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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

Ep 097: Leveraging Virtual Assistants To Take Your Business To The Next Level

by Brad Friedman

Leveraging Virtual Assistants To Take Your Business To The Next Level

The Digital Slice Podcast is brought to you by The Friedman Group, LLC

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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Brad Friedman on Digital Marketing,” by Brad Friedman
The Small Business Owner's Guide To Inbound Marketing,” by Brad Friedman
100 Livestreaming & Digital Media Predictions,” by Ross Brand with a chapter by Brad Friedman

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Ep 025: Virtual Assistants Can Help With Your Digital Marketing Tasks

Ep 025: Virtual Assistants Can Help With Your Digital Marketing Tasks

Ep 025: Virtual Assistants Can Help With Your Digital Marketing Tasks

by Brad Friedman

Virtual Assistants Can Help With Your Digital Marketing Tasks

The Digital Slice Podcast is brought to you by The Friedman Group, LLC

Have you had some “me” time lately? It is most likely your answer is “No,” but that goes for almost all business owners. Having no time for yourself or your family and other activities is often brushed aside when your top and only priority is your company.

Meanwhile, over the years, you will notice how you get burned out and how most of your relationships are strained. Well, you can continue with this kind of life or you can work on having life outside of work because literally, your life is not only made up of work.

This is where the virtual assistants or VAs come to the rescue. They help you with routine administrative tasks and all the other nitty gritty tasks that eat up most of your time. Now, VAs can also help with your marketing tasks and be very effective at it. You just have to find a service you can rely on and trust.

Today’s episode of The Digital Slice Podcast is about designing the life you want to live with the help of virtual assistants.

Jess Ostroff Tyson is a global entrepreneur, author, speaker, owner of Don’t Panic Management as well as Director of Calm. Don't Panic Management sets the bar extremely high as a virtual assistant agency with its people-first approach to success in the virtual assistant arena.

Jess has been on a mission since 2011 to match workaholic entrepreneurs with virtual assistants who can help them achieve focus and calmness. Through her company, Don’t Panic can assist you with content management, social media marketing, research, travel and calendar scheduling, and more.

Jess wrote the book, “Panic Proof: How the Right Virtual Assistant Can Save Your Sanity and Grow Your Business” available online at the bookstore of your choosing.

In this Episode:

  • How you should be living the life that you love with a little help from virtual assistants
  • How work-life balance is ideal while life integration is the better, realistic option
  • All about Don’t Panic Management as a company
  • How the virtual assistance industry blossomed into a budding business
  • How virtual assistance has gone beyond admin tasks to marketing tasks
  • The challenge of having virtual assistants who literally just disappear
  • How Jess is working at uplifting the reputation of virtual assistance through reliable services
  • The rising trend for the use of virtual assistant or VA services
  • How mental health is an important offshoot of the virtual assistance revolution
  • How millennials in particular enjoy the freedom that goes with being a VA
  • The advantages to hiring a VA
  • Client profile for those needing VA services
  • What qualifies as admin tasks that virtual assistants can perform
  • How having a VA can elevate your business status and help you earn more
  • Jess’ book, “Panic Proof: How the Right Virtual Assistant Can Save Your Sanity and Grow Your Business”
  • How a hiring a VA is more of a balanced, client-freelancer relationship than a boss-assistant
  • How to look for VAs, the hiring process, and compensation
  • How culture-fit is important in hiring a suitable VA
  • How VA training is a worthwhile investment
  • How tasks either need to be delegated, automated, or gotten rid of altogether

Quotes From this Episode:
“The reason I wanted to build my own business was because I wanted to design a life that I love.” - Jess Ostroff Tyson
”I like to get to know people on a deeper level because I think that makes our work more meaningful and it makes us do want to really make a difference in their lives” - Jess Ostroff Tyson
”Ever since 2010, whenever I started, that has always been my purpose. I’m not trying to be the biggest. I’m not trying to be rich necessarily. But I really want to help make a difference in people’s lives in the way that I can.” - Jess Ostroff Tyson
“People who are entrepreneurs and wanna grow their business don’t just need help scheduling their meetings. They also need help writing blog posts or publishing a podcast or posting to social media sites.” - Jess Ostroff Tyson
“People are getting burned left and right by working with virtual assistants and its been my goal to change that reputation and change the way people perceive VAs because we’re not all crooks.” - Jess Ostroff Tyson
“People are seeing virtual assistants as another option of getting things done in a cost-effective way.” - Jess Ostroff Tyson
”I believe that everybody should have an assistant, whether it’s virtual or not.” - Jess Ostroff Tyson
“We’re still people. You still have to check us out and make sure that we’re legit and what you want.” - Jess Ostroff Tyson
”I think its important to hire for the skills that you’re looking for instead of just typing in virtual assistant.” - Jess Ostroff Tyson
”You need to put some data in a gut feeling.” - Jess Ostroff Tyson
”Your time is worth multiples theoretically of what your assistant is charging.” - Jess Ostroff Tyson

Resources:

Jess Ostroff Tyson
Twitter: @JessOstroff
Instagram: @dontpanicjess
LinkedIn: @jessostroff
Websites: Don't Panic Management
Book: Panic Proof: How the Right Virtual Assistant Can Save Your Sanity and Grow Your Business

Brad Friedman

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Books
Brad Friedman on Digital Marketing,” by Brad Friedman
The Small Business Owner's Guide To Inbound Marketing,” by Brad Friedman

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[PODCAST] Virtual Assistants Can Help With Your Digital Marketing Tasks

[PODCAST] Virtual Assistants Can Help With Your Digital Marketing Tasks

Imagine being able to design your own life and actually love the life you are living. As a business owner, it seems like a far-fetched idea with all the tasks you have to get done on a daily basis. While you don't mind having to do it for the sake of business success, it can have some serious consequences on both your physical and mental health, which is not a worthwhile trade off. On the other hand, there is a way for you to have the best of both worlds. You can still grow your business while also having the time to do the other things you want to do and be with the people you love - living life to the fullest. Having a virtual assistant by your side is your ticket to living the life you want, as Jess Ostroff Tyson discusses in this episode of The Digital Slice Podcast. (more…)

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