💡 What?
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đź’ˇ A procedure to find good Virtual Assistants that understand and execute tasks well
VAs can help you with:
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❓ Why?
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âť“ Virtual assistants are a great way to reduce operational overhead and freeing up time to put into growing your company
It also helps showing that the business doesn’t rely on you as the founder to run it
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đź’ŞÂ How?
Source
- [ ] Think about how much you want to outsource
- [ ] Think about if you want
- [ ] Find a VA that fits your engagement criteria on one of the sources linked in đź› Â Resources & Tools
Evaluate
- [ ] Evaluate the following factors by exchanging emails/messages and asking them a couple of basic interview questions (e.g Why did you become a VA? What can I do to make your job easier for you?)
- [ ] Optional: For specialized work (e.g. video editing), ask for samples of previous work
Test
- [ ] Pick or create a SOP using Base SOP to test the process with the VA
- [ ] Send them the task with a due date attached (Estimate from your past experience with the task + add some slack)
- [ ] Check the results
Iterate
- [ ] If the work was performed well outsource more over time
- [ ] If the work is subpar check if:
- [ ] If you’re unhappy go back to the Test step with another VA