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Every Leader Needs Help: The Case for Virtual Assistants

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

Even Batman can’t save the world without Robin.

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

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

 

It’s time to maximize your productivity:
Leverage virtual assistants!

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Every leader needs an assistant

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

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

 

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

 

TENURED. COLLEGE-EDUCATED. CAREER VIRTUAL ASSISTANTS

WITH INDUSTRY EXPERTISE IN:

Property management, PR/Publicity, Real Estate, Mortgage & Lending, IT & Technology, HR, Insurance, Marketing, Finance, Retail, Inside/Outside Sales, and much more.

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

MyOutDesk can save you up to 70% on employment costs

 

MyOutDesk can save you up to 70% on employment costs
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OUTSOURCE YOUR PERSONAL & PROFESSIONAL WORKLOAD WITH PERSONAL ASSISTANT SOLUTIONS

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

It’s no wonder entrepreneurs & career-focused professionals trust us most — with 13 years of experience serving over 6,000 clients. Last year we saved our clients $55 million as the highest-rated virtual assistant company with more than 500 verified 5-star business reviews.

 

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It’s already July – Less foot traffic? Don’t Sacrifice Your Lead Flow

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The virus scare still exists, and over half the year has passed. Just because foot traffic is still down, don’t sacrifice your lead flow. Virtual assistants are the missing gear. 

It’s already July, yet new reports share how the number of new Covid-19 cases continues rising at record levels.

Continue to Drive Revenue during COVID-19 

Businesses are experiencing personnel and capacity issues due to the COVID-19 coronavirus crisis. We get it.

 

Less foot traffic? Don’t Sacrifice Your Lead Flow

How to increase lead flow & online traffic with virtual assistants 

 

Awarded Top 1% US financial advisor Marvin Mitchell built an innovative inbound marketing MACHINE with a lead flow earning him over $3M in revenue last year alone. 

This is how — he hired 2 MyOutDesk Virtual Assistants to prospect, nurture leads, and set appointments for him and his team to close. 

“Because of one 15-minute appointment set by a MOD Virtual Professional…that one, landed client just paid for both virtual assistants for the rest of the year.”

MyOutDesk can save you up to 70% on employment costs with experienced, career virtual assistant professionals. To book an interview with those in our talent pool, click here. 

 

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From local mandates to international ones — we can’t predict when travel & tourism will rebound.  While Europe appears to be through the worst of it — at least for now — it’s interesting how the EU has a travel ban on the US.

 

Many US businesses are still affected by the pandemic — we’ve all noticed how decreased foot & vehicle traffic has created ghost towns among all US cities. Meanwhile, the EU has recommended that its member states can now allow entry to 15 countries (but not the US): Algeria, Australia, Canada, China, Georgia, Japan, Montenegro, Morocco, New Zealand, Rwanda, Serbia, South Korea, Thailand, Tunisia, and Uruguay. (Source)

 

By picturing this global impact, it’s important to understand how to virtualize your the core of your business and lead a stable, pandemic-proof operation. You are one call away from saving time & closing more deals than you ever had.

 

Don’t do this alone, but with the MOD Family.

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Virtual Assistant Platform for Scaling Business

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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 top Virtual Assistant Platform to manage your team’s overall productivity & performance.

 

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Best virtual assistant platforms

We’ve scoured through the internet to find all the reviews for the best virtual assistant platforms & companies. MyOutDesk is consistently named one of the best virtual assistant companies out there.

MyOutDesk is named as the TOP virtual assistant company by:

Take a moment to compare, and see why MyOutDesk is the top choice as a virtual assistant provider! MyOutDesk is your partner in the remote workplace with over 13 years of experience serving 6,000 clients.

Last year, we saved our clients $55 Million Dollars as the highest-rated Virtual Assistant company with more than 500 verified 5-star business reviews & testimonials.

 

MyOutDesk can save you up to 70% on employment costs
with experienced, career virtual assistant professionals.

 

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 the top virtual assistant platform 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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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

 

Stronger with the MOD Family.
Experienced, career virtual assistant professionals

 

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

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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:
    • 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?

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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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 500 5-star reviews, and over 13 years of experience, serving more than 5,000 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 13 years of experience serving over 6,000 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.

 

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PEOS & HROs that Outperform the Competition (Professional Employer & HR Organizations)

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PEOs & HROs increase performance & profits with help of virtual administrative assistants.

Professional Employer Organizations (PEOs) & Human Resource Organizations (HROs) are known best for helping client companies accelerate their growth. On the other hand, what are the businesses and services that help accelerate the growth of PEOs? 

The answer is simple: Teams with virtual assistants & remote employees outperform competitors.

 

“Anybody who’s gone to business school in the last 20 years has had 1 commandment hammered into them: if it’s not your core business, outsource it.”

— Pat Cleary, President & CEO
National Association of Professional Employer Organizations (NAPEO)
(Full MyOutDesk Interview: Link)

 

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A Strategic B2B Workforce

While PEOs allow their clients the opportunity to contain costs by offering their expertise in payroll, benefits, compliance, and further HR functions — PEOs can often overlook one important strategy to contain labor costs of their own.

The strategy is to leverage virtual labor in order to undercut the high costs of daily administrative work. Allocating virtual labor is a known secret that leading B2B companies across the US leverage to enhance their workforce, all the while significantly undercutting costs. By hiring top talent virtual assistants, PEOs can also optimize their capital investment. PEOs, in turn, can grow revenue and dramatically reduce costs.

Businesses with virtual administrative assistants report:

  • Growing service capacity and higher employee morale
  • Sustainable overhead costs and higher net profit margins
  • More efficient internal processes
  • Increased output and client satisfaction & rapport

How can a virtual assistant help with your general administrative needs for your PEO?

The virtual assistants protect the company’s valuable time and shoulder many of the repetitive daily duties, such as:

  • Reception calls, recruitment, sourcing, and intake conversations
  • Time and attendance
  • Transaction coordination, bookkeeping, and expense accounting
  • Calendar scheduling, event coordination, and travel arrangements
  • Reporting, CRM updating, and IT support

By offsetting general administrative work, current company employees can focus their efforts on expanding services and addressing more critical and strategic initiatives.

Industries that benefit from reduced administrative labor costs with virtual assistants

The following sectors have virtual assistants as an integral component of their workforce. These types of businesses trust MyOutDesk to provide top talent virtual assistants:

  • Healthcare
  • Real estate and property management
  • Mortgage and lending
  • Human resources and PEO
  • IT and technology
  • And all high-profiting industries

These businesses have found concurrent success in scaling and profiting, often outpacing their competitors. PEOs seeking solutions to reduce general administrative costs can also grow their operations with virtual assistants. 

Is it safe for PEOs to use virtual assistants?

PEOs who choose a reliable virtual assistant service provider with thorough qualification procedures ensure high-quality virtual talent. MyOutDesk has a strong reputation for providing virtual administrative assistants, built on:

  • A stringent talent matching process that uses detailed work experience profiling.
  • A comprehensive candidate vetting process unmatched by any other outsourcing provider.
  • FBI-grade background checks.
  • DISC personality matching to ensure the most experienced, educated, and skilled virtual assistant services possible.

An unparalleled distinction of MyOutDesk among many virtual assistant providers is its high standard of service to its clients and virtual assistants. The company provides uninterrupted support services for client businesses and virtual assistants with dedicated trainers and solutions managers. Virtual assistants receive competitive benefits and medical at MyOutDesk, upholding high work morale. Hiring a highly qualified, full-time virtual assistant from MyOutDesk is safe as well as cost-effective — often costing 60% less than hiring a full-time in-house employee.

 

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The future of virtual assistants in PEO

The value proposition that many PEOs claim is that they are helping to maximize the human capital investment for any business. Successful PEOs must also practice this belief within its internal operations as a business development strategy.

With over 900 PEOs in the US providing services to 175,000 small and mid-sized businesses, the industry expects to grow and serve beyond its current 3.7 million worksite employees. Hiring virtual assistants increases opportunities for PEOs to simultaneously scale with reduced overhead costs and invest in the growing salaries and benefits of in-house employees.

Virtual administrative assistants can help maximize profits, grow clientele, improve business capacity, and outperform competing human resource organizations, administrative services organizations, and PEOs.

Partner with MyOutDesk

Since 2008, MyOutDesk has delivered the highest quality virtual assistant services to businesses across the US and Canada – including 36 of the RealTrends™ Top-100 ranked teams in the US.

 

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Continue reading:

  1. MOD Webinar with Vic Tanon, CEO of Emplicity & NAPEO Board Member
  2. MyOutDesk Webinar with Pat Cleary, NAPEO President & CEO
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Harvest Growth: Hire the right people = Profits

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

The Harvest Growth Podcast

Grow Your Business Virtually

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MyOutDesk has employed 1,200 virtual employees and helped over 6,000 clients off-load tasks from themselves so they could grow their own businesses. 

 

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

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

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

Learn more about MyOutDesk, and text MOD to 31996 to get a free download of our Grow Virtual Guide!

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

 

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

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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.
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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 13 years and 5,000 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.”

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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Why Tracking Citations Matter (SEO Tips You Need To Know)

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If you’re looking into how to get your business to rank higher and show up more on Google & Bing search results, we are going to talk about citations. Citations are important and a highly-missed opportunity for brand awareness. If you need help or want to explore some ideas, schedule a free Strategy Consultation today.  

You can outrank your competitors using tools for citation research and taking advantage of listing services that are readily available for you.

 

 

What is a Citation?

Think of citations as a business listing in a Yellow Pages book. In the internet, there are multiple brands of these “books,” all with their own traffic and audiences. You need to make sure that your business is listed in all of these sites and accurately maintained. In many instances, your listing can be altered by someone else, so you need to check these regularly.

Citations contain a business name, address, phone number, services you offer, and website in this combination on the internet. Google and Bing crawls for these citations and attributes these listings to you. In turn, it helps build up traffic and is a factor to increasing your rank.

Outrank The Competition

In a competitive market, check which citations are good for your specific industry. Use relevant search terms on Google to see who ranks highest among your competition. Note all the websites that list other businesses and find your way into generating your own citations in those areas as well.

How to Manage Citations

Marketing doesn’t have to cost a fortune.

Let’s face it, entrepreneurs, we could all benefit from giving a little more attention to our SEO operations.

Delegate your citation management to an experienced, full-time Marketing Virtual Assistant — at up to 70% less cost than a traditional employee! You can learn more in a free business strategy call with MyOutDesk.

 

Great marketing brings together the art and science of communication to support the reputation of a business or brand. With an experienced MyOutDesk Virtual Assistant at your service, you can develop an effective marketing structure for your business today.

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Managing citations is relatively easy, but it requires attention to detail and regular maintenance. Overall it is busy work to find to links and prevent other’s from altering your information.

A full-time professional Virtual Marketing Assistant can handle all your citations for you and more — at up to 70% LESS than the cost of a traditional employee.

pr.business

AmericanTowns.com

LocalPages

Nextdoor

YellowPageCity.com

Banks.com

Yelp

Baidu

TomTom

Citysearch

HotFrog

TeleNav

iGlobal

Find Open

The Internet Chamber of Commerce

Allonesearch

Bizwiki.com

YaSabe

Amazon Alexa

Where To?

VotefortheBest

LocalDatabase

Property Capsule

iBegin

Instagram

Facebook

ABLocal

ChamberofCommerce.com

GoLocal247

Top Rated Local

YP.com

Snapchat

YellowMoxie

Yandex

HERE

D&B Database

Opendi

Insider Pages

Local.com v2

Navmii

AroundMe

EZlocal

Apple

Pitney Bowes

USCity.net

8coupons

Foursquare

Yalwa

My Local Services

AirYell

White & Yellow Pages

Avantar

Waze

Google My Business

Uber

Cylex

eLocal

2findlocal

Tupalo

MerchantCircle

Yahoo!

Bing

DexKnows

Superpages

Pointcom

MapQuest

Factual

n49

CitySquares

ShowMeLocal

YellowPagesDirectory

LocalStack

Brownbook.net

Credibility Review

Soleo

HolidayCheck

Postmates

Fliggy

CK Map

TripAdvisor

Zomato

 

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NO MORE remote work hesitation: MyTimeIn Productivity Tracker

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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.

Read more

 

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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

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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Scaling by Organizational Excellence: Levels of Leadership Competence

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According to the Corporate Executive Board (CEB), only 13% of company executives have confidence in the rising leaders at their firms.

Many businesses do not have a developed method to identify their prospective talent. To address the issue, offices need to reflect on their strategic leadership competencies. As low engagement and high turnover are extremely costly for businesses, this is how companies can prevent this inefficient waste of talent.

It takes more than just required skills to determine the right fit. Talent must also fill the important competencies for leadership. There are 8 key predictors of top leadership competence. The most crucial characteristics for talent positions for businesses are: 

  • Results-Oriented
  • Strategy Oriented
  • Collaboration & Influence
  • Team Leadership
  • Organizational Development
  • Change Leadership
  • Understanding of the Market
  • Inclusiveness

In addition, many leading businesses find that an eighth — inclusiveness — is essential to their performance.

 

Download the Levels of Leadership Competence Scorecard

Included: Free “Grow Virtual” Business Strategy Call

How to Use the Scorecard

Advanced = 5 Points
Intermediate = 3 Points
Needs work = 1 Point

 

You cannot succeed unless you measure success. With the leadership competency scoreboard, you can understand how to strengthen your leadership team.

  1. First, start with the key leader — you (the CEO).
    Rate your competency and be honest with yourself. You will be able to identify managing talent to work with you on building your business’ success.
  2. Management
    Allow your managers to rate themselves. You will rate them too and compare these scores.
  3. Measure areas of improvement
    This is the most important step. By identifying areas of need, you can build a plan. Should you hire new leaders or conduct training, you will improve your business synergy.If you use this formula, this exercise helps your company prevent turnover and identify areas of improvement.

By creating a growth map showing each of your employee’s strengths, you’ll be able to align your key talent to match your business needs and see what you need to balance. 

 

You’re in the game of finding the best talent — a candidate that isn’t only qualified but can meet your goals & objectives.

Scaling with Organizational Excellence

To scale, your business will shift to what we call the “They Do It” stage. We’ve written all about this in our international bestselling book “Scaling Your Business”. Get a free copy of our bestselling book today.

It is an exciting place to be. In the They Do It stage, the production of the company is no longer reliant on only you, the owner. Freedom is born here. A They Do It entrepreneur can take a day or two off (or a whole month), and the business continues to sell and move forward with the systems in place.

MyOutDesk virtual assistant services provide you with the flexibility, scalability, and cost-savings to adapt quickly to today’s changing business & market conditions. Skills are not our only consideration when hiring Virtual Assistants, we also consider their character, personality, and commitment to the job. We review their job history, and we gather information from their references (3 work & 2 personal references) with an FBI-grade background check.

See how smoothly you can start scaling and growing your business with virtual solutions through MyOutDesk. 

 

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WHAT TO SAY NOW The Recruitment Edition | with Dan Stewart at Happy Grasshopper

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For business owners, recruitment and turnover are a constant focus — if not a total preoccupation of one’s daily work.

In this STRATEGY-focused webinar, you’ll understand how to lay the foundation to grow your empire.

You’ll reflect on your company’s unique recruitment needs. In today’s age of remote work, you can acquire top talent for your business even while cutting your costs, saving you up to 70% of the cost of a traditional employee. Professional recruitment virtual assistants can grow your business’ capacity. Schedule an interview. 

 

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WHAT TO SAY NOW

The Recruitment Edition with Dan Stewart

 

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

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

 

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

 

Dan Stewart, president of Happy Grasshopper, is a veteran of multiple startups with over 10 years of experience in bringing new firms to early profitability.

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

 

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How virtual staffing solve recruitment challenges

Businesses can solve any staffing needs by hiring career virtual assistants, working for you full-time at up to 70% less than the cost of a traditional employee. 

Recruitment Duties Solved by Virtual Assistants

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

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

Example Real Estate Recruitment Duties Solved By Virtual Assistants

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

Example Healthcare Recruitment Duties Solved By Virtual Assistants

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

To learn more about how recruitment virtual assistants can help, schedule a strategy consultation.

 

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

Instead of sifting through countless resumes, having tons of phone conversations, laboring through multiple interviews, and then struggling to make the difficult final decision — business owners will get the leverage they deserve with MyOutDesk Virtual Assistants.

Company growth potential with virtual recruitment assistants

Successful individuals and businesses often do not have the time it takes to hire and train a talented individual properly. Imagine leveraging this job to experts who have already mastered recruiting and training. Imagine only having to sit back and observe as your expert recruiter leads a deep dive into three (3) impressive candidates’ personalities, operating styles, successes, failures, learning experiences, and more…and then picking the right one that will help take your business to the next level.

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

 

 

MyOutDesk’s Commitment to You 

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

 

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Take advantage of this short-term trend: LABOR MARKET Opportunities

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In today’s unprecedented time, there is a real opportunity to grow your business.

How? Take advantage of today’s change in the labor market.

Before COVID-19, the traditional labor market had a higher demand for talented workers — with more jobs available than talented workers. Over 36 million Americans lost their jobs due to the coronavirus pandemic. This means that, for once, there are more qualified workers than there are jobs.

 

Initial jobless claims, per week
VS
36 million+ jobless claims filed in the last two months

 

Source: Labor Department

 

The unemployment rate skyrocketed over the last two months, meaning talented workers want to be hired. You have the advantage as an employer now to find more talented workers than anytime before.

Similarly, if you would have invested in the stock market in March. Today a 50k investment could be 4000k, had you invested in March. There was a short-term opportunity. 

 

How do you take advantage of this opportunity?

By hiring a recruiting, administrative, or marketing virtual assistant, you can leverage greater talent, all at a fraction of the cost.

If you’ve been wanting to improve your business, today is the time to invest in gaining high-quality talent  — at a lower cost! This is a short-lived time window and there is no real prediction of when you can find this opportunity again.

To build a stronger organization, today is the time to focus on improving the organization, rather not “going back to normal.” If you need help or want to explore some ideas, schedule a free Strategy Consultation today.  

 

 

 

Talented labor without distance limitations

For almost any function that can be done remotely and doesn’t require physical space, virtual assistants for recruitment, marketing, & administrative jobs are cost-effective and allow us the adequate focus & time for our functions.

MyOutDesk Virtual assistants are known to exceed expectations in providing excellent customer service and seamless administrative operations.

We will save you up to 70% on employment costs with experienced virtual assistants, precisely matched for your strategic needs. To book an interview with those in our talent pool, click here. 

 

How to take advantage of short term opportunities in our labor market

Charles and Olivia share, “If the small business owner is impacted, everyone is impacted. The TOP 2 things that CANNOT be cut are the people to who we are committed to, which are our employees and virtual assistants.”

Take our clients’ words for it. “Virtual Assistants are key. Without VAs, it limits us and we have more responsibilities in-house. A VA is significantly more affordable to the business pattern. We get more value for the price. This is essential and instrumental for our growth, not only now but long-term 3-5 years out, we will continue to grow our number of VAs.”

 

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Just Keep Calling | The Success RATIO for Dialing Per Lead Source

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As they say, timing is everything. Before you go on — if you want to improve your calling capacity and close more leads, be sure to book your ‘Grow Virtual’ Strategy Session.

According to several studies, 80% of “non-routine” purchases are made after at least 5 follow-ups.

44% of salespeople give up after one “no” response. 22% give up after two.

The other 66% of agents will never even follow up a third time! — A virtual assistant will produce your follow-up calls at FULL-TIME capacity … costing up to 70% LESS than traditional employee’s wages. Increase your lead flow & nurturing process today.

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Fortune is in the follow-up.
The Sure🔥 method to convert leads: Hire an Inside Sales Virtual Assistant!

It’s not about just being about being able to close the call. Equally important is how much you are calling quantity and your frequency. You need to make sure that you’re there when they’re finally ready to buy. Here’s how many attempts it takes on average to close a deal for each type of lead source:

Don’t let these numbers scare you. You can work smart by leverage virtual assistants to do this work for you. MyOutDesk can save you up to 70% on employment costs with experienced, career virtual assistant professionals.

Instead of paying into a call center subscription with limited controls, Sean created his very own internal call center. Where he can customize all scripts, make all decisions, and monitor for feedback. You can gain market share with the powerhouse of a virtual inside sales team, too!

Dynamic business duo Olivia Cooley & Charles Pulliam share, “Without virtual assistants (VAs), it limits us and we have more responsibilities in-house. A VA is significantly more affordable to the business pattern. We get more value for the price. This is essential and instrumental for our growth, not only now but long-term… 3 to 5 years out, we will continue to grow our number of VAs.”

Achieve more – the first step is getting the help you need to reach the next level in your business. Schedule your free ‘Grow Virtual’ Strategy Consultation’ to get started today!

 

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

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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’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.

MyOutDesk MyTimeIn: Team Productivity Software

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.

 

MyOutDesk can save you up to 70% on employment costs
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Monetizing Social Media: Direct Messaging to Drive Revenue | With Matt Buchanan

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Matt Buchanan is the founder of Pioneers of Marketing. His marketing agency helps well-known clients each earn over 1.5M on social media through direct messaging — and that’s only one revenue stream!

Matt has 4 MyOutDesk Virtual Assistants working for his marketing agency! “They are very professional & very timely. I’m grateful for them and for all the wisdom shared by MyOutDesk. The people you bring to us are top notch people. In all seriousness, I have to say that!”

If you need help or want to explore some ideas, schedule a free Strategy Consultation today.  

 

Monetizing Social Media: Direct Messaging to Drive Revenue

In this interview, we’re truly diving deep on tried & true methods to scale through direct messaging marketing. Social media is all about principles, guaranteed 100% to work every single time.

Matt shares the idea of having the right mentality about the marketing principles:

  • Be open minded
  • Be patient
  • Execute what you set

If you follow these proven principles of social media, they’ll 100% drive results. 

 

The video elaborates on the 2-step process for social media success:

  1. BRANDING
  2. ADVERTISING

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THREE PILLARS OF CREDIBILITY and BRANDING for FB, IG and LI

(The main social media networks you focus on)

1 – Audience

You need an audience and followers, having the audience gives you the altitude and credibility — we live in a world of perception, remember that!

How to build an audience: Go to an online event or an in-person event. Make it your intention to connect on socials. Have the goal to make viewers  follow you on socials, like “follow me on XX, YY, ZZ for more updates, for a replay, for a special offer, to connect, etc.”

Your goal is to take offline relationships online and vice-versa. You may also collaborate with people who already have an audience or have a good reach. 

2 – Content Through Facebook and Instagram Stories

Post IG stories, at least 6x a day from your personal account

What should you be posting? Cycle between these 3 types: personal, professional and lifestyle

  • Professional — brings value for your audience
  • Personal — connect as a person instead of just a logo—remember people want to do business with a person, not a logo
  • Lifestyle — documenting the life you live (your “human interest aspect”)

3 – Content Through Wall Posts

Stories vs. Wall Posts: Wall posts are highlight reels. they stay forever unless you delete it! Stories drive traffic and are more intimate since it’s available for just 24 hours. Stories shouldn’t be edited too much or not edited at all!

All the while, wall posts are permanent — it’s the face of your brand and company. They will never go away. So, only post what you want to last, but use the three content types mentioned. Throw in a lot of content, especially when you’re starting out. But, keep it to 3-4x a week if you’ve built an audience already. All of your promotions and posts should also go to your personal account.

 

Reference: https://www.instagram.com/matttbuchanan/ & https://www.instagram.com/pioneersofmarketing/

As you can see promotional posts aren’t on the business accounts too much. Use your personal page for credibility building and brand association.

 

OFFER:

For a free social media evaluation, text Matt: (908) 914-1888.

Follow and DM Matt on IG: https://www.instagram.com/matttbuchanan

 

Additional Tips:

Are you afraid of DMs? What do you say when you start a convo?

  • Understanding it in simple basic form — all social media is just a networking event
  • When you meet somebody in person — think about how you do it in real life: Introduce yourself!
  • “Hey how’s it going, saw your page/profile here, and want to get connected”
  • “Nice connecting with you, I have a great idea. I’d love to share it with you, what’s your cell? Can we chat about it?”
  • If they reply, send a text from your phone.
  • Ask: “When’s the best time to talk with you”
  • Depending on how credible you are, that’s how many people will reply to you. A response rate of 5-6 people out of 25 is a good start.
  • The higher your credibility, the more responses and messages you’ll get.
  • If they don’t respond, move on to the next.
  • Get used to rejection, don’t take NO personally—it’s going to happen.
  • Focus on the few that respond.

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TURNKEY TALENT for Turnkey Investing + Property Mgmt. | Virtual Assistants at Memphis Investment Properties

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At first, Sean Tagge was a biomedical engineer who specialized in artificial heart research. His passion to connect with people and solve problems led him to a career change into real estate and turnkey investing.

Today, Sean is Chief Operating Officer & Partner at Memphis Investment Properties. Using his strengths in analytics, research, problem-solving, and engineering, Sean makes extensive use of data to make very informed decisions!

An important decision since 2018 — Sean has a team of 6 MyOutDesk Virtual Assistants.

Before hiring Virtual Assistants, Sean said “things would just fall through the cracks… If I just had someone to fill in these numbers for me, I’d be able to know if we’d miss something. With VAs, I can call 20 more clients if I don’t have to type these numbers”

He researched the data and statistically found how answering calls is the key to drive results. With MyOutDesk VAs, they have 90% coverage to answer a call live at any time! If you need help or want to explore some ideas, schedule a free Strategy Consultation today.  

“With so many deals going in and out. Virtual Assistants free up time for me and for the acquisitions & sales managers to do more of the higher-value stuff. (Highest & best use of the people I’m paying.) VAs give them assistance so they can do what they’re best at, which is closing deals.”

Nowadays, the company flips around 300 properties per year and manages over 2,700 doors in Memphis!

 

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Sean’s MyOutDesk Virtual Assistant Experience

 

Tune in to find practical advice to best train and manage a virtual assistant team!

Instead of paying into a limited call center subscription, Sean created his very own internal call center. Where he can control all scripts, decisions, and monitor for feedback.

Scorecard System: How do you know if you’re winning a game if you can’t see a scoreboard? Sean set up all employees & VAs to see how they score and the progress they make daily, setting up the company and employees to best understand how to win.

Key Takeaways:

  • If you don’t have the experience, go find someone who can do it.
  • Compound leverage & delegate.
  • Have a service mindset.
  • Understand the learning curve in training.
  • Systems used: Podio and Investors 1.0.
  • VAs are as good as you train them to be.
  • When VAs are told to do what they need to do, they do it forever and they do it very well — it’s great!
  • They got so busy, needed help—acquisition teams spending unnecessary tasks, taking them away from dollar-productive activities.
  • VAs helped them systematize.
  • The company sees at least 5x ROI than what they pay MOD VAs.

 

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Recruitment & Hiring: MUST ASK Interview Questions for Remote Workers & Virtual Assistants

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Great news: America’s unemployment rate fell to 13.3% as the economy posts surprise job gains!

If you’re preparing to hire, make sure you have the chance to ask the RIGHT questions. MyOutDesk presents: The Comprehensive Interview Worksheet.

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Beware of the ‘false prophet’ — Determining a REAL business opportunity apart from FAKE ones

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There’s a huge sea of self-proclaimed business gurus on the internet.

How do you pick apart a false business ‘prophet’ from a trusted business leader? The real question is — who is true to their words? Or am I being lured by good marketing with zero backings?

As the very saying goes, ‘false prophets’ know how to impress people with outward shows of success (in the business world). The problem with false prophets is that they usually tell partial truths.

Whenever you search for a service, a Facebook ad appears shortly afterward. They’re the flashy, in-your-face, “be like me” folks: the Social Media Guru, the Marketing Guru, the Entrepreneur Guru, the Real Estate Guru, and etc. The labels are endless.

These ‘fake gurus’ are also the very same individuals who follow the phrase, “fake it till you make it,” much too radically.

They all promise the same lie — “Take my hook & bait. Buy into my product … for the promise that you’ll make a million bucks.” It’s too good to be true. So this is how to decide the real value in these deals …

 

Find trusted partnerships, such as MyOutDesk, where we exist ONLY through your success! If you need help or want to explore some ideas, book a free ‘Grow Virtual’ strategy consultation today.

MyOutDesk can save you up to 70% on employment costs
with experienced, career virtual assistant professionals.

 

How to confirm the stats behind the name
Determine the REAL value of businesses of interest

Some of these so-called prophets are claiming that they’ll spoon-feed you their success strategy. It’s just too easy. You need to confirm the legitimacy of their business.

 

Step 1: Use https://web.archive.org/ to search for the origins of the main business website, and look back at their historical marketing content.

Step 2: Find out the actual start date of business & website on: https://lookup.icann.org/lookup

Step 3: Check for employees on LinkedIn. Any real company will have employees listed.

 

Other Useful Tips

✓ Check for VERIFIED Google reviews & Facebook reviews
Beware of paid review sites. Many websites are paid to look like reviews, but in reality, they have sponsored media.

✓ Look for the creation dates of their Social Media pages.
If they have relatively new pages, then you might need to triple-check their legitimacy. Although, sometimes companies do in fact start new pages for new campaigns.

✓ Ask your professional network for any bad experiences with the company of interest

✓ Check with the Better Business Bureau

 

 

Choosing your virtual solutions partner

MyOutDesk is your partner in the remote workplace with over 13 years of experience serving 6,000 clients. Last year, we saved our clients $55 Million Dollars as the highest-rated Virtual Assistant company with more than 500 verified 5-star business reviews.

Last year, we saved our clients $55 Million Dollars as the highest-rated Virtual Assistant company with more than 500 verified 5-star business reviews & testimonials.

 Virtual assistants work for you full-time at up to 70% less cost than a traditional employee. Out-compete competitors and gain market share today.

If you do the math, you can get UP TO 3 full-time virtual assistants for the price of one traditional assistant! Save time for more important things by hiring a MyOutDesk Virtual Assistant.

 

 

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B2B Podcasting: Launch one to distinguish YOUR business from the rest | with MyOutDesk Virtual Assitants & Sweet Fish Media Logan Lyles

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Producing a B2B podcast helps to establish your business as a leading source of expertise in your market, driving up your brand and credibility.

Right now, you have the ability to start a podcast and stand out from the crowd. Every business is looking to differentiate themselves from their competitors…and a B2B podcast is a perfect way to do that. If you want to launch a high-quality podcast, but need to protect your valued time … you can launch your podcast and upgrade your online presence with a MyOutDesk Virtual Assistant

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Why is it important?

Podcasting is exploding right now, and Sweet Fish Media has done B2B podcasting for over half a decade.

Today we talk to Logan Lyles at Sweet Fish Media, a podcast agency for B2B brands. Drawing on his background as a trained journalist and more than 10 years in the B2B sales & marketing space, Logan co-hosts a top-ranked podcast according to Forbes. Sweet Fish Media has launched over 100 podcast programs, totaling over 1,600 episodes! Their flagship podcast is the only B2B podcast to broadcast 7 days a week.

Check out these resources we mentioned during the episode:

  1. Podcasting for Business: A 26-Step Process
  2. To get a copy of the Go Remote Guide, Text MOD to 31196.
  3. Text Logan at (719) 657-7119 with your questions.

The podcast is very top of the funnel. It’s brand awareness. Launch & scale your business today with a MyOutDesk Marketing Virtual Assistant.

 

Don’t lift a finger, have Virtual Assistants launch your New Podcast Episodes!
Content Marketing with a Virtual Assistant — Everyone is doing it!

The secret business strategy that sets social media moguls apart is … leveraging virtual assistants (in many cases, more than one). Virtual assistants work for you full-time at up to 70% less cost than a traditional employee. Here’s what it takes to out-compete competitors.

If you do the math, you can get UP TO 3 full-time virtual assistants for the price of one traditional assistant! Save time for more important things by hiring a MyOutDesk Virtual Assistant.

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Leveraging a Virtual Assistant is COMPOUND INTEREST: Entrepreneurs’ biggest swing | #DoorGrowShow

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The COVID-19 craziness has caused people to stress out and scramble to work remotely. This crisis is pushing everything forward technologically. Why not hire a virtual assistant (VA) to scale your property management business?

Jason Hull brings Daniel Ramsey, CEO of MyOutDesk to the DoorGrowShow! As a real estate investor & broker who loves doing deals and property management as a way to connect with others and create communities—Daniel also wants time to take a vacation with his family! This episode explains how an entrepreneur can do the same.

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“When I hired my first VP, in 2007, I was like most Americans: I had no idea how advanced and motivated people were. Back then, I owned a couple of different businesses, and over the subsequent ten years, I learned all that virtual professionals can do for a business from a talent and motivation perspective. I have also learned how rewarding it is to provide hope and opportunity to as many people as possible throughout the world by giving them wages and benefits that reflect their true value.”
The heart of the journey is getting the right people working for you.
The ability to leverage global talent makes it financially attainable, even
for smaller companies, to do so. America’s biggest companies already know
this, as we are beginning to discover.
Leverage is compound interest and entrepreneurs’ biggest swing.
When I hire somebody, I’m hiring them to grow my revenue. I’m hiring them to save money. I’m hiring them to own an entire process for my business.
The biggest cure for the economy is businesses and entrepreneurs staying productive.

You’ll Learn…

[02:52] MyOutDesk: Property managers find talent to inexpensively scale their business.

[04:05] MLS Porn: Scrolling through new investment properties on the market.

[05:05] Remote Reality: In 2018, 5% of America worked remotely, now it’s 50%.

[07:58] Work Culture: Maintain good team, quality interaction, and customer service; and reduce operational/overhead costs.

[15:00] Steps to Scale: Assess business, compound leverage, develop a plan, craft outcome, start interviewing, launch, and training.

[25:48] Match Values, Not Personalities: Define who you are as a person and company.

[33:15] Go Remote Guide: Tips for working remotely with new technology.

[35:08] Push vs. Pull Leadership: Communicate, don’t micromanage.

[44:15] MyOutDesk Mission: VAs need to be indispensable and irreplaceable.

[46:15] Pricing vs. Cash Crunch: Do you need help? Can you afford MyOutDesk?

[53:52] Care ROI Concept: Emotion is what creates memories.

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From Real Estate to Cannabis: An Entrepreneur’s GROWTH Mindset through Virtual Assistants

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It’s Here: Virtual Assistants for the CANNABIS Industry

 

Here are the trends: The legal cannabis industry is reported at 78% growth, year by year.

  • Marijuana retail is an “essential service” in many states (great for prolonged shelter-in-place orders)
  • Medical & recreational marijuana has inelastic demand (the business is recession-proof)
  • Weed delivery is in high demand, seeing a 65% percent spike in March 2020 alone.

 

MyOutDesk Gets Into The Weed Business

Since the shelter-in-place orders, cannabis sales have only INCREASED. If you need help, or want to explore some ideas, schedule a free Business Strategy Call today.  

 

MyOutDesk can save you up to 70% on employment costs

 

How virtual assistants are helping the cannabis industry:

Handling the influx/growth + scaling business

Tony Trinh is an impressive entrepreneur, real estate professional, investment adviser, business consultant, and a dedicated community activist based in the Bay Area. He has a proven track record of leading large and small scale companies throughout the Bay Area and Northern California for the last 15 years!

The marijuana industry is growing quickly & highly profitable. If you’re curious about how to succeed and scale-up in the competitive cannabis industry, speak to one of our business strategists today!  

Today, MyOutDesk CEO Daniel Ramsey has the honor of interviewing Tony Trinh of Fresh Mint, LLC.

Here’s the scoop: Fresh Mint is a cannabis delivery service based in Oakland, CA, serving four Bay Area counties (San Francisco, Alameda, Contra Costa, Sunnyvale) since 2017.

3 Businesses & THRIVING – with his Virtual Assistant

 

His secret to managing THREE of his companies today… A MyOutDesk Virtual Assistant. 

Tony’s virtual assistant has been instrumental in three of Tony’s businesses (real estate + cannabis delivery + cannabis business consulting).

As Tony shared, much of his success comes from knowledge found in the #1 bestseller, Scaling Your Business With Virtual Professionals.

 

#1 International Best Seller: Scaling Your Business With MOD Virtual Professionals

You can get a free copy of the book, along with a free Business Strategy consultation.
Strategize about what it looks like to have a virtual assistant in the cannabis world.

 

How Virtual Assistants are Helping Cannabis Businesses Gain Market Share

Originally hired as a general administrative assistant, here are all the INDISPENSABLE functions that Tony’s Virtual Assistant allows the business to make quicker + more informed decisions.

 

Your Cannabis Business Virtual Assistant can take on:

  • As the go-to administrative support assistant
  • As the default note-taker for all business meetings
  • Compiling all reports (KPIs, sales, customer demographics, employee performance)
  • Helping + organizing all managers
  • All digital marketing, flyers, templates, website maintenance, blogs, & ads
  • Fulfillment, logistics, & customer service

 

8 Marijuana Virtual Assistant Candidates, No Sweat

“We went through at least 8 candidates & interviews”

Tony SAVED valuable time, allowing MyOutDesk to recruit and organize 20-30 minute interviews, recruitment ads, phone screening, interviews, background checks, personality profiles, and final interviews.

Not only can a Virtual Assistant help you, but the ENTIRE cannabis business team.

“Why didn’t we do this two years earlier?” shares Tony when asked about how much he’s appreciated his MyOutDesk Virtual Assistant. “If you’re thinking about it, just go for it. We paid off in a month.” If you need help, or want to explore some ideas, book a Schedule a free Business Strategy Call today.  

 

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Pros & Cons of Cannabis Business – 2020
Pros:
  • Seeing all the sales growth every month.
  • A strong sense of community, even with colleagues as engineers, accountants, as real estate.
  • Fast-paced can scale with the right talent, such as virtual assistants.

 

Cons:
  • Competition in the black market
  • Not being able to bank at a normal bank
  • The biggest challenge facing legal cannabis is taxes. Price points are still a big factor in sales. Need to compete against other delivery services still selling black market products.

 

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Mark Zuckerberg: ‘There are some very clear benefits to remote work’

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“My own thinking on this has changed over the past few months.”

 

In May, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg posted a thoughtful, heartfelt memo on his social media regarding his new perception of the power of remote work.

 

“There are some very clear benefits to remote work. It lets us access talent pools outside of traditional tech hubs in big cities — and that should help spread economic opportunity much more widely around the country and world while also helping us build a more diverse company.”

 

From the beginning, MyOutDesk has been helping businesses grow and develop hybridized remote & physical businesses with virtual teams. Now more than ever it’s important to embrace smooth & modernized business, all while allowing businesses to scale up.

 

You can spread economic opportunities in your business by hiring full-time virtual assistants at up to 70% less than the cost of a traditional employee!

 

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The flexibility afforded by remote work

 

Zuckerberg shares, “I’ve always felt that our teams worked better when they could physically be together. We even designed our offices so there are places where people can walk freely and have those serendipitous conversations that can lead to really good ideas.”

 

This is true. There is the power of creativity in working together in a space, and there’s the power of productivity with remote work.

 

What Zuckerberg is experiencing is a crash course in the power of the blended business model.

 

He also explains that more and more, the virtual workplace can emulate the physical workplace through technological advances. “I think that technology can help us overcome this, and the lockdown has shown us what’s possible with the tools we have today.”

 

“As a tech company we’re fortunate that a lot of our work can be done remotely. Not everyone has that flexibility. But as the technology improves, the number of jobs that can be done fully remotely will likely increase across the rest of the economy too.”

 

>> The Dummy-Proof Guide for Building a Remote Culture

 

“Over time, location will hopefully be less of a factor in how many people work and we’ll have the technology to feel truly present no matter where we are. I think this is an important direction that the world is going to go in after Covid, and that’s why we’re building products to help more organizations find ways to work remotely, as well as more ways for people to connect and feel present socially.”

 

>> Stay on top of the competition with the Organizational Change Framework

 

“It’s going to take time to make this work for everyone. We’re going to learn a lot from this, and we’ll have more updates and details to share in the months ahead as we figure this out.”

Blended Organizations are the Future

A blended or mixed organizational chart is the structure that many businesses are adopting today.

Growth in outsourcing is a rising trend. Demand for virtual talent is increasing because it works for most business owners and many employees, and it is simply a profitable practice. You can adapt it in your own business – schedule your Virtual Strategy Session now to learn exactly how!

 

Which corporations already have a blended model? You’d be surprised. These top-performing US companies have blended organizations:

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Socially Distanced Virtual Real Estate: How to Sell Now + Reassure Your Clients

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If your prospect numbers are dwindling, here’s what you can do now to get pick up the speed.

As we learned, residential real estate is likely to remain strong. Data shows that residential real estate prices will drop, but not like we saw last time in the residential space.

 

You can schedule a time with real estate business strategists to brainstorm how to best leverage today’s consumer habits and best virtual real estate practices.

 

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Thrive with MyOutDesk, your partner in the remote workplace serving 6,000 clients. Last year, we saved our clients $55 million as the highest-rated virtual assistant company with more than 500 verified 5-star business reviews.

Socially Distanced Virtual Real Estate

Through effective marketing, realtors are making it clear to their clientele that they are practicing effective social distancing. To earn the trust of those who are looking to buy and sell now, marketing is more important today than ever before. Here’s an example of how realtors are reassuring their clientele.

 

SELLING

 

HOME SEARCH

Up-to-the-minute listings

Buyers can search for the perfect home based on their own parameters. Our search platform is not delayed regarding updates like Zillow. Never miss out on the house of your dreams!

 

VIRTUAL SHOWINGS

24/7 online, buyer-controlled tours

We take 3D images of your property and turn it into a virtually “walkable” tour for our sellers. For our buyers, we have several ways for you to tour a showing while limiting unnecessary exposure and practicing social distancing.

 

VIRTUAL MEETINGS

Meet with your REALTOR® online

We can accommodate “face to face” meetings online. Have a coffee together and discuss offers without the need to physically meet at a café or restaurant. Our agents are happy to talk of the phone as well.

 

BUYING

 

ONLINE DOCUMENT SIGNING

Legally binding digital signatures

We have software that is easy to understand and will digitally sign a document online. The signatures are legally binding, and there is no longer a need for in-person signatures for real estate contracts.

 

EARNEST MONEY DELIVERY SERVICE

Wire or we will pick up

We will pick up your check for a buyer if they are not able to wire funds to the holder or earnest money.

 

E-MAILED INSPECTION REPORT

Digital inspection report

There is no need for a buyer or seller to be present at the time of inspection. Once the inspector is done, a digital copy of the report is e-mailed to the buyer.

 

CLOSINGS

Mail-away with mobile notary

A closing can be completed by mail for a fee determined by your closing attorney. We can coordinate a mobile notary for our buyers and sellers. After closing, we can also deliver keys.

 

Since 2008, MyOutDesk has been the single largest industry-leading partner of virtual assistant services—not only for thousands of agents & brokers, but also for national franchises like KW, Re/MAX, eXp Realty, Sotheby’s, and many more. Request a free consultation & learn how MyOutDesk can save you time & money!

 

Our Real Estate Virtual Assistants are up to 70% less
than the cost of a traditional employee & will work for you on a full-time basis!

 

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