daily business as an organizational habit.

By embedding the idea into the business, everyone understands what is expected to complete in all processes and is fully equipped to carry the tasks out.

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Example:

We made our non-profit website, modmovement.org, for both MyOutDesk employees and clients to learn more and contribute to the MOD Movement. Internally, our employees are actively sharing their photos, stories, and inspiration involving their charity work. 

We put systems in place to encourage donations and service. The MOD Movement is now also institutionalized as a California 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.

 

  • Recognize it

 

When you notice the change happening, it’s time to recognize it!

As you see new actions and behaviors from the change in effect, speak on it or write about it. Give voice to actions worth praising and give continual acknowledgment. Express your gratitude in both public and private settings. Recognition motivates individuals in your organization to self-initiate and acts upon the idea.

Recognition goes a long way. Improved morale and productivity work can shine throughout the organization, unified with a deeper sense of purpose. This is a symbolic way of saying you’re getting it right.

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Example: We give shoutouts and recognize our employees for their involvement with the MOD Movement. We also hand out awards and have an annual banquet to celebrate all the meaningful work produced. 

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Summary

When you apply the Organizational Change Model, you are able to revisit any stage of the process and make adjustments as you adapt to a more perfect solution. When applied alongside the 7-Figure Business Roadmap, business leaders can learn to effectively scale, increase profits, and lead a talented workforce.

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 5 (Practical) Cs for Leading in a Crisis/Downturn

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True leadership is invaluable in a time of crisis – but being a leader doesn’t automatically mean you know always what to do. To help, we wanted to share with you some valuable words of wisdom from Verne Harnish – and as you read through these, keep in mind that the first point is the most important. Do the rest in whatever order makes sense.

Communicate Daily

Send out a DAILY communication – email, 2-minute video, voice message – to all of your employees. You must over-communicate during a time like this. And it can be brief – a few sentences or 90-seconds is all that’s needed. If you think you need to communicate more than this, you won’t do it, and that’s worse than doing nothing at all.

Your team wants to know that you’re at the helm of the ship (or flying the plane – pick your favorite analogy) – and that you’re working and acting. The key is to stick to the facts – no time for rants, theories, or using phrases like “I bet you’re feeling…” – this isn’t a time for guessing. Present what is happening, don’t sugarcoat, but balance one negative with several positives over the next several days and weeks.

And if you have a negative to share, mention it first in the communication – then note what is being done to address it. Doing this, according to Robert Cialdini, the godfather of influence, makes you more believable and trustworthy.

Communicate something NOW and send it out – don’t give it too much angst – just do it! Your team will be thankful.

Customer/Community Support

There is a tendency to turn inward when something like this happens – but consider “how might we support our customers and community.” Gather teams of employees to brainstorm, then act. The key is giving, giving, giving with no expectation of return. Your customers will remember this when all of this clears up – and it will clear up!

Research shows that one way to combat depression, sadness, etc. is to help someone else.

Clean Up and Catch Up

Organizations have been running hard for years during this decade+ of unprecedented global expansion. Use this slowdown to clean up and catch up. Download Paul Akers’ book Banish Sloppiness – https://paulakers.net/books/banish-sloppiness (it’s free), and then focus on the handful of processes that drive the customer and employee experience and improve them.

It’s time for spring cleaning all aspects of the business. A key focus is on how to make things easier – for customers and employees. When Gene Browne did this at his trash hauling business, The City Bin Co., with a theme of “Bin It,” he was able to strip out about 25% of needless activities and costs, making everyone’s jobs easier and saving money.

Cash, Cash, Cash

Related to “clean up” is a specific focus on the cash side of the business. Review all monthly recurring expenses (I found we were paying for two CRMs!) and eliminate redundancies. And involve your entire employee base in finding ways to save money. Again, when Gene Browne focused on cash for

one quarter, his team of 60 found €40,000/month savings, which netted the firm almost a half-million for the year.

In the US, pursue an SBA Loan. There is a simplified program where you can get a $350,000 10-year loan within four weeks and with the Feds dropping the rate to zero, these loans should be sub 6% with no pre-payment penalties. I’m pursuing one for Scaling Up as a precaution.

Calm and Considerate

At Tony Robbins’ “Date with Destiny” experience, I adopted a new mantra – to approach everything in a “Peaceful, Playful, Passionate” way. It’s been helpful, especially during this crisis. You set the tone for the entire organization.

To help stay calm, breathe! I remember my son Cameron (12 at the time) getting stuck inside the magician’s box while performing the famous Metamorphosis illusion. He told me later, having escaped in time, that he started to panic and then remembered to take a couple of deep breaths and a solution came to him. Years later, when he was quarterbacking his Catalan team to a city and then country championship, his team was down 28 – 7 at halftime. I remember watching him during the second half take several deep breaths as he was readying the team to execute a play.

Right now take a few deep breaths – and give thanks for being able to take those breaths. Namaste and good luck.

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Nora O’Brien: You Need A Risk Management Plan NOW!

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What’s your contingency plan for the coronavirus? If you have to close locations, have staff out sick, or you’re otherwise impacted by this, do you have a plan in place to deal with it & recover? The market will likely get worse before it gets better, so if you aren’t ready yet, now is the time to get prepared!

In this webinar with Nora O’Brien, the CEO of Connect Consulting Services, you’ll learn about how her organization takes a holistic approach to emergency management, business continuity, and disaster recovery. Watch this webinar now, and make MyOutDesk virtual assistants a key part of your strategy – schedule your Double My Business Strategy Session now!

As a preparedness & disaster recovery coach, Nora’s team supports their clients to prepare for, learn the skills to respond to, and recover from disaster through customized and effective emergency preparedness planning, training, and exercise services.

Creating a plan and having one in place is crucial to ensuring that you survive the challenging & turbulent market ahead. Be ready for unexpected challenges coming from unknown quarters as we deal with retail panics, stock market dips, staff illness, and other concerns.

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Coronavirus & The Workplace: 3 Actions Employers Should Take!

When it comes to the fear, uncertainty & doubt associated with the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak, it’s important to remember that employers play arguably the most important role in preventing panic. We’ve all seen the growing number of headlines in the news about COVID-19 and the ensuing state of public hysteria. By educating & reassuring your team, you’re in a good role to help them make keep a level head & make good decisions – both for the business as well as in their personal lives.

If you’re scrambling to decide how to best ensure employees, this is the guide for you. We at MyOutDesk are offering you a free and easy communications guide to best discuss health risks and safety with your employees, and if you want to learn more about remote & virtual solutions, Schedule a Free Consultation Now.

Here’s what you need to communicate for reassuring your team and tackling the panic:

1. Striking a Balance on Communication

In the workplace, employers take up the role of protecting their employees, enacting response plans, and overall fostering a state of preparedness. Employees trust their place of employment for reliable information and guidance. Through all the panicked news headlines, you will present a voice of reason.

We’ve sifted through the facts for you. Here at MyOutDesk, we’ve distributed various guidance communications for our employees, including an FAQ Notice that your business can use as well.

DOWNLOAD EMPLOYEE COVID-19 SAFETY GUIDE FOR CORONAVIRUS FAQ NOTICE FOR THE WORKPLACE

2. All-Hands Meetings

Host a special team meeting to discuss the health crisis. We’ve included a template to help you form your special meeting agenda.

The meeting topics:

  • Communicate the supportive and positive environment at the workplace.
  • How the company is taking active approaches to promote health and safety
  • Overview on how to find reliable information and avoid sensationalized sources.
  • Special training on remote work as a preparation tool.

We took the meeting virtually via video conference to make it accessible to all physical and remote employees, as well as for cautious employees.

DOWNLOAD EMPLOYEE COVID-19 SAFETY GUIDE FOR SPEAKING POINTS FOR SPECIAL ALL-HANDS MEETING

3) Rely on Information from Official Health Authorities

Discuss with your employees on finding reliable information from local and national health authorities. As tempting as checking the news may be, media often times are sensationalizing the health crisis, fostering panic instead of promoting preparedness.

The CDC and your local health authorities will give the most accurate information about the immediate impacts and risks of the health crisis for your community.

Link to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC):

Helpful CDC Fact Sheets to Print, Email, and Distribute:

Relevant Helpful Resources

The following resources are centered around virtual assistant services, yet they are helpful resources for any business that are promptly transitioning to remote work and want to train any virtual employee.

Staying Safe While Keeping Business Afloat

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) website recommends businesses actively encourage employees to stay home and/or to practice good hand hygiene and coughing/sneezing etiquette in the workplace.

Luckily, our Virtual Professionals are most optimally positioned to work remotely from their homes. We encourage your business to take advantage of and utilize the telework tools and systems that are in place with your Virtual Professional(s) should you need to expand remote work for your employees.

We pray that your team, families, and communities remain safe and healthy during this time of heightened concern. If you want to learn more about remote & virtual solutions, Schedule a Free Consultation Now.

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