This is Part 3 of a four-part series on finding, hiring, managing, and ending relationships with virtual assistants. For business IT consultants or others looking to expand their businesses, this series is designed to make virtual assistant outsourcing productive. In Part 2 of the series we walked through the hiring process, including how to write virtual assistant requirements, searching and filtering and finding candidates. Today we answer the question “Ok, I’ve hired the virtual assistant – how do I manage them?”…

This is Part 2 of a four-part series on finding, hiring, and managing virtual assistants. The goal of this series is to make virtual assistant outsourcing productive and effective. We’ll pick up where we left off in Part 1, by diving deep into the virtual assistant hiring process. Following guidelines in this post, you’ll save yourself a lot of time and aggravation and hire the right assistant the first time. Today we’ll continue with: 1. Writing a Virtual Assistant Requirement Document 2. Posting the Requirement to a Virtual Assistant Hiring Portal 3. Searching and Filtering Candidates 4. Interviewing and Selecting a Candidate 5. Finalizing Terms 6. Completing the Hire …

In my consulting work, I field a lot of questions about virtual assistants or “VA’s.” This post summarizes some of my experiences finding assistants for ourselves and our clients. My goal is to share virtual assistant pros and cons; things to watch out for, when to hire and when not to hire. Conversely, I’m hoping that freelancers and virtual assistants wanting to get and keep clients will have a read and share their thoughts as well.

Greetings Productivity Seekers! Today’s article is the digital counterpoint to my “How to Achieve Mobile Productivity Using Digital Devices” article. If you haven’t yet read the pen and paper article, I highly recommend taking a quick look. Today’s article will build on concepts covered in the “analog” productivity article, so you’ll want to check it […]

[ Editor’s note:This article was originally posted to two other places, including “Ezine Articles” and a former blog. You may have seen variations of it with the original title – “Spiraling Toward Mobile Productivity.” At the time, I was traveling extensively (even more than now) and having a lot of issues with my gadgets. Fraught […]