Ep 097: Leveraging Virtual Assistants To Take Your Business To The Next Level
Ep 097: Leveraging Virtual Assistants To Take Your Business To The Next Level
Leveraging Virtual Assistants To Take Your Business To The Next Level
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Join Brad Friedman and Barbara Turley as they chat about growing your business with the help of virtual assistants, clever automations and processes for growing businesses.
Barbara is an investor, entrepreneur, and Founder & CEO of The Virtual Hub - a business she started by accident that scaled quickly to become one of the leading companies that integrates in-house trained virtual assistants into clients’ businesses. Barbara’s mission is to eradicate business overwhelm and remove the friction that stunts growth by helping clients to optimize their operations using offshore teams of virtual assistants, clever automations and streamlined processes.
In this Episode:
- Barbara talks about how she stumbled into founding The Virtual Hub after a 10-year career in the financial industry.
- Barbara talks about the fact that every size business has departments .
- Barbara talks about the importance of delegating tasks so you have some time to enjoy your life.
- Barbara talks about how “time” is the most valuable resource.
- Barbara also talks about how she built a company where they train their own VAs.
Quotes from this Episode:
“Every business has departments. And every department has a set of kind of tasks or projects or things that need to be done on a daily, weekly, monthly basis to keep the engine of a business moving forward.” – Barbara Turley
“40% to 60% of a knowledge worker's day is taken up doing recurring tasks that are quite process driven, that can be trained and are easy to delegate.” – Barbara Turley
“What you really need to start thinking about is return on time invested.” – Barbara Turley
“So I think what we've gotta keep in mind here is, this is the word assistant. Now, a virtual assistant, in my view, is not a writer. A writer is a writer. An assistant is an assistant.” – Barbara Turley
“And I thought, okay, that's my job here is to come in and create 1000 jobs, sustainable, long-term careers and jobs for people.” – Barbara Turley
Resources:
Barbara Turley:
LinkedIn: Barbara Turley
Facebook: The Virtual Hub
Twitter: The Virtual Hub
Instagram: The Virtual Hub
YouTube: The Virtual Hub
Website: The Virtual Hub
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