One great way to make sure your business makes the Grand Final in the virtual business world is by having top back-up and making sure you have all positions covered with a strong virtual team bench! Any great sport team coach will tell you that success comes from...
If you want to assemble a team of performers then you need some smart hiring practices to start with and, once you have your final short-list of candidates prepared, it’s time to use a few interview techniques to make sure the finger is left pointing at the...
One mistake that some small business leaders make is in the actual hiring process of virtual team members. Yes, there are a few freelancer sites out there to help, but knowing how to go about attracting and hiring the best potential contractors is crucial. One good...
How can you expect to successfully find a freelancer for your project team if you don’t know how to write a great project spec that motivates quality contractors to apply? You need to sell the job to them if you expect “A” grade applicants. Here are...
“The Four Hour Work Week” by Tim Ferris is a book that many people pick up and can’t put down, but when they eventually do they jump in to create what usually takes a LOT of working at. The truth is that we don’t get to the four hour work week...
Outsourcing costs money that’s for sure, but if you’re smart about it, it can make you a lot more than you spend, it can reduce stress levels, it can make operations run smoother and it can stop you from getting paint all over your fur! And those are just a few...
If your day is spent assigning tasks to your virtual assistants and you’re finding you don’t have enough time to get to the all-important job of driving the company forward, then it’s time to invest in a new Spiderman suit and appoint a new web...
If you’ve started your business up and are at the point where you’re looking at growing it, then you need to start thinking seriously about your outsourcing strategy and how best you can manage that effectively. Following are 10 steps you can take on that...
“Geo-arbitrage” is one of those buzz words that go around businesses from time to time and its meaning sometimes gets contorted. Hopefully we can clear it up for you and give you some examples of how you can use it in your business to create an effective...
Expecting your remote staff to complete tasks satisfactorily, without first letting them know exactly what needs to be done and making sure they have the skills and the tools to manage it, is unrealistic and can be very expensive in terms of lost time and money....
