Tired of having to do the same old routine, tasks of business or projects day after day. Like email, finding leads, writing articles or reviews? What if you could free up that time to do the things that produce the most results. Meet the world of Virtual assistants.
As an example one of the businesses I am involved in is distributing high end technology, I had spend tons of time looking for leads until I found a way via social media to produce an endless amount of leads. Once I perfected the system I recorded my proven method via a screen recorder. I then forward it to the virtual assistants and presto next day I had 210 new leads waiting for me, who are qualified, use the product and have a need.
How is that for lead generation? How much did it cost me? $50 bucks. The time I save I reinvest it on the 20% of activities that produce results.
This of course brings up the debate if hiring people over seas is good for the economy?
My personal philosophy is that if someone is excellent and goes above and beyond to produce the best product, service or information. They can never be outsourced, someone might try however that person has established himself as a leader and expert of his field.
And it forces people to raise the bar, if people choose a profession because its easy and repetitive that even a monkey can do it, what does it say about them?
Step up, make a difference and get noticed.
Enough of that topic, and down to the details.
I’ve tried several different resources however I have found that Elance has provided the most value to me. First, because experts bid each other on getting the job. You’ll have complete choice of who you do business with, read reviews of each expert and even see sample projects.
Currently I have hired virtual assistants to do web development, article writing, market research, lead generation, and I keep coming up with things that I can free my time.
How much is it? It depends on the job, however in my experience if you use the extra time wisely not only will it pay for itself, it will triple your business.
The best way to know if something really works is to experiment with it, it is via experimentation that failure is impossible.
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I think i’ve seen this somewhere before…but it’s not bad at all