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Finding a Virtual Assistant

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Finding a Virtual Assistant

Finding a Virtual Assistant tasks to outsource to a VA

Finding a Virtual Assistant to fit your needs begins with YOU - take the time to outline and describe what those needs are.

If you can't describe what you want, then how can you find the right person?

When should you outsource a task or tasks?

When you don't have time to do the task yourself.

When you don't know how to do the task.

When you don't want to do the task.

 

Basically, if you are not getting things done and you’re stuck in your business, then it’s time to outsource.

An experienced VA can handle a variety of administrative tasks. You may need someone specialized in specific software, shopping carts, auto-responders…..you get the idea. Pretty much anything a business needs.

Things to Outsource to a Virtual Assistant (VA)

Administrative Assistance

You can hire someone to help you with a variety of daily tasks, from research to content creation to data entry and more.

Data Entry

This task is an ideal thing to outsource, because it’s a low-value task (which frees up your time to focus on high-value tasks), and it requires very minimal skills to complete.

Graphic Design

This includes social media graphics, web graphics, video presentation graphics, product graphics, and other images for you business.

Customer Support

You can hire people to handle inquiries sent through your help desk. This may be a permanent position, or you may hire people temporarily during expected influxes (such as when you have a product launch).

Video Editing and Production

Unless you have the skills and experience for video production, this is a task that’s best left to someone who does.

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Content Creation

This may include blog posts, newsletter articles, social media posts, ebooks, video scripts, reports, and any content your business needs.

Social Media Management

Imagine having a professional create a social media strategy for your business.  You won't' have to stumble around trying to figure out how to fit social media in your marketing. Hire a pro and reap the benefits social media brings to your business.  Your VA can create and post content on Facebook, Twitter, and other social platforms.

Copywriting

A sales letter or ad can make or break your success, which is why it’s imperative to hire a professional copywriter to create these for you.

PowerPoint Presentations

If you do slide-share presentations for webinars, videos, or virtual conferences, make sure the presentations represent you well. Your reputation is on the line anytime you put yourself out there online. Don't let a sloppy, unprofessional webinar be your first and last impression to new viewers.

Lead Generation

This person can help you set up your lead pages, tweak them for better conversions, and drive traffic.

Installations and Set Up

An experienced VA that specializes in the systems you use in your business can help you with everything from installing a WordPress blog, to installing complex eCommerce systems.

Email Marketing

Hire a professional writer in your niche to help you develop effective autoresponder sequences, boost your open rates and sell more through email.

See the Benefits Outsourcing Administrative Tasks

Get More Done - faster!

You Don't Need to Learn Everything You Use in Your Business

You Can Focus on the Money Generation Side of the Business

Make More Money Faster

Finally, Reach Your Business Goals

Finding a Virtual Assistant

Don't wait until you've ripped your hair out before finding a Virtual Assistant! Now, more than ever, online businesses are growing faster and better because entrepreneurs have learned the secret of outsourcing.

Avoid the mistakes many entrepreneurs have made thinking they have to do everything themselves. The sooner you shift that mindset, the greater success you can reach. 

In the online world, there are plenty of VAs, freelancers, and people ready to take on your project. Do yourself a favor and take the time to find the best person that is right for your particular needs.

It begins with creating a specific, detailed project description to find the most qualified person for the job. Not sure where to start? Take a look at projects posted on freelancing sites to get an idea of the type of ads that yield the best results.

Next, evaluate and hire your ideal VA. Always check references, look at reviews they have received, and discuss what your expectations are when you meet.  Take the time to make sure you hire the best person for your needs. Then, provide them a sample project to execute. Did they meet your standards?

Summary

You have learned what tasks you can outsource to a VA and the benefits you gain by hiring a VA to supercharge your business. A good VA or contractor can take your business to the next level faster than you can alone.

Outsourcing is a great thing!  The key is to know your expectations and share those with your VA. Communication is vital, especially in the beginning. But, it’s worth it!

The Insider's Club Outsourcing Challenge may be exactly what you need to dig into outsourcing.  Join us in the challenge. You will so glad you did!

What are your fears about outsourcing? Please share below in the comment section! We'd love to know!

If you found this article helpful, please share it -thank you!

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The Novice to Advanced Marketing System is a step-by-step system focusing on Team, Training and Tools to help novice to advanced business people build a Simple, Scalable and Sustainable business.

Founded by David Perdew over 15 years ago, he recently retired and his daughter, Jen Perdew, who has been working at NAMS since 2011 purchased the business.

Jen is now the President and CEO of NAMS and comes from a customer service, operations, and employee training background.

Jen has always loved digging in and getting her hands dirty with automation and coaching. Jen's an implementer and focuses on moving her clients as quickly as possible down the path to success. and has since taken over most of the technical training in the business. NAMS is one of the most successful online communities today, specializing in training and proprietary productivity software tools.

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Things to Outsource: Customer Service

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Things to Outsource: Customer Service

Things to Outsource Customer Service

Things to outsource is an endless list of possibilities.

Outsourcing is the key to the success of many online entrepreneurs. It’s a cost-effective means of taking advantage of the skill-set of a wide range of experts without the need to hire them full-time. Thus, it not only saves time since you don’t have to learn how to perform various tasks you need in your business but it also allows you to grow your business.

What is Outsourcing?

The concept of outsourcing is simple. It refers to a business (you) contracting the services of a professional. It’s the same idea as hiring a contractor to fix your roof. You need your roof fixed and you don’t have the skills or the time to do it so you hire the services of a professional to perform the task for you.

The focus of this article will be why you should outsource customer service. This is an area of your business that tends to stay on the backburner when you think about outsourcing. Customer service is a vital area of your business and should be treated as such.

You want happy customers, right? A happy customer is likely to be a repeat customer.

The Benefits of Outsourcing Customer Service

Happy Clients

As mentioned above, you want to keep your clients and customers happy. If they aren’t able to access a program they just bought, they won’t be happy!

Saves You Time

Having a layer between you and your client with a help desk is a good thing. You won’t have to manage the daily questions or problems, ultimately saving you time. Plus, they get their questions answered in a timely manner.

Elevates Your Status

There’s a shift in perception when a client or customer realizes you have a team supporting the business. They feel confident that you must really know what you’re doing if you have support people in place. (By the way, if your team is you and your VA, that’s okay. Your VA can handle a variety of tasks, including a customer service desk.)

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Shows Your Clients that You Care

Having a customer service desk will signal to the client or customer that they matter to you. After all, the customer service desk is all about them. It ensures that if they run into a problem, you’ve got them covered.

Tightens Your Sales/Onboarding Process for Success

Developing your support desk begins with knowing the potential problems a client or customer may encounter when doing business with you.  Knowing ahead of time gives you a wealth of information about the client’s journey through the sales process.  Ideally, you want to avoid the problem before it is their problem.

Pay attention to the different questions and issues your clients have had in the past in the onboarding process. Identify how you can design your program or product to eliminate that issue from happening. However, you can’t predict everything. That’s where troubleshooting assistance comes in and this is where your support desk comes in.

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So, there you have it!

Happy Clients

Saves You Valuable Time

Elevates Your Status

Shows Your Clients You Care

Tightens Your Sales Onboarding Process for Success

When it comes to things to outsource, selecting the areas in your business that make you money should be on your criteria list. Customer service is one of them. After reading this article, you should understand why customer service matters for the growth and longevity of your business.

Do you think an FAQ page substitutes the need for customer service?

If you said, "Yes," you are wrong!

FAQ pages are useful on the front-end or as general instructions in the onboarding process. FAQs are a good start, but not the only solution.

Think about it. Have you experienced purchasing something, only to have a problem or question that isn't found on the website or onboarding process?

Wouldn't it be nice if a support desk could have helped you out before getting frustrated? Automated FAQs are a great feature to have, however they don't always offer all of the solutions for problems.

 

If you have found this article helpful, let us know, and please share it 🙂

We would love to hear about your experience with outsourcing a customer service desk. Share the experience with outsourcing below in the comments ~ thanks!

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The Novice to Advanced Marketing System is a step-by-step system focusing on Team, Training and Tools to help novice to advanced business people build a Simple, Scalable and Sustainable business.

Founded by David Perdew over 15 years ago, he recently retired and his daughter, Jen Perdew, who has been working at NAMS since 2011 purchased the business.

Jen is now the President and CEO of NAMS and comes from a customer service, operations, and employee training background.

Jen has always loved digging in and getting her hands dirty with automation and coaching. Jen's an implementer and focuses on moving her clients as quickly as possible down the path to success. and has since taken over most of the technical training in the business. NAMS is one of the most successful online communities today, specializing in training and proprietary productivity software tools.

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Social Media Marketing for Small Business Owners

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Social Media Marketing for Small Business Owners

Social media marketing for small business owners provides the opportunity to get more attention when you create and share content. Social media platforms are ideal places to engage with your ideal audience, although they aren’t necessarily the best places to make sales. Your strategy should be to use social media to drive traffic to your opt-in to build your list. An email list provides the easiest and best way to make sales.

Begin with a Lead Magnet

A lead magnet is known by many names, such as ‘ethical bribe,’ freebie, small report, or a gift in exchange for the person’s email. Your lead magnet should be valuable content that your audience can use immediately to solve a problem.  They can help grow your list by offering multiple ways for your audience to enter your list by downloading your content.

The best lead magnets solve a problem, works quickly, and provides immediate gratification. They can be in multiple forms, for example, reports, checklists, cheat sheets, reports, etc.

Pretty much anything your audience will find helpful can become a lead magnet. Presenting your lead magnet on social media is an excellent way to build your list.

 

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Your goal is to get your lead magnets in front of as many people as you can using your social media platforms so they sign up to your list. Encourage them to share the link with others, and build a long-term relationship with your customers and fans.

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Promote Your Lead Magnets Consistently

You can’t hope that people will come across your website to find your lead magnet. For instance, you should promote your lead magnet as you would a product you’ve developed by spreading the word on social media. Use a social media scheduler to easily get the lead magnet seen more than once on your platforms, such as Hootesuite and Loomly.

The ideal lead magnet will be evergreen. They can motivate people to join your list, and furthermore, segment your list. Segmenting your list effectively means you can whittle down the freebie seekers. Use tags to move people through your funnel that delivers the right information at the right time. This creates an email list that is responsive to your offers based on your lead magnet they signed up to receive.

All Social Media Profiles Should Always Include a CTA

Most social media platforms allow you to have a link or button. Create the call to action that leads to the opt-in page with your lead magnet/freebie for each platform that you use. Don’t use the same landing page for all of your social media platforms. Each audience may be a little different and should be treated as such. Plus, keep in mind that the more options you have for your audience, the more likely they are to join your list.

Use Content Upgrades in Blog Posts and Promote on Social Media

Every blog post should have at least one content upgrade, which is an in-content link to an opt-in of some type. It can be as simple as a checklist, or a more in-depth report for the blog post, or anything that is easily downloadable and relevant to the information they are reading.

This has a bonus side-effect of showing your expertise on a topic. It will grab their attention while they’re reading about the topic, therefore the likelihood of someone signing up for your list to get additional content is extremely high.

Add a Sign-Up Button on Your Facebook Page

Set up a Facebook Page. Keep it active and add a sign-up button. In your scheduled posts, add a reminder to sign up for your list via your sign-up button. To add the sign-up button, you just “edit” the button and add the link to your sign-up form. It’s that easy. If that doesn’t work to get more signups, consider adding a “learn more” link with your opt-in form and freebie.

Pay for Promotion and Ads on Social Media

Most social media today including Pinterest, Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook allow some form of promotion. In fact, if they offer it, you practically must do it because that’s the only way to get more eyes on your offers. Thankfully, it’s easy and inexpensive to set up. You’re likely to get a lot of signups if you promote something your audience feels is valuable to their success.

Share Everything on Social Media

When you create anything, it should be shared on social media. Whether it’s a blog post, a product, a freebie, a new opt-in, and even in some cases an important email that you’ve sent to your subscribers – it should be shared on social media. The more eyes you can get on any piece of content that you’ve created the better and the more likely you are to get sign-ups. Don’t just share things one-time either. Share regularly and repeatedly. You can use software like Hootsuite.com, Tailwind.com, or Missinglettr.com to help you schedule repeat shares.

In conclusion, the positive impact of social media on marketing strategy efforts makes it an ideal way to interact with your target audience. It’s a traffic-generating tool to send people to your blog, website, and services. This ultimately impacts your profit. But, you have to do it the right way.

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Founded by David Perdew over 15 years ago, he recently retired and his daughter, Jen Perdew, who has been working at NAMS since 2011 purchased the business.

Jen is now the President and CEO of NAMS and comes from a customer service, operations, and employee training background.

Jen has always loved digging in and getting her hands dirty with automation and coaching. Jen's an implementer and focuses on moving her clients as quickly as possible down the path to success. and has since taken over most of the technical training in the business. NAMS is one of the most successful online communities today, specializing in training and proprietary productivity software tools.

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7 Ways to Get More Blog Followers with Social Media Marketing

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7 Ways to Get More Blog Followers with Social Media Marketing

Do you know how to get more blog followers with social media marketing? If not, you’re in the right place! We’ll share seven easy ways to use social media successfully for your business.

The key to using social media platforms effectively in business is to know how to drive traffic to your blog or website. Social media is a traffic-generating tool that deserves a marketing strategy.  It allows you to get more views on your content and products - if you know how to do it the right way. The key is to understand how it works together.

1. Elevate Your Profile

Your profile picture is one of the first things someone sees, so make sure it’s a good picture. It should be a current picture that reflects who you are. After all, you are the face of your business.  

Your profile should include links to relevant content and an audience-centered bio. Additionally, include other information created to draw your audience in. Do you know who your ideal audience is? They should feel like you ‘get’ them. 

There are many social media platforms. However, you should select only the platforms that work best for you and your target audience. Each platform varies in its mood and feel. It’s vital to create your profile that fits the platform and your business in a way that your audience knows it’s you.

2. Use Visual Content

Visuals always work best to grab attention. Text posts with images, memes, and videos have a higher chance of being seen and shared.

Think about how visuals stand out when you are scrolling through your feed. Chances are you stop or at least pause to look at it because it grabbed your attention. That’s why you need this strategy in your social media posts and plans.

Here’s an important tip: if you post anything with words in it - even if it’s a meme - you need to put the words in the post’s text area so that search engines catch it. Also, this helps people with certain disabilities to see it.

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3. Interact with Your Audience Consistently!

With social media, setting up a profile is only the beginning. You must consistently engage with your audience. After all, it’s social media so expect to be social.

It’s as simple as liking posts and responding to comments, answering questions, share their information, thank them for sharing yours, and more.

It’s essential to respond to their activity promptly, so allow time in your day (or your VA’s day) to check in on your social media accounts and respond, as needed.

4. Research and Know Your Competition

Research doesn’t mean you copy exactly what they do. It’s to get ideas and be inspired by what they do. Done correctly, you will use the information to put your spin on it and do it better.

5. Polls, Contests, Q&As, and Other Buzz-Worthy Activity

The number one key to running polls, contests, Q&As, and other activity is to have a reason for doing any of these. This type of activity grabs attention because it looks different and catches their eye. Therefore, don’t do these if you don’t have direction.

When you know what your purpose and call to action are, you will be successful with these traffic-generating methods of polls, contests, and so forth.

6. Be Active When and Where Your Audience is Active

If you’ve done the research (and we hope you have), you should know when your audience is on your social media platforms. That will be the ideal time to post new content, do an impromptu  Facebook Live, post a poll or announce a new product.

It will require tracking and testing to figure out what works for your target audience. But, you’ll begin to achieve the results you desire. It’s an effective way to get links to your blog or website!

7. Connect with Social Influencers

This method is an extremely successful way to boost your traffic, especially if you don’t have many followers yet. Reach out to social media influencers to do something with you that gets the attention of your audience. Additionally, this tactic will put you in front of their audience. Talk about fast-tracking your exposure!
 

In conclusion, the positive impact of social media on marketing strategy efforts makes it an ideal way to interact with your target audience. It’s a traffic-generating tool to send people to your blog, website, and services. This ultimately impacts your profit. But, you have to do it the right way.

If you’re looking to amp up your social media results for more profit, then we have just what you need.

Every month in the MyNAMS Insiders Club, we focus on a foundational business topic all businesses need to create sustainable long-term income. March is our Social Media Marketing Challenge. If you need to focus on social media marketing and ads for your business, join us now for only $1. You'll get access to all of our workshops, challenges, courses, templates, workbooks, monthly PLR, plus our weekly mastermind! It's the best deal for growing your online business. Join us today.

Get More Blog Followers with Social Media Marketing

Social media marketing goes beyond setting up a profile and randomly posting information.  You need a plan that will help you build your business.

Of course, you can use social media for free.  However, if you include paid ads in the marketing mix, and you have a great formula to significantly grow your reach - and profits.

Join us in the Social Media Marketing and Ads Mastery Challenge with our Insider's and execute your plan in 30 days. Try our $1 Trial to see for yourself how this can work in your business!

Yes, I need to make more money using social media! Let me in!
Jen Perdew

The Novice to Advanced Marketing System is a step-by-step system focusing on Team, Training and Tools to help novice to advanced business people build a Simple, Scalable and Sustainable business.

Founded by David Perdew over 15 years ago, he recently retired and his daughter, Jen Perdew, who has been working at NAMS since 2011 purchased the business.

Jen is now the President and CEO of NAMS and comes from a customer service, operations, and employee training background.

Jen has always loved digging in and getting her hands dirty with automation and coaching. Jen's an implementer and focuses on moving her clients as quickly as possible down the path to success. and has since taken over most of the technical training in the business. NAMS is one of the most successful online communities today, specializing in training and proprietary productivity software tools.

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5 Benefits of Streamlining Business Processes

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5 Benefits of Streamlining Business Processes

Small Business Process Improvement

The benefits of streamlining business processes provide consistency, efficiency, and peace of mind in your business. This is true for any size business, whether new or established.

 

In our previous article, Small Business Process Improvement: 5 Areas to Streamline, we shared 5 areas you should document immediately if you haven't documented those processes yet.

 

This article will focus on the benefits of having an SOP (Standard Operating Procedures). You may have heard terms like “Standing Operating Procedures (SOP)”  or “Master Business Manual (MBM)" without giving it much thought about the meaning or importance of having one.

 

Simply put, they are detailed, step-by-step instructions about how to complete a specific task from start to finish. While most of the instructions are written, you can add screenshots, a how-to video clip, templates, checklists, and any other form of content designed to execute a task or project.

 

Let's look at the 3 examples below to see how beneficial it is to streamline your business processes:

 

  1. For instance, you decide to add a new product to your existing offerings. By having a step-by-step documented process for creating new products, you can maintain the quality, flow, and consistency your customers expect from you.

  2. What happens if a customer has questions or experiences a problem? Your customer service desk can ask them a series of questions to resolve the problem within minutes. This happens because you have streamlined that process so they can follow and handle customer service issues.

  3. Imagine that you just hired a new contractor. Training them is easier because you can give them a checklist and a process to follow from your SOP.  Plus, it will cut down on their learning curve while giving the new contractor confidence in their ability to meet your expectations. Win-win for everyone!

 

These are excellent examples of real business situations where having a documented process can mean the difference between chaos and efficiency. Therefore, standardizing all of the areas in your business should be a no-brainer.

Hopefully, this article will inspire you to document and streamline business processes if you don't have them already.

 

Why Your Business Should be Streamlining Business Processes

As stated before, standard operating procedures are documented step-by-step instructions on how to complete a task from start to finish. They are vital for your business to maintain efficiency and consistency. 

 

In fact, if you are the only person doing everything in your business, you must put all of your processes in place immediately. 

 

What would happen if something happens to you? 

 

As part of your emergency plan, someone needs to be able to step in and manage the business on your behalf. That means having an up-to-date SOP in place. Many solopreneurs never give it much thought, but they should.

 

If you've worked with a VA and she leaves, do you have her duties documented? If not, ask her to use your SOP template to document everything she does for you.

Benefits of Streamlining Business Processes

5 Benefits of Steamlining Business Processes

1. Maintain Quality Standards

Your SOP is your quality control. When it comes to production, marketing, sales, and customer service, your goal is to maintain consistent quality throughout your business.

You and your team are more efficient and confident. As a result, tasks and projects can be delegated with confidence.

#2 Troubleshooting

Let’s face it. There will be times when something goes wrong or a customer needs special assistance. By having your business's daily operations documented, a team member can step up to evaluate and solve problems.

Keep in mind that if a problem arises that isn't covered in your procedures, make note to create a process built around that issue in case it happens again.

#3 No Guesswork Necessary

When your processes and procedures are documented, it prevents making poor decisions. Problems are handled properly and efficiently.

Team members will know your expectations and can easily deliver!

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#4 Reduced Learning Curve and Errors

Thinking about hiring a VA or other team member? With your SOP, it is easier to train them. As they learn your business, there is a lower risk of errors. As a result, they will feel confident in their role because you have detailed everything their job requires of them.

#5 Financial Perks

Managing finances, handling the bookkeeping, and filing taxes will be easier to maintain.

Another financial perk is that when everyone is working efficiently with minimal errors, means they are saving you time and money. That's always a good thing!

 

Workflow Efficiency

SOPs can’t cover everything, although you should strive to. Your VA or team should have a firm understanding of your company vision, mission, and goals. Make sure that your VA and team have access to the sections of your SOP they need to perform their job effectively.

 

I cannot express this enough! In order to experience workflow efficiency, you must streamline every process in your business with step-by-step documentation.

 

As your business grows, your needs will change. For example, that free autoresponder you used when you first started your business may not be able to handle your growing business today.

When you upgrade that out-dated autoresponder, you need to create a new process for your new autoresponder. That holds true for everything you use in your business.

 

SOPs are never finished. It’s a work in progress because conditions are always changing. If you change any policies or procedures, marketing strategies, promotion cycles - well, you get the idea. Updates are critical to maintaining standards. At a minimum, review your SOP twice a year.

 

Maintain Quality Standards

When reviewing, revising, or adding processes, remind everyone involved of the goal with the SOP. When one area of your business undergoes several revisions, it can become confusing and, as a result, lead to errors or inconsistencies.  Clarify and confirm that the documentation achieves its stated purpose.

 

In conclusion, don’t be intimidated by creating your documented processes. It’s something that MUST be done. But, the good news? There are plenty of templates and examples you can find to create your SOP, so you don't have to build something from scratch!

 

Are you interested in learning how to set your business up for success and achieve higher profits? Creating your SOP is the beginning of setting your business up for success. Regardless of your business's size or how long you’ve been in business, focusing on your business operations is vital for growth and success.

 

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