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The Secret Weapon of a Great Real Estate ISA

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The Problem a Real Estate ISA Solves

 

As you’re growing and scaling a real estate practice, what you realize is the number one leading indicator to revenue is more listings and more buyers. Once you discover that as a real state person, and you start measuring how many calls and conversations you’re having you realize you need more people. More people calling and having conversations.  The number of conversations you’re having is always the lead indicator to success. Enter… a real estate ISA(Inside Sales Agent). The problem the ISA is solving comes after you already have enough leads, and your team is scaling up. Meaning the ISA should come after all of your other roadblocks have already been overcome, and your last problem is how to keep that sales success going. Now the number one tool your ISA is going to need, is a solid script. Because the script can make or break your ISA during all of these calls.

 

Here are the basics for an ISA script. What you need to have, and need to know:

  1. CRM connected to the phone is most important, from the start.
  2. Some semblance of numeric scorekeeping for leads – measure not only time frame but motivation
  3. When do they wanna buy, and how motivated are they to follow through? Motivation and timeline.
  4. How much education do they still need, prior to purchase?
  5. An objection handler document and a position document.
  6. A clear buyers journey, broken down so it’s clear to your team when somebody is ready to be handed off to a salesperson, versus being kept and nurtured more.

 

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Once you have these things set up, you can start working in the lead space and start calling leads together. Keep in mind, this works in any industry, not just real estate. That is how invaluable this knowledge and level of preparation can be to you. Hiring an ISA can be tough as the ideal fit would have flexible communication skills who can adapt to different personalities that they may encounter. All these talents plus a winning script are a formula to great success. Of course, following up or nurturing your leads with a high potential of becoming your clients is also important. Many real estate teams prefer to hire MyOutDesk Real Estate ISA virtual assistants for this role because MyOutDesk has mastered the talent matching process over the past 13 years through intense personality & experience pre-screening required to find suitable candidates and training.

 

 

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HEAR ABOUT IT FROM A COACH

As real estate coach Brian Icenhower writes in Inside Sales Agents (ISA) on Real Estate Teams:

“All inside sales agents are not created equal, and it’s important to know the differences if you are looking for guidance from the ISA models that other teams are actively implementing. There are 3 types of ISAs: 1) Outbound; 2) Inbound or 3) Both Outbound/Inbound.”

“Outbound ISAs generate new leads by prospecting for FSBOs, expired listings, just listed/sold, COI, past clients, geographic farms and etc. Inbound ISAs respond to incoming leads from internet sources and sign calls while repeatedly maintaining contact with leads over time to ultimately foster them into qualified appointments.”

“Performing both roles at once can be challenging since they are very distinct roles that require two different types of behavior. An Outbound ISA should be more aggressive and driven to make cold calls, where an Inbound ISA should be more of a customer service orientated individual that loves people and building relationships.”

 

 

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CONCLUSION

If you’re not already utilizing an ISA Virtual Assistant, You may want to consider one. They can be leveraged to take care of this part of your business. Many real estate professionals just like you have employed our Real Estate Virtual Assistants to call out to their leads, whether to nurture their warm leads or cold calling.

MyOutDesk knows how important it is to have a good script in place for your ISA Virtual Assistant. This is why MyOutDesk has a complete library of Real Estate ISA call scripts developed by the best minds in the real estate industry, which we’ll share with you should you choose to hire one of our outstanding Real Estate virtual assistants.

We highly recommend that you have a direct hand at improving your ISA’s skills by scheduling regular role play and objection handling sessions with them. If you do not have the time, we can help you out with those as well.

Interested in hiring a Real Estate ISA? Schedule your Double My Business Strategy Session today and find out how a MyOutDesk Virtual Assistant can your business grow as a Real Estate ISA!

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VA vs AI: 5 Reasons Why

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We’ve talked about what differentiates our virtual assistants from the AI virtual assistants you may be familiar with, before. There are various reasons to go with one of our human professionals to assist you in scaling your business successfully. But consider this the definitive, top five reasons why you should ditch the AI robot world of assistants, in favor of our very real and very skilled virtual assistants. Read on and be convinced…

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All Natural, Organically Grown

1. Don’t forget what AI stands for; artificial intelligence. I don’t know about you, but I prefer my coworkers to be not artificial. Natural intelligence is much more useful and reliable than intelligence that is by definition fake. Sure, not all of your coworkers may be all-natural themselves, but whatever work they may or may not have had done is none of our business! What is our business, however, is… our business! And real business needs real intelligence to get the job done right. A real-life, not-fake virtual assistant will always be smarter than an artificial product because AI can’t compete with the complexity of a real human brain.

 

You Don’t Have To Yell at Us

2. Do you ever yell at Siri or your Alexa device? When I say “Alexa, turn off the living room light” I don’t want to hear back “Rain Wilson plays the character of Dwight on The Office”.  I don’t need another reason to watch re-runs of The Office, I need the living room light turned off. That’s another problem with AI, which is you can’t always rely on it. With a human assistant, especially those from MyOutDesk, you CAN always rely on it. You don’t need to repeat yourself to our VA’s, and should never have to yell at them either. Please don’t yell at them. They will learn what you need and execute exactly that because they have ears and brains… not speakers and circuit boards.

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Works For You, Not It’s Creator

3. AI doesn’t truly work for you. Think about it(with your human brain); an AI is just code, algorithms designed by someone else to handle general tasks. That someone probably isn’t an expert in the specific area you’re working in. So why rely on pre-determined routines from some stranger in another world? Don’t! Instead, put your very sensitive and important tasks in the hand of a human being who wasn’t designed, but has learned through experience what you need. Someone who is getting paid to do those very specific tasks you require and understands why they need to be done and how. 

 

 

AI Isn’t Alive, Humans Are

4. The increasing reliance on AI to help us with tasks reminds me of machine assembly lines. Once upon a time, the advancements in machine technology resulted in people losing their jobs to “robots”. The modern-day equivalent is kind of like shifting human jobs to AI automation. Hard-working, experienced, skilled people are losing jobs to AI that didn’t earn that job. AI that isn’t loyal, understanding, passionate, or reliable. If you’re reading this you’re a human(I hope!) so stop stepping on your fellow humans. Stop aiding the inevitable rise of our machine overlords. This leads me to point 5…

 

Don’t Fuel the Apocalypse Fire

5. We’ve all seen The Terminator movies. Do you remember how well it worked out for the people in that world? They kept advancing their AI technology with reckless abandon. They never stopped to consider what eventual repercussions could come from putting our livelihood in the cold, artificial hands of an emotionless entity. But you have the chance to consider that right now! Don’t chance your precious business on someone else’s disconnected creation, that comes with no guarantees. Work with a real-life human who wants to work for you, and comes with assurances. Worst case, they don’t work out and you find someone else who’s a better fit. A machine may not give you that choice.

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Nothing Beats That Human Touch

And there you have it, folks! If you were unsure before about human VS AI assistants, you’re probably pretty clear now. These top five reasons should be all you need to see how much better it is to go human. All cuteness and jokes aside, nothing beats the results you get from one of our highly-skilled, human virtual assistants. Because our VA’s aren’t software with limitations and defects, they’re individuals with specific skills and experience. And we take pride in matching them up with our clients to very specific roles and watching them fit right in and work hard. An AI isn’t going to become a respected member of your team and work culture, but our VA’s will. If you enjoyed this little eye-opener of a blog and would like to see if one of our VA’s can help your business, follow the link below and schedule a free consultation.

 

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LifeX Marketing and Their Success with Virtual Assistants

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Cliff Stoltzfood, founder and COE of Life X Marketing

 

 

A virtual assistant isn’t just for admin tasks, answering phones, data entry, etc. The VA’s from MyOutDesk Cliff are hand-picked with a variety of skills and experiences, fit for just about any more complex duty. If you’re scaling up and finding any particular tasks are slipping through the cracks and holding you back, chances are a true virtual professional can jump in and help with it. Including Marketing duties.

Stoltzfood is the founder and CEO of LifeX Marketing. Inspired by the lessons learned from Donald Miller’s “Storybrand” teachings, Cliff applied that same framework to his own marketing agency. He’s found it to be so successful, that he will he even turn down a client if they aren’t on board with his Storybrand approach to solving their marketing needs. He’s that confident in how successful that framework can be, and in his own ability to apply it accurately; “This framework puts the customer first, and us second”. Cliff started LifeX Marketing back in 2016 and has maintained his initial promise, of caring about their client’s money just as much as they do. By carefully reviewing a client’s needs and implementing proven strategies, Cliff aims for a 1:15 ROI(return on investment) for their clients. It’s a lofty goal, but one he and his team are very confident about reaching. As LifeX Marketing continued to reach and exceed goals, growing in their success, the need for some outside assistance grew as well.

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“We care about your money as much as you do. Your money is safeguarded as if it were our own”

 

Keeping Up With Success

 

The year 2020 affected everyone, and LifeX Marketing was no exception. Surprisingly, the effect turned into a positive result for them as they grew almost 180% as a business. Clients were lining up, with the need for effective and successful marketing more so than ever. With all of this business coming in, they needed to scale their processes to match their unexpected growth. Because when a team is successful at something, and that something keeps growing, the team needs to grow too. This is where MyOutDesk usually enters the equation. Cliff had actually heard about us from a professional friend who had utilized our virtual assistant services. This friend has nothing but good things to say and highly recommended he reach out to see if we could do something to help with his growing pains. After a free consultation, Cliff saw the potential and agreed to start with one of our virtual assistants to aid his team where they needed it.

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Uncertainty Turns to Revalation

 

Cliff was initially concerned about how employing a virtual assistant would really work out for his team. Things like distance and clashing cultures were on his mind, as potential speedbumps for accomplishing what they needed. Those concerns were soon dispelled when our VA got acclimated to LifeX Marketing so quickly and successfully. LifeX already adopted a “work from home” culture so our VA was able to acclimate to their processes easily.  Our VA was up and running in no time and helping the LifeX team accomplish more as they continued to scale up. Things went so well that Cliff requested a 2nd VA from MyOutDesk to provide additional support. They ended up helping both LifeX Marketing and even their own clients with different processes. They eventually saw an increase in profits and decreased expenses since they didn’t hire a freelance virtual assistant. For everyone involved it was a win/win scenario.

 

“Publishing, web development and site maintenance; there’s a lot of those those tasks they do very good, and have done for us.”

 

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This has been just one example of how a company experiencing success turned to MyOutDesk for help managing that success. We select our VA’s to fill specific roles as needed by our clients, be that marketing, administrative assistance, sales, and more. By injecting a couple of virtual professionals into the LifeX Marketing culture, they were able to scale up in a fast but healthy fashion. If you’re wondering how a virtual assistant might do the same for you, don’t hesitate to reach out for a free consultation. Let’s see if our experts would be a good fit for your business.

 

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Real Estate Business Is Scaling Up with Virtual Assistants

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As a real estate agent, you know the importance of following up on leads, building your network, and helping your clients. If you’re struggling to manage it all, you’ve come to the right place. We’ll go over everything you need to know about using a real estate virtual assistant to see if it’s the right fit for you and your business.

From the benefits to the different ways to use a virtual assistant service, we’ve rounded up the answers to all your questions. Let’s jump in and see how a real estate virtual assistant can help you.

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1. Lead Generation

It can be time-consuming following up and qualifying every lead on your properties. With record-low interest rates and limited inventory, you’re likely busier than ever. Our qualified assistants can help with prospecting, screening calls, and answering questions.

We’ll help you weed out buyers and follow up with serious leads. Let our real estate virtual assistants help you close more sales by answering emails, online showing requests, and giving prospective buyers answers in a timely fashion.

2. Administrative Assistance

It’s hard to staff full-time assistants when you’re in and out of the office. To help you with office duties, answering calls, emails, and booking appointments, consider hiring a real estate virtual assistant.

Our team of experienced professionals can help you manage appointments, book meetings, manage your calendar, and more. Let us help you with bookkeeping, tracking down the commission, and even buying client gifts.

3. Transaction Coordination

We have highly skilled professionals available to help you manage your real estate deals, by assisting with transaction coordination. We can help you manage the buying and selling process from the offer stage to the closing table.

The real estate market is hotter than ever. With so many deals and deadlines, let someone else manage your contracts and due dates. We’re here to take more off your plate so you can focus on getting new listings and closing sales.

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4. Marketing Help

To properly list a home, we know how much time and effort it takes. We can help manage the stress of marketing. From signs to flyers, mailers, and maintaining your email subscribers, marketing is time-consuming.

Let our real estate virtual assistants manage your social media accounts and help with graphic design. We can also help to manage photography schedules and develop collateral.

Can a Real Estate Virtual Assistant Help You?

A real estate virtual assistant can be a lifesaver. You need to focus on growing your business and selling homes. Let our trained virtual assistants help you with the little things so that you can reach your big goals.

From answering emails to screening leads and managing your social media, we can take marketing, administration, and booking off your plate. Let us handle as much as you need. If you’re ready to hire a virtual assistant, fill out the contact form here to get more information.

 

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The Side Effect of Success: Business Growing Pains

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MyOutDesk is a “pain relief” treatment for any growing business. Whether it’s a small start-up trying to find its way, an established enterprise that never stops growing, or anything in between. You’ve got pressure points that need relief, regardless of your revenue trajectory. It’s not hard to imagine your business like the human body; when it’s young and smaller it’s spry, flexible, and resilient. The young body can take a beating and bounce back, pivot, and try new things. But as we get older, the body becomes a lot more “high maintenance”. Keeping things running smooth and pain-free becomes more demanding and requires a lot more thought and consideration. 

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Growing Pains

Here are a few examples of common growing pains any business can and does experience, with testimonies from clients who tried our “treatment”…

 

  • The sales team can’t keep up 
    • “MyOutDesk has really revolutionized our business. We’d generate leads, hand them off to our sales associates We needed a better way to use the time our sales associates were spending to get these leads ready to go out on tour. I can’t tell you how many hours you’ve saved for our team.” – Boots Levinson, RentPhilly
  • Time management needs more managing
    • “MyOutDesk has freed up my life! People say that time is money, but time is so much more valuable than money – and with MyOutDesk I’ve been able to get my time back and my life back. I’m spending less time working and making more money.” – Knolly Williams, The Knolly
  • Lead generation is lackluster
    • “Working with MyOutDesk has really been a dream. It has allowed me to cost-effectively outsource the prospecting part of my business. The investment is nothing compared to the return I am getting from listings, opportunities, and brand exposure they provide me.” – Adam Kruse, Hermann London Realtors
  • You’re chasing, not attracting
    • “It was frustrating back when we were scaling Boomtown, trying to find the right people & delegate to break through the ceiling. Many of my customers have that problem also. There’s a lot that goes into finding the right talent, and MyOutDesk does a fantastic job of that for its customers.” – Grier Allen, BoomTown
  • Always playing catch-up
    • “I get 250 emails a day, so one of the first things I set my VA up to do is scrub my inbox. Now she maintains my trend report, my success spreadsheet, she’s doing transaction management for us along with web design & general marketing. We’re having phenomenal results.” – Ken Wimberly, Net Lease Advisors

 

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How MyOutDesk helps in the case of any growing business is by providing nutrients in the form of virtual professionals. These aren’t your typical “virtual assistants”, and that’s why we don’t call them that. Our VP’s are handpicked for their existing, natural talents and skillsets. Because training someone to be an expert is often a job in itself, we aim to pick people who are already experts. This drastically decreases the “on-boarding” time required to get them up to speed and ready to add value to your business. We work with you to pick the best VP for your needs, then “inject” them into your workflow and watch the pain relief take effect almost immediately. 

 

Our VP’s target and relieve your business growing pains by handling the things you shouldn’t be worrying about. Your higher-tier staff should be focused on big-ticket action items, and you(the boss) should only be focused on what you want. Let our VP’s handle the overflowing, busy but equally important work that you used to squeeze into your daily hustle. This frees you up to focus on bigger things only you should be handling or frees you up to simply kick back and watch your business work for you. 

 

Our virtual professionals can seamlessly dig in and relieve many different pressure points of your business. Such as administrative duties, inside sales, customer service and technical support, and even an assortment of marketing needs. There is almost nothing they can’t “cure” for your business as it expands, requiring additional care to match its expanding success. And all of this is achieved while simultaneously minimizing costs! 

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No one offers the kind of high-grade talent at the competitive prices we do. We’re able to achieve this by hiring a lot of our VP’s overseas, in places that offer the kind of assurances and flexibility necessary to provide the level of service we want at the price you want. All of our VP’s are fluent English speakers, with tech-savvy backgrounds and access to reliable internet. Not to mention by having our workforce spread across multiple countries we’re able to provide service around the clock, 7 days a week. And rest assured, we treat all of our VP’s, local or foreign, with the same professional respect and care to keep them happy and supported. Because a happy worker is a hard worker.

 

And that all is just the tip of the iceberg here at MyOutDesk. If the service we provided via these Virtual Professionals truly was a pain relief medication, we’d have it patented and sold in high doses so that no growing business ever had to ache again. We pride ourselves in being the doctor in this analogy and love seeing our patients(customers) go on living stress-free, successful lives with their healthy growing business. So if you or someone you know is experiencing anything like the business growing pains discussed above, follow the link to learn more and request a free consultation. Our professionals are standing by!

 

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How Can a Virtual Assistant Service Help Your Company?

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Did you know that 41% of small business owners deal with company issues while taking a break, and 40% spend up to three hours a week talking on the phone for business reasons?

What’s worse is most work 50 hours a week. And 68% of that time is mostly spent dealing with daily issues and tasks.

All this can leave you feeling like you have no time left in your day to enjoy yourself, which can leave you feeling stressed and wound up.

The good news is, a virtual assistant service can help immensely!

This article will lay out all the virtual assistant benefits you can get from using MyOutDesk.

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Better Productivity

If you find yourself constantly doing busy work, then a virtual assistant can really help out. They can take those menial tasks from your plate so you can truly focus on growing your business instead.

You can choose which tasks you want to delegate to these experts, and they’ll handle the rest. You won’t have to worry about training them either since they come with their own skillsets and experience.

 

You’ll Save Space

When you use a virtual assistant service, you won’t have to worry about allocating space in your office for that extra worker.

As the name suggests, the assistant will work remotely on the internet, usually from their home office. As a result, you’ll get to make use of every square inch of your office for your in-person staff.

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You’ll Avoid Extra Costs.

Not only will you save space in your business, but you’ll also avoid extra costs, such as the purchase of an extra desk, chair, computer, software, and other items to accommodate the additional worker.

In turn, this can also keep your utility bills as low as possible.

Hiring an in-house assistant also means you’ll be responsible for things like taxes, worker’s compensation, health insurance/benefits, and PTO. Virtual assistants are independent contractors, so none of these responsibilities fall on your shoulders.

All you’ll have to pay for is the time spent working for you!

 

You Won’t Have to Worry About Providing the Tech.

As we’ve just mentioned, you won’t have to buy computers or software for virtual assistants. Instead, they’ll come with their own devices and business tools, plus they’re responsible for keeping up with tech, not you.

This is yet another way you can cut down on both costs and stress. In most industries, being up-to-date with technology can mean the difference between making and breaking it. When you leave this responsibility in the hands of someone else, you won’t have to stress out about keeping pace with ever-evolving tech. Stop worrying about how the job is done, and instead focus on that it gets done.

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There’s More Flexibility

Both you and your employees are probably in the office from 9 to 5. This means there are 16 hours of the day where nothing business-related is covered.

Of course, it’s rare for a company to offer round-the-clock service, but you’ll want to get as close to that as you can. Of course, when you’re working with in-house assistants who are in the same time zone as you, that’s more difficult to do.

With virtual assistants, they can be located anywhere in the world. So even if they “clock in” from 9 to 5, it can actually cover times when you’re not in the office!

You can also hire and fire virtual assistants whenever you wish. You won’t have to deal with the long and tedious hiring process or a disgruntled employee on your property.

While you can fire an employee at will if you want, you’d have to worry about them raising an issue that doing so violated them as a protected class. This isn’t a problem if you use a virtual assistant company.

 

It’s Easier to Scale Your Company

With more flexibility comes easier scalability. For example, you can start with just one virtual assistant, and when you scale your business, you can add another one.

If that’s still not enough to keep up with demand, you can hire as many virtual assistants as you see fit. And if you accidentally hire one too many at once, it’s no problem to stop services for as many assistants as you want.

This decreases some of the risks of scaling your business and can set you up for better long-term success since you’re not sinking a significant amount of money into these processes.

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Build Better Client Relationships

When it comes to acquisition vs. retention, the former can be five times more expensive. While the acquisition is still important, your efforts will be for nothing if you don’t actively keep your existing customers happy.

But if you have limited resources, it can be tough to keep up with just your in-house team. This is where virtual assistants come into the picture.

These agents can maintain good client relationships, so they remain loyal. Not only that, but they can also help with the acquisition process if needed. They’ll be able to assist with things like cold calls and client follow-ups.

 

Get Excellent Virtual Assistant Service From MyOutDesk

At this point, it should be clear that getting a virtual assistant service from MyOutDesk can only benefit your company.

Not only does this service save you time and money, but it can also relieve a big part of your business burden. Best of all is, you won’t have to worry about getting the assistant set up, nor will you have to set aside a part of your already limited office space for this person.

So what are you waiting for? If you’re interested in using the best virtual assistant service around, sign up with us today. We even offer a free “double your business” strategy call too!

 

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5 Rewarding Benefits of Hiring a Virtual Receptionist

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Receptionists make up more than 1.1 million jobs, primarily because no matter what industry you’re looking at, they need a receptionist as a key part of their business. Although the pandemic has forced many businesses to work from home, that doesn’t mean that a receptionist isn’t needed to continue aiding the business in running efficiently.

If you’re reading this, you’re likely wondering what are the benefits of hiring a virtual receptionist, and we’re here to share some of those advantages with you.

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1. Flexible Scheduling

When you’re not able to take any calls, your virtual receptionist service will. This means that your office won’t miss any calls to schedule appointments or cancel them just because it’s the end of the business day, ensuring you have coverage when you need it.

This gives you peace of mind that someone is looking out for your company no matter what.

2. Improve Office Efficiency

Without a receptionist, there is no one to help direct calls to the appropriate departments, meaning that one person will spend a lot of their time answering the phone instead of taking care of other tasks that need their focus. When you hire a virtual receptionist, you can increase the efficiency of your office and reduce overall business costs.

Instead of paying for someone to physically sit in the office every day, all your paying for is the cost of the service.

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3. Saves Valuable Time

As mentioned earlier, if you don’t have anyone that can answer the phone, that means you or someone else in the office will need to do this. If you’re a doctor that has to stop providing care continuously, you’re going to have several patients that become frustrated with the level of care that you’re showing them.

A virtual receptionist can save you time and money by answering the phone so that you’re able to do your job and give it your full attention.

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4. Positive Brand Image

Clients enjoy being able to call your office and reach someone that can answer their questions. Having a receptionist that’s available no matter the time of day increases your companies image.

Potential clients will view you as upstanding and professional when it comes to the way receptionists provide customer service.

Hiring a Virtual Receptionist: Why You Need One?

Several advantages come with hiring a virtual receptionist. One advantage is that there’s someone available 24/7 for clients to speak with, and another positive aspect is that it saves you time and allows you to do your job.

Are you still searching for the right virtual receptionist? If so, look no further and request a consultation with MyOutDesk for all your receptionist needs.

 

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Helping Others To Help Others: Credilife and MyOutDesk

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Brian Del Terzo, of Credilife

 

Meet Brian Del Terzo, an entrepreneur with over 10 years of experience in the financial industry and currently co-founder and Operational Strategist of Credilife. A high-volume business since 2015 that specializes in helping people improve they’re less than desirable credit scores so that they can have more financial freedom and security. Whether someone is trying to refinance their auto loan to secure a lower interest rate or get approved for a home loan, Credilife can help people get on track and fast. This makes them a kind of business that MyOutDesk takes special pride in being an ally to. We’re here to serve our clients, and so is Credilife. A dream match!

 

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Where MyOutDesk comes into the success story of Credilife is scaling. Brian and his people actually came to us before the pandemic because they recognized how our business model could help their own. Everyone wants to improve their credit score and have access to more money, so if you’re doing that successfully, everyone will come to you. That’s exactly what happened with Credilife, and thus they needed a few extra hands to help with their growing pains. We provided a handful of virtual professionals with particular skillsets, and they were able to integrate into the Credilife culture and become valuable assets faster than they expected.

The Right Tool For the Job

 

 

 

“Coming across you guys was a godsend.”

 

It was important to Brian that all hands on deck really meant everyone, same place, same time. All roles equally a part of the company, working together towards a common success. Because MyOutDesk takes such pride in finding the perfect professional for the requested role, that’s exactly what Brian got. They now have several virtual assistants helping Credilife with an ever-growing amount of work as their success continues. One professional did so well; they actually moved up in their role and even helped onboard and train their own replacement. Thus, instilling Brian and his people with even more confidence that we provide the right people to do the right job. 

 

Saving Money While Saving Time

 

 

“They don’t feel like they’re not part of the team, because we’re all part of the same environment.”

 

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Not only did Credilife get wonderful new members of their team, but they didn’t have to lift a finger to find them. Since MyOutDesk already reviews and assesses every virtual professional before adding them to our pool, the entire recruitment and onboarding process took no time away from Brian and his team. The icing on the cake is all the money his company saves by utilizing outside virtual professionals among his in-house team. In fact, Brian said they’d probably be paying about 50% more if they had gone about finding help without MyOutDesk. Talk about a win-win scenario for everyone!

 

A Match Made in Professional Heaven

 

 

“I think it’s a great opportunity for anyone trying to do right by their clients.”

 

 

 

This is what happens when a great company experiencing great growth comes to MyOutDesk for a little help. Everyone wins! We provide the virtual professionals skilled in the specific areas requested by the client, and they end up with some great new members of their work-family. Without all the tiresome, messy stuff they would be faced with had they handled it themselves. For example, no time is wasted recruiting, interviewing, and selecting. And no ongoing HR headaches for them since their new team member is still technically under our employment. Brian and his folks at Credilife can attest to all of this via first-hand, ongoing experience. If you want to find out for yourself how MyOutDesk could help you, hit the link below. We’ll assess your needs and go over how we can help for free.

 

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Virtual Assistant Services VS Freelancer: What’s best for you?

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Ok, so you’re thinking about outsourcing some work to a virtual assistant. You’ve got various tasks piling up, spilling over, collecting dust, etc. You’ve decided it’s time to get some hired help because your business is growing, and the last thing you need is anything slowing it down. Coming to the decision that you’re ready for help was a tough enough call to make, but now you have an even harder decision; who? Picking the right people for the job is a very delicate and important process, and MyOutDesk knows this all too well. Your business is precious, and whoever you hire is going to have their hands all over it. It’s vital that you pick someone you can trust to get the work done correctly and efficiently.

[Considering a Virtual Assistant?]

 

Hired Help Should Be… Helpful

 

Hiring help shouldn’t be another thing to worry about in itself. That’s why going with a virtual professional from a dedicated service like MyOutDesk is the way to go. So let’s go over a few reasons why a service like ours is better than going with someone freelance.

 

[Considering a Virtual Assistant?]

 

Hiring someone freelance to do work for you has its benefits, sure. But in reality, freelance work more so benefits the freelancer. The whole point of seeking someone on the outside to lend a hand is to benefit you and your business. Therefore you need someone you can trust with your workload. Someone you can call on and lean on when necessary. A freelance virtual assistant kind of marches to the beat of their own drum; but this is your song, your business. You deserve and need someone who’s part of something bigger. MyOutDesk has been matching skilled individuals with a business that needs their skills for 13 years. We know what you need as well as what you want, and we know how to provide it at competitive prices that benefit everyone. You’re not going to pay some inflated fee they pulled out of a hat; the prices of professional service are set. You’ll honestly be surprised at how much value you get for the cost.

Get What You Paid For

 

Maybe you’ve got a bunch of sales leads that need following up. Maybe you need help answering phone calls and responding to emails, or data entry no one else has time for. Or even a creative task for marketing that no one in-house is quite qualified to handle. We handpick all of our people to ensure we have an available staff of virtual professionals ready for just about any task. Our people are savvy enough to hit the ground running for their clients as soon as they’re matched up. On top of that, we provide the necessary tools to keep in touch with your professional, track progress, and keep things going efficiently. When you hire a random freelancer you don’t have those kinds of assurances. You’re taking them at their word, setting them loose, and hoping for the best. 

 

[Considering a Virtual Assistant?]

 

Ad hoc business is the wild west, and you don’t need a cowboy; you need a professional. A virtual professional. Someone you can count on during your operating hours. That’s another reason why going with a service professional like ours is better; you have more options. We have highly talented professionals working hard all over; from California to the Philippines. And regardless of where they’re at, our professionals are all held to the same service standards, and they all speak English. Another nice bonus? An overseas virtual professional is awake and ready to work when you’re here in the states, sleeping. So if you need around-the-clock assistance, you can get it.

A Higher Standard of Professionalism

 

Our overseas virtual professionals are well taken care of; they get the same competitive pay, benefits, and family-like treatment that we provide an employee who’s just down the street. A happy employee is a hard-working, and loyal employee. Not just for MyOutDesk, but for any client they’re assigned. When you hire some local freelancer, you’re going to have to work with them around their schedule more often than not. You’ll have to trust them with their own timekeeping and availability. With MyOutDesk, all of our professionals clock in and out with our own proprietary software called MyTimeIn. We offer structure, accountability, and results.

 

[Considering a Virtual Assistant?]

 

Our customers have peace of mind knowing that we’ve covered all bases. When your business is growing and you’re trying to hustle to keep it growing, relying on someone else simply won’t cut it. You need assurances, guarantees, and trust. You may have noticed we don’t call them virtual assistants, but instead virtual professionals. Because that’s what they are; professionals. Talented, skilled, trustworthy, and hard-working people, ready 24/7 to work.

All of them hired to do a specific job; your job. If you want to learn more about how our virtual professionals can benefit your workload, maybe even request a demo, follow the link below.

 

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

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

[Considering a Virtual Assistant?]

Recruit and Retain

 

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

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

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

 

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

 

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

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

 

[Considering a Virtual Assistant?]

 

How virtual staffing solve recruitment challenges

 

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

Recruitment Duties Solved by Virtual Assistants

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

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

Example Real Estate Recruitment Duties Solved By Virtual Assistants

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

Example Healthcare Recruitment Duties Solved By Virtual Assistants

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

 

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

 

[Considering a Virtual Assistant?]

Company growth potential with virtual recruitment assistants

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

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

 

 

MyOutDesk’s Commitment to You 

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

 

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