This document provides an overview of a continuing education course on automating a real estate business using virtual assistants. The course objectives are to determine readiness for automation, list steps to increase productivity, permissible activities for unlicensed assistants, types of virtual assistants, and how to find and train a virtual assistant. It then details considerations for determining readiness, preparing systems for automation and delegation, permissible assistant activities, the three main types of virtual assistants, and a step-by-step process for hiring and training a virtual assistant. The goal is for agents to recapture time spent on non-client facing tasks by delegating them to a virtual assistant, while maintaining high-quality client services.
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TLC Media helps small businesses become more productive by taking on administrative tasks and office work virtually. This allows business owners to focus on strategic work. Some common issues business owners face include taking on too many roles as the only employee, dealing with fluctuating workloads, being overwhelmed by daily details, and not having time for website maintenance. TLC Media's virtual assistants can serve as additional staff through regular services or project-based work to address these issues and help businesses grow.
Marianne Campbell provides virtual assistant services to small businesses and entrepreneurs to help reduce their stress and allow them to focus on growing their business. Her services include administrative
The document describes the services of Out of the Office Virtual Assistance, a company that provides virtual assistants. It discusses how modern society and business move at a fast pace, causing increased stress levels. Hiring a virtual assistant can help business owners and individuals manage their to-do lists, emails, and tasks more effectively. A virtual assistant is a contractor who works remotely and helps with administrative duties like data entry, scheduling, and customer service. The document provides advice on finding and interviewing a suitable virtual assistant and highlights testimonials from satisfied clients who achieved increased productivity and efficiency with the help of a virtual assistant.
In starting up my own business I decided to put my creative brain into gear and put together a presentation with just some of the reasons that using a VA was a simply brilliant and most importantly strategically sensible decision for any small business and/ or Entrepreneur.
This document discusses reducing payroll paper output by providing electronic payslips, P11Ds, and P60s instead of printed versions. It outlines the business case for moving to electronic documents, including cost savings from reducing printing, paper, and associated expenses. The document also covers legal obligations to provide payslips and explores options like employee self-service systems and email distribution. It notes that electronic payslips must still meet requirements like being available on payday and allowing employees to make a written copy. The pros and cons of electronic payslips are also summarized.
One of the biggest challenges that are faced when marketers and their IT department work together is managing technical debt. By not taking the time to maintain clean coding and processes when working with your website and always choosing the "quick and dirty" way to get work done, it's easy to become less flexible and have your site performance suffer. Learn more about what technical debt is and ways to manage it efficiently. This presentation was given by Scott Mowery at a workshop during the 2015 Healthcare Internet Conference in Orlando, FL.
This document provides 10 tips for saving time and money on payroll processing. It recommends taking an inventory of current payroll processes to identify inefficiencies. It also suggests encouraging employees to switch to direct deposit to avoid cheque-related costs and delays. Additionally, it advises setting up multiple access levels for payroll data and software to allow for delegation without compromising security. The document stresses the benefits of cloud-based payroll software for remote access and enhanced data security compared to desktop software. It concludes by urging businesses to use a payroll calendar and CRA-approved provider to avoid late filing penalties.
The document discusses how an accounting firm, BealmanAndAssociates, helps clients with bookkeeping, going paperless, and developing best practices. They do bookkeeping for less than a bookkeeper's salary. They scan all source documents and index them for easy retrieval online. They analyze a client's critical business functions and document workflows and standard operating procedures to improve processes. This creates efficiency and allows the business to be managed from any location.
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TLC Media helps small businesses become more productive by taking on administrative tasks and office work virtually. This allows business owners to focus on strategic work. Some common issues business owners face include taking on too many roles as the only employee, dealing with fluctuating workloads, being overwhelmed by daily details, and not having time for website maintenance. TLC Media's virtual assistants can serve as additional staff through regular services or project-based work to address these issues and help businesses grow.
Marianne Campbell provides virtual assistant services to small businesses and entrepreneurs to help reduce their stress and allow them to focus on growing their business. Her services include administrative
The document describes the services of Out of the Office Virtual Assistance, a company that provides virtual assistants. It discusses how modern society and business move at a fast pace, causing increased stress levels. Hiring a virtual assistant can help business owners and individuals manage their to-do lists, emails, and tasks more effectively. A virtual assistant is a contractor who works remotely and helps with administrative duties like data entry, scheduling, and customer service. The document provides advice on finding and interviewing a suitable virtual assistant and highlights testimonials from satisfied clients who achieved increased productivity and efficiency with the help of a virtual assistant.
In starting up my own business I decided to put my creative brain into gear and put together a presentation with just some of the reasons that using a VA was a simply brilliant and most importantly strategically sensible decision for any small business and/ or Entrepreneur.
This document discusses reducing payroll paper output by providing electronic payslips, P11Ds, and P60s instead of printed versions. It outlines the business case for moving to electronic documents, including cost savings from reducing printing, paper, and associated expenses. The document also covers legal obligations to provide payslips and explores options like employee self-service systems and email distribution. It notes that electronic payslips must still meet requirements like being available on payday and allowing employees to make a written copy. The pros and cons of electronic payslips are also summarized.
One of the biggest challenges that are faced when marketers and their IT department work together is managing technical debt. By not taking the time to maintain clean coding and processes when working with your website and always choosing the "quick and dirty" way to get work done, it's easy to become less flexible and have your site performance suffer. Learn more about what technical debt is and ways to manage it efficiently. This presentation was given by Scott Mowery at a workshop during the 2015 Healthcare Internet Conference in Orlando, FL.
This document provides 10 tips for saving time and money on payroll processing. It recommends taking an inventory of current payroll processes to identify inefficiencies. It also suggests encouraging employees to switch to direct deposit to avoid cheque-related costs and delays. Additionally, it advises setting up multiple access levels for payroll data and software to allow for delegation without compromising security. The document stresses the benefits of cloud-based payroll software for remote access and enhanced data security compared to desktop software. It concludes by urging businesses to use a payroll calendar and CRA-approved provider to avoid late filing penalties.
The document discusses how an accounting firm, BealmanAndAssociates, helps clients with bookkeeping, going paperless, and developing best practices. They do bookkeeping for less than a bookkeeper's salary. They scan all source documents and index them for easy retrieval online. They analyze a client's critical business functions and document workflows and standard operating procedures to improve processes. This creates efficiency and allows the business to be managed from any location.
Sechler Office Solutions provides virtual assistant services such as document preparation, data entry, and mailing list management to help businesses and individuals who are overwhelmed and need help with administrative tasks from an off-site location using modern communication tools. The benefits of hiring a virtual assistant include saving time, avoiding costs associated with physical office space and equipment, and gaining peace of mind knowing administrative details are being professionally handled.
A breakfast event hosted by StaffBerry and the National College of Business, designed to educate small business owners on the do and don't of finding outsourced assistance.
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Business system development improves business efficiency, accountability, and team creativity (+ more benefits). Learn from the experts on how to get started.
Shane Ball has over 15 years of experience in administrative, customer service, and health and safety roles. He is skilled in time management, team leadership, and problem solving. Currently, he works as an Administrative Assistant where he supports managers, maintains systems, and oversees a fleet of vehicles. Previously, he held roles in customer service, sales, construction, and health and safety coordination.
The document discusses the challenges that small to mid-sized businesses face when using multiple separate software applications to manage different business functions. It identifies issues like a lack of access to integrated information, redundant data entry, difficulties with performance management, and increased costs. The document proposes that integrating business applications into a single global system could help address these challenges by streamlining operations, reducing errors and costs, and freeing up time to focus on growth.
This newsletter provides staff at Camden Council with updates on various initiatives and changes happening within the organization. It introduces new communication tools like the Camz, highlights the rollout of the Lync system and agile working practices, provides tips on decluttering offices, and notes an upcoming review of the mail service. Staff are encouraged to embrace new ways of working and technologies to better deliver services and work more flexibly.
This document provides information about virtual assistant services offered by ProSource Virtual Assistant Services. It defines a virtual assistant as an independent professional who can perform various administrative tasks remotely for clients via technology. The benefits listed for clients include saving costs compared to traditional employees, increased flexibility, and allowing the client to focus on higher priority work. A variety of administrative support services are described that a virtual assistant could provide to clients.
The document discusses how accounting firms can re-engineer their year-end process using Xero accounting software. It recommends starting the year-end process earlier by "prepping" client files, which involves drafting financials using available client data in Xero. This prepping process can be done by junior accountants, freeing up senior accountants for higher-value work. Re-engineering the year-end process in this way improves staff retention and increases learning rates, margins, and the capacity to take on more work.
This document outlines plans to implement a new training and development program for Campus Recreation employees using the learning management system D2L. The goals are to provide organized information, promote self-leadership, communicate roles, improve cross-department relations, and advance training. Issues like missed training, low performance, and unanswered questions will be addressed. The D2L program will include online training, performance evaluations, policies and procedures, quizzes and discussions to better inform and train employees. A focus group of Campus Recreation employees found the D2L plans to be well designed and beneficial to employee development and performance.
The ultimate guide on hiring a virtual assistantDavidJohn60
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This document provides an overview of hiring virtual assistants. It explains that virtual assistants are remote professionals who can reliably support clients with any delegated tasks regardless of location or time zone. The document then discusses why virtual assistants are beneficial for busy entrepreneurs and small businesses as they are more affordable than permanent employees and available outside traditional working hours. It also outlines the process for hiring a virtual assistant and the various services they can provide, such as administrative assistance, business support, financial and accounting tasks, digital marketing, and more.
Presentation by Tim Oldman, Leesman Index, to the WorkPlace Trends Conference 2013 in London
What role does the workplace play in the post-recessional economy and who exactly are those places really working for: the employer, the employee or the landlord and his institutional investors? With barely more than half of the 40,000 employees we've talked to able to report that the design of their workplace enables them to work productively, clearly the world of workplace is a mess.
Leading a massive services organization or moonlighting and considering the jump to full time? Let's have a frank discussion about what it takes to run a growing services business. Check out these tips given out at SpiceWorld London from industry experts and your peers around the globe on what to consider before getting started, what to expect from clients (and what they expect from you!), and how to stand out from the masses. We'll take the discussion beyond tech and give you the lowdown on how to grow your business, big or small.
Legal departments are under ever-increasing pressure to do more, to do it better, and to do it faster â but these things canât happen without a motivated team. If you want your employees to stay focused, productive, and inspiring as their workload increases, you have to prioritize the sense of pride they take in their work.
This document discusses the hidden value that desktop support technicians can provide beyond just basic desktop support. It notes that desktop support technicians have broad technical knowledge from years of experience dealing with all types of issues. This experience enables them to quickly troubleshoot problems, recognize related incidents, and develop solutions. It also describes how desktop support technicians have helped with initiatives in areas like standards and compliance, security, procurement and licensing, application development, and more. The document advocates finding ways to utilize the skills and experience of desktop support technicians to supplement other teams' work.
The document discusses how cloud computing can help organizations better manage their technology and align it with their mission and goals. It describes the five stages of IT alignment from chaotic to value-driven and explains how cloud computing can help organizations skip early stages and move directly to providing better service. Cloud computing provides on-demand access to shared computing resources and applications over the internet, reducing costs while improving flexibility, scalability and access.
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The document summarizes discussions from a Business Service Center partner meeting regarding ePAR updates. Key points include: the ability to now do 9/1 transactions; the distinction between warning and error messages; and that new how-to guides are available on the website. Questions were asked about various ePAR issues such as end dates, funding sources, and approval workflows. Donna Shell and Donna Asher provided responses and agreed to look further into issues regarding encumbrances and funding transactions.
How To Find And Leverage A Virtual Assistant (Or Two) In Your BusinessRussell Cummings
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This document provides information on how to find and leverage virtual assistants for a business. It discusses the author's positive experience using virtual assistants for tasks like graphic design, app development, translation and as a personal assistant. It then defines what a virtual assistant is and common tasks they can perform. The rest of the document outlines a 10 step process for recruiting a virtual assistant, including defining the role, finding candidates, interviewing and onboarding the virtual assistant. It also discusses benefits, disadvantages and tips for managing a successful relationship with a virtual assistant.
With the growth of SaaS technologies, providers must find new solutions to compliment their existing business. Jazz's Partner Program allows you to further enhance your role as a trusted business partner by offering recruiting tools to your valued customers.
Business Process Outsourcing (Group Home Based)Sid Sanchez
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This document discusses how small businesses can utilize business process outsourcing (BPO) and virtual assistants (VAs) to reduce costs and increase profits. It outlines various services that can be outsourced, including administrative, customer service, and IT tasks. The benefits of using VAs are lower costs compared to traditional employees due to not having to pay for benefits, overtime, or unused work time. Potential clients are assured their projects will stay on schedule and benefit from specialized skills. The document proposes competitive hourly rates and payment structures for outsourcing to the Philippines. Risks are assessed as minimal due to a large global market and adaptable services.
6 REASONS WHY SUCCESSFUL COMPANIES HIRE A VIRTUAL ASSISTANTDaniel Ramsey
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Adding a virtual assistant to your team brings many benefits. They are generally much more affordable than hiring in-house and have the skills and flexibility to support several aspects of your business. The virtual professionals at MyOutDesk are a step above the average virtual assistant with only 2% of applicants making the final grade.
The document discusses how to become a virtual assistant and earn money working remotely online. It describes virtual assistants as freelancers who provide services like administrative tasks, writing, design, and other work to clients globally using technology. Some key steps outlined for becoming a virtual assistant include determining the services you can offer based on your skills and experience, specializing in a few areas, researching the industry to identify demand, creating a business plan, and setting up the necessary equipment and work space. The document suggests virtual assisting as a way to gain flexibility and income working from home.
This is a short yet impactful piece based on three vignettes from attorenys that have started their own law firms. These address: 1) setting financial and personal goals for a law firm 2) when to hire staff and 3) setting policies and procedures.
Sechler Office Solutions provides virtual assistant services such as document preparation, data entry, and mailing list management to help businesses and individuals who are overwhelmed and need help with administrative tasks from an off-site location using modern communication tools. The benefits of hiring a virtual assistant include saving time, avoiding costs associated with physical office space and equipment, and gaining peace of mind knowing administrative details are being professionally handled.
A breakfast event hosted by StaffBerry and the National College of Business, designed to educate small business owners on the do and don't of finding outsourced assistance.
How to Save 6,000 Hours per Year with Business Systems DevelopmentQuekelsBaro
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Business system development improves business efficiency, accountability, and team creativity (+ more benefits). Learn from the experts on how to get started.
Shane Ball has over 15 years of experience in administrative, customer service, and health and safety roles. He is skilled in time management, team leadership, and problem solving. Currently, he works as an Administrative Assistant where he supports managers, maintains systems, and oversees a fleet of vehicles. Previously, he held roles in customer service, sales, construction, and health and safety coordination.
The document discusses the challenges that small to mid-sized businesses face when using multiple separate software applications to manage different business functions. It identifies issues like a lack of access to integrated information, redundant data entry, difficulties with performance management, and increased costs. The document proposes that integrating business applications into a single global system could help address these challenges by streamlining operations, reducing errors and costs, and freeing up time to focus on growth.
This newsletter provides staff at Camden Council with updates on various initiatives and changes happening within the organization. It introduces new communication tools like the Camz, highlights the rollout of the Lync system and agile working practices, provides tips on decluttering offices, and notes an upcoming review of the mail service. Staff are encouraged to embrace new ways of working and technologies to better deliver services and work more flexibly.
This document provides information about virtual assistant services offered by ProSource Virtual Assistant Services. It defines a virtual assistant as an independent professional who can perform various administrative tasks remotely for clients via technology. The benefits listed for clients include saving costs compared to traditional employees, increased flexibility, and allowing the client to focus on higher priority work. A variety of administrative support services are described that a virtual assistant could provide to clients.
The document discusses how accounting firms can re-engineer their year-end process using Xero accounting software. It recommends starting the year-end process earlier by "prepping" client files, which involves drafting financials using available client data in Xero. This prepping process can be done by junior accountants, freeing up senior accountants for higher-value work. Re-engineering the year-end process in this way improves staff retention and increases learning rates, margins, and the capacity to take on more work.
This document outlines plans to implement a new training and development program for Campus Recreation employees using the learning management system D2L. The goals are to provide organized information, promote self-leadership, communicate roles, improve cross-department relations, and advance training. Issues like missed training, low performance, and unanswered questions will be addressed. The D2L program will include online training, performance evaluations, policies and procedures, quizzes and discussions to better inform and train employees. A focus group of Campus Recreation employees found the D2L plans to be well designed and beneficial to employee development and performance.
The ultimate guide on hiring a virtual assistantDavidJohn60
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This document provides an overview of hiring virtual assistants. It explains that virtual assistants are remote professionals who can reliably support clients with any delegated tasks regardless of location or time zone. The document then discusses why virtual assistants are beneficial for busy entrepreneurs and small businesses as they are more affordable than permanent employees and available outside traditional working hours. It also outlines the process for hiring a virtual assistant and the various services they can provide, such as administrative assistance, business support, financial and accounting tasks, digital marketing, and more.
Presentation by Tim Oldman, Leesman Index, to the WorkPlace Trends Conference 2013 in London
What role does the workplace play in the post-recessional economy and who exactly are those places really working for: the employer, the employee or the landlord and his institutional investors? With barely more than half of the 40,000 employees we've talked to able to report that the design of their workplace enables them to work productively, clearly the world of workplace is a mess.
Leading a massive services organization or moonlighting and considering the jump to full time? Let's have a frank discussion about what it takes to run a growing services business. Check out these tips given out at SpiceWorld London from industry experts and your peers around the globe on what to consider before getting started, what to expect from clients (and what they expect from you!), and how to stand out from the masses. We'll take the discussion beyond tech and give you the lowdown on how to grow your business, big or small.
Legal departments are under ever-increasing pressure to do more, to do it better, and to do it faster â but these things canât happen without a motivated team. If you want your employees to stay focused, productive, and inspiring as their workload increases, you have to prioritize the sense of pride they take in their work.
This document discusses the hidden value that desktop support technicians can provide beyond just basic desktop support. It notes that desktop support technicians have broad technical knowledge from years of experience dealing with all types of issues. This experience enables them to quickly troubleshoot problems, recognize related incidents, and develop solutions. It also describes how desktop support technicians have helped with initiatives in areas like standards and compliance, security, procurement and licensing, application development, and more. The document advocates finding ways to utilize the skills and experience of desktop support technicians to supplement other teams' work.
The document discusses how cloud computing can help organizations better manage their technology and align it with their mission and goals. It describes the five stages of IT alignment from chaotic to value-driven and explains how cloud computing can help organizations skip early stages and move directly to providing better service. Cloud computing provides on-demand access to shared computing resources and applications over the internet, reducing costs while improving flexibility, scalability and access.
UNT Health Science Center Partner Meeting Aug. 23, 2013bscisteam
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The document summarizes discussions from a Business Service Center partner meeting regarding ePAR updates. Key points include: the ability to now do 9/1 transactions; the distinction between warning and error messages; and that new how-to guides are available on the website. Questions were asked about various ePAR issues such as end dates, funding sources, and approval workflows. Donna Shell and Donna Asher provided responses and agreed to look further into issues regarding encumbrances and funding transactions.
How To Find And Leverage A Virtual Assistant (Or Two) In Your BusinessRussell Cummings
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This document provides information on how to find and leverage virtual assistants for a business. It discusses the author's positive experience using virtual assistants for tasks like graphic design, app development, translation and as a personal assistant. It then defines what a virtual assistant is and common tasks they can perform. The rest of the document outlines a 10 step process for recruiting a virtual assistant, including defining the role, finding candidates, interviewing and onboarding the virtual assistant. It also discusses benefits, disadvantages and tips for managing a successful relationship with a virtual assistant.
With the growth of SaaS technologies, providers must find new solutions to compliment their existing business. Jazz's Partner Program allows you to further enhance your role as a trusted business partner by offering recruiting tools to your valued customers.
Business Process Outsourcing (Group Home Based)Sid Sanchez
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This document discusses how small businesses can utilize business process outsourcing (BPO) and virtual assistants (VAs) to reduce costs and increase profits. It outlines various services that can be outsourced, including administrative, customer service, and IT tasks. The benefits of using VAs are lower costs compared to traditional employees due to not having to pay for benefits, overtime, or unused work time. Potential clients are assured their projects will stay on schedule and benefit from specialized skills. The document proposes competitive hourly rates and payment structures for outsourcing to the Philippines. Risks are assessed as minimal due to a large global market and adaptable services.
6 REASONS WHY SUCCESSFUL COMPANIES HIRE A VIRTUAL ASSISTANTDaniel Ramsey
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Adding a virtual assistant to your team brings many benefits. They are generally much more affordable than hiring in-house and have the skills and flexibility to support several aspects of your business. The virtual professionals at MyOutDesk are a step above the average virtual assistant with only 2% of applicants making the final grade.
The document discusses how to become a virtual assistant and earn money working remotely online. It describes virtual assistants as freelancers who provide services like administrative tasks, writing, design, and other work to clients globally using technology. Some key steps outlined for becoming a virtual assistant include determining the services you can offer based on your skills and experience, specializing in a few areas, researching the industry to identify demand, creating a business plan, and setting up the necessary equipment and work space. The document suggests virtual assisting as a way to gain flexibility and income working from home.
This is a short yet impactful piece based on three vignettes from attorenys that have started their own law firms. These address: 1) setting financial and personal goals for a law firm 2) when to hire staff and 3) setting policies and procedures.
A virtual assistant is an independent contractor who works remotely using their own equipment rather than being employed in an office. This allows businesses to access administrative support at a lower cost than hiring a traditional employee since there are no benefits or payroll taxes to pay. Virtual assistants can help businesses of any size complete tasks more efficiently and focus on core operations. Some key benefits they provide include cost savings, increased productivity, quick completion of projects, and access to qualified help normally only available to large companies.
Georgie presents Practice Ignition, a software that helps accounting and bookkeeping practices streamline operations. It automates proposal creation, deployment of workflows to connected software, and invoice sending. This reduces high administrative costs and improves the client experience through online proposal acceptance and client collaboration tools. Practice Ignition aims to remove roadblocks inhibiting practice growth while providing clients with visibility, easy communication and a great experience.
A virtual assistant is an independent contractor who provides administrative, creative, and technical services for clients from their home office using online communication tools. They can assist with tasks like word processing, bookkeeping, database management, and more. Virtual assistants work flexibly with clients on a project-by-project or ongoing basis remotely. Hiring a virtual assistant provides small businesses benefits like lowered costs compared to a full-time employee and assistance with tasks that boost productivity.
This document outlines the benefits of hiring a virtual assistant. It lists 10 main benefits: 1) Focusing on business growth instead of administrative tasks, 2) Not needing to provide office space, 3) Not needing to provide equipment, 4) Only paying for completed work, 5) Saving time by delegating tasks, 6) Gaining freedom to improve skills and relationships, 7) Gaining a partner to discuss ideas with, 8) Gaining peace of mind from having details managed professionally, 9) Being able to focus on business goals instead of being overwhelmed, and 10) Gaining flexibility to take on new opportunities. It also lists various administrative and business services that a virtual assistant can provide.
Starting a Property Management Business: A Step by Step GuideAppFolio
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Are you wondering if a property management career is right for you? Weâve put together this step-by-step guide to becoming a property manager to answer your basic questions.
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We asked 7 industry experts one question "What is the best low cost recruitment strategy that doesn't break the bank" and compiled their valuable responses and insights into this report by iBroker. http://goibroker.com
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A Virtual Assistant clears up all the routine tasks from your table so that you can now concentrate more on your company. Virtual Assistants can cover Business Support, Bookkeeping, Digital Marketing, Graphic Designing, Content Writing needs as much as you want them to.
This document provides an overview of Company.payroll's payroll processing services for small and medium-sized businesses. It describes the benefits of outsourcing payroll such as lower costs, reduced risk of penalties, and the ability to manage payroll from anywhere. Company.payroll offers various payroll packages with features like tax filing and payment guarantees, direct deposit, and employee self-service portals. The document also addresses common objections to outsourcing payroll and provides pricing and feature details for Company.payroll's CORE, POWER, and COMPLETE plans.
This document provides an overview of the business support services offered by Midnight Oil, including bookkeeping, tax preparation, payroll, network administration, and other customized services. Their goal is to provide clients with any business tools needed by taking on tasks like billing, payments, sales inputting, banking, vendor payments, accounts receivable, cash management, inventory management, report generation, and more. Services are customizable based on each client's specific needs and budgets.
This document discusses how employee distraction from personal mobile devices and internet use is hurting business profits. It notes that studies show even brief distractions can double the chances of mistakes. The average person checks their phone 150 times a day and spends over 7 hours per month on Facebook alone during work hours. The document argues that employees are essentially stealing company time when they engage in non-work activities while on the clock. It advises business owners to set clear policies on appropriate device use and consider implementing content filtering to limit distractions and improve productivity.
Outsourcing isn't a luxury for tech-savvy companies. As a young or start up law firm, you can get more done in less time by delegating your administrative tasks to an experienced, US-based virtual assistant without the hassle of the dreaded hiring process. Free up time each week so you can increase your bottom line and client base. Call us for a free strategy session www.elitevirtualassist.com
Hiring a virtual assistant provides business owners with three main benefits: 1) It frees up their time to focus on growing their business instead of handling minor tasks. 2) It saves money compared to hiring employees by only paying for work completed. 3) Virtual assistants can take on a variety of administrative, marketing, and other tasks to serve as an "all-in-one" assistant.
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The document discusses how real estate agents can automate their business using virtual assistants (VAs) to increase income while maintaining a better work-life balance. It recommends real estate agents prepare themselves and their systems for automation, find and hire a VA through online platforms, train the VA by documenting tasks and processes, and manage the VA relationship. Using a VA can allow agents to focus on higher-level tasks while VAs handle approximately 80% of the administrative workload, benefiting both agents and their clients through improved services.
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The document discusses the economic impacts of hurricanes and shows that while hurricanes initially cause job and home sales losses, the affected areas typically see strong job growth and rising home sales 6-12 months later as rebuilding efforts take place. Graphs and data show examples of this pattern for New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina and Punta Gorda, Florida after Hurricane Charlie, with both areas experiencing higher employment within a few years. Additional charts track broader economic indicators like national job and home sales growth after 2004's Hurricane Charlie.
This document discusses how real estate agents can automate their business using virtual assistants to increase income while still having more free time. It recommends hiring a virtual assistant based in the Philippines who can complete approximately 80% of an agent's administrative tasks remotely. The key steps outlined are preparing yourself for delegation, preparing your systems, finding a suitable virtual assistant through various online platforms, training the assistant by recording your processes and breaking tasks into steps, and managing the relationship with the assistant over time. Automating tasks is presented as a way for agents to spend more time on high-value tasks, improve work-life balance, and provide better service to clients through increased accuracy and consistency.
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The document discusses using a virtual assistant (VA) for real estate businesses. It outlines 4 steps to implement a VA: 1) Prepare yourself by getting organized, 2) Prepare systems like a CRM, 3) Get a VA through websites like Fiverr, TaskBullet, or by hiring a full-time VA on Upwork, and 4) Train the VA by assigning tasks like email marketing, listings coordination, and hand off about 80% of tasks. The presentation provides examples of one real estate agent who saw transactions increase from 22 in 2010 to over 300 after implementing a VA-assisted business model.
The document provides information on how to get back control of one's time without spending a fortune by using virtual assistants. It summarizes that after doing business for 7 years, the author discovered that 90% of work does not require specific expertise and can be delegated. The author also realized that with systems in place, one can focus on important tasks rather than busywork. Virtual assistants can do that 90% of work for under $10 per hour. The document then discusses three secrets: 1) How to effectively use virtual assistants without being tech savvy, 2) How to get quality assistants for under $10/hour, and 3) How to easily train assistants to do work exactly as wanted.
Terry Yonker is a broker at Buckeye Realty in Winter Park, FL who has been a Florida Realtor since 2005 with over 300 transactions completed and holds an MBA and CIPS. The presentation discusses going paperless, including the benefits such as efficiency and compliance, and provides a game plan for deploying a paperless system. It also outlines advanced paperless capabilities and offers to send additional materials to those who email their phone from the presentation.
Virtual Assistants for Florida RealtorsTerry Yonker
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Virtual assistants are contractors based in the Philippines that can complete administrative tasks remotely for real estate agents. This allows agents to spend more time on high-value tasks rather than low-value tasks that take a lot of time. The presentation outlines the process of hiring a virtual assistant, including posting a job on Upwork, interviewing candidates, hiring someone for $4/hour, training them on tasks and procedures, and having them provide a daily report. It estimates that virtual assistants can handle approximately 80% of an agent's workload.
A virtual assistant is a contractor who completes tasks remotely for clients. The document discusses hiring a virtual assistant from the Philippines to help Florida realtors by completing approximately 80% of their workload. It provides steps on finding, hiring and training a virtual assistant through Upwork, including posting a job, interviewing candidates, setting tasks and pay rates, and requiring daily status updates. The purpose is to help realtors spend more time on high-value work and less on administrative tasks.
A virtual assistant is a contractor who completes administrative tasks for clients remotely. Hiring a virtual assistant from the Philippines allows real estate agents to spend more time on high-value tasks and less on $3-10/hour tasks. The document outlines a step-by-step process for hiring a virtual assistant through Upwork, including posting a job, interviewing candidates, hiring, training, and managing the assistant by providing daily tasks and feedback. Using a virtual assistant can save real estate agents time and money by delegating administrative tasks.
Industrial Tech SW: Category Renewal and CreationChristian Dahlen
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Every industrial revolution has created a new set of categories and a new set of players.
Multiple new technologies have emerged, but Samsara and C3.ai are only two companies which have gone public so far.
Manufacturing startups constitute the largest pipeline share of unicorns and IPO candidates in the SF Bay Area, and software startups dominate in Germany.
At Techbox Square, in Singapore, we're not just creative web designers and developers, we're the driving force behind your brand identity. Contact us today.
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1. Automate Your Business to Increase Income and Still Get
Home On Time!
2 Hour CE
Terrence Yonker
Course #0018793
2 CE
Provider: #0007266
2. Course Objectives
1. Determine if you are ready for automation in your business
2. List the steps that we can take to increase our productivity
3. List the items that can we delegate to an unlicensed assistant
4. Describe the three main types of Virtual Assistants
5. Explain how to find and train a Virtual Assistant
6. List the ways that your clients benefit by using Virtual Assistants
Timeline
Introduction 5 min.
Are you ready for automation? 5 min.
How do we prepare to automate and delegate? 10 min.
Permissible activities to delegate 10 min.
Three types of Virtual Assistants 20 min.
Step by step process to hire and train Virtual Assistants 30 min.
How the clients benefit when administrative tasks are delegated 10 min.
Conclusion/Questions 10 min.
Total 100 min.
(2 hours CE)
3. Introduction
Without a doubt, the biggest challenge any agent faces is the time crunch. Many times, it isnât
about building a team in your own office, but simply about recapturing time spent in tasks that
donât directly sell homes. âCheckingâ and responding to email, marketing activity (both
traditional and digital), and many aspects of the due-diligence phase of a sale simply take up
time that could be spent creating new relationships with customers. The truth is that there are
a fixed number of seconds in each day and the more you make of each one of those seconds,
the more time you have for your family, yourself, or your business.
At the same time, no matter how efficient you are, there is simply a point when you cannot
scale any more if you donât take steps to effectively make more time. Therein lies the beauty of
the Virtual or Personal Assistant. They can provide you with a skilled outlet to replicate the
exact systems you find most critical in your own business while providing you with the time
savings you need. More importantly, highly skilled Virtual Assistants can be sourced from
nearly any market in the United States or the world and often can be deployed affordably. This
is a new level of delegation far away from the traditional office systems many of us have grown
used to and, as we will see, it can be far more effective.
4. Are You Ready for Automation?
In a slower market or with lower production, most of us can get by okay without help. We do
all of our advertising, bookkeeping, showing homes, prospecting, everything! But at some point
that is different for each of us, things start to fall apart.
⢠We start missing family activities. Our business is one where âtime is of the essenceâ
and as we get busier, not only does our business suffer, but our family life suffers as
well. This balance between personal life and business life is crucial for long term
sustainability in this business.
⢠We start neglecting our health. Hours spent doing administrative work where you are
neither helping your clients, your family and friends, or even yourself benefit nobody.
Time to care for your health is of paramount importance, especially as we get older. But
what can we do? Newsletters must go out, listings have to be entered. What is going to
give? Often it is you. When your health breaks down everything suffers, including your
work.
⢠We spend less time communicating with our customers as we are backed up in
paperwork. Our customers look to us as the experts in our field. We provide guidance
and expert care in our dealings with buyers and sellers. The more time we spend
processing paperwork the less time we can spend fulfilling our promises to the public
that we serve. More activity is good, it means more business for us! But when it comes
at the expense of the public that we serve, something else must be done.
5. How Do We Prepare for Automation and Delegation?
Changing the way we work is not the easiest thing to do! The best way is always to train or
work with someone that has done it successfully using Florida programs and tools.
Programs like automatedagent.net or even courses like these from education providers can
save time and money successfully implementing automation, delegation, and assistants.
Whether you do it with help or on your own, there are still three main steps to follow.
1. Prepare yourself for this change. For most of us this is a different way of working, we
need to share some of our documents and let others do some of our tasks in order to
improve. It can be difficult! To improve on what we do, we first must be aware of what
it is that we actually do during the day. To that end, the next step is to clearly document
what tasks need to be done on a daily, weekly, or even a monthly basis. These tasks will
become the actual training steps and the basis for the core jobs to be done by your VA!
2. Prepare your systems! A side benefit of automating and working with virtual staff is
that your business will need to become cloud based! There are great tools, many of
them already often supplied by your broker, association, or online to lever already.
Having a paper on your desk wonât help you when your virtual assistant needs to email
it somewhere!
3. With that in mind, there must be a clear understanding that simply hiring a VA and
expecting them to immediately know how to do the tasks asked of them is fruitless.
Neither party will have a satisfying experience and the demands upon the agent will not
be lessened. Thus, the need for systems. Reviewing the list of permissible activities that
non-licensed VAs can do and comparing them with the list of daily, weekly, or monthly
activities that need to be accomplished is where you begin your delegation. At the same
time, the agent must be able to clearly train the new VA in how the process works. This
aspect cannot be impressed upon enough. Shortchanging your expectations and
training in the beginning will result in a lack of efficiency in the end â exactly what you
are seeking to alleviate.
6. Permissible Activities
Florida Real Estate Agents are held to an extremely high standard when it comes to the rules of
engagement. One of the most critical parts of utilizing a VA in your business model is a clear
understanding of what they can and cannot do. Below is a comprehensive list based on the
latest guidelines for unlicensed assistants in the real estate field. Of even higher importance is
that the agent understands how these tasks can be used in conjunction with modern tools
maximize time spent in tasks critical to the benefit and security of their clients.
Permissible Activities of an Unlicensed Assistant
Revised and approved by FREC 09/15/2009
Unlicensed assistant is defined as support staff for a real estate corporation or other licensed
individuals.
⢠Answer the phone and forward calls
⢠Fill out and submit listings and changes to any multiple listing service
⢠Follow-up on loan commitments after a contract has been negotiated and generally
secure the status reports on the loan progress
⢠Assemble documents for closing
⢠Secure documents (public information) from courthouse, utility district, etc.
⢠Have keys made for company listings, order surveys, termite inspections, home
inspections and home warranties with the licensed employerâs approval
⢠Write ads for approval of the licensee and the supervising broker, and place advertising
(newspaper ads, update web sites, etcâŚ); prepare flyers and promotional information
for approval by licensee and the supervising broker
⢠Receive, record and deposit earnest money, security deposits and advance rents
⢠Only type the contract forms for approval by licensee and supervising broker
⢠Monitor licenses and personnel files
⢠Compute commission checks
⢠Place signs on property
⢠Order items of repair as directed by licensee
7. ⢠Prepare flyers and promotional information for approval by
licensee and supervising broker
⢠Act as a courier service to deliver documents, pick-up keys
⢠Place routine telephone calls on late rent payments
⢠Schedule appointments for licensee to show a listed property
⢠Be at an open house for:
o Security purposes
o Hand out materials (brochures)
⢠Answer questions concerning a listing from which the answer must be obtained from
the licensed employer-approved printed information and is objective in nature (not
subjective comments)
⢠Gather information for a Comparative Market Analysis
⢠Gather information for an appraisal
⢠Hand out objective, written information on a listing or rental
8. Three Types of Virtual Assistants
By far the most common way that an agent gets help is with an in office assistant. In the not
too distant past that was the only option that many agents had. With advances in technology,
the use of a virtual assistant has become more economical and feasible than ever! The main
drawbacks of having an in-office assistant versus a virtual assistant are:
You must provide office space and perhaps pay additional franchise fees. There are physical
constraints that you just canât get around!
If you live in a higher cost of living area your assistant will be more expensive than necessary.
Extremely talented people often live in lower cost areas of the country or the world. Previously
we did not have access to them. But we do now.
Independent Contractor vs. Employee. This benefit is slightly beyond the scope of this course,
but check with your tax expert on whether your in house assistant would be classified as an
employee or independent contractor. The answer may surprise you. Please refer to IRS
publication https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p1779.pdf.
These and other factors have led to the explosion of the Virtual Assistant Industry and Real
Estate Professionals have benefited greatly from this explosion. Services such as
automatedagent.net have evolved to take you through each step of the process, or you can
decide which type serves your purpose and jump in on your own. There are three main types
of Virtual Assistant services available.
1. Project-Based One Time Services
a. These sites provide a platform where contractors offer their services to anyone
on primarily a one-off basis. Tasks such as design a web page, write a resume,
create a flyer can all be done here for as little as five dollars per job!
2. Task â Based On Demand Services
a. This is a relatively new service that agents can now take advantage of. Tasks are
broken into smaller 20 minute chunks. These are often US companies that use all
US Virtual Assistants. They break tasks into 20 minute âordersâ. Any task that
can be done remotely, such as research flights, find the best deal on printing
business cards, research, order and send closing gifts can all be done here.
9. 3. Part of Full Time Integrated Assistants
Example: Direct â Upwork.com
Example: Agencies â Literally hundreds of different options!
Integrated assistants are often the most appealing option for agents for several reasons:
a. Many of our tasks are repetitive, which means that once someone does the
documented task a few times they become competent at it and can do it for you
indefinitely!
b. Upwork.com is the largest online workplace. The site allows us to access a talent
pool from all over the world. Most of what takes up our time are administrative
tasks, not tasks that require our unique expertise or knowledge. These tasks can
be done by people who are experts at administration and administrative tasks.
These are important jobs to be sure, but they often detract from the agentâs
main job, to work with the customer.
c. We always have the option to work with one of the countless agencies that have
filled this need, after all it is still better than doing everything yourself. Typically
the agencies add little value. Often, they will charge the client double and still
leave the client alone to train, succeed, or fail on their own. The rare exception
is when you truly have a team that provides an office, internet line, and people
that can step in should one falter. Among the agencies, this is the most optimal
setup.
10. Step by Step Process to Hire and Train a Virtual
Assistant
Of the three types, we will focus on hiring and training the part time integrated assistant, as
that is the best place for a first-time agent to start.
So how do we do it? The process starts by preparing your training first, before you hire the
Virtual Assistant. You want to be clear on what they will do for you from the moment that they
are hired.
You do this by taking the recordings of yourself doing just two time-consuming tasks out of your
âevery dayâ job tasks. From a technology point of view, this can be done through a free screen
capture site such as Screencast â o â matic.com which simply records the screen and your
description as you go through the task. Once you record yourself completing the task, and it
may take two or three times, you will then have the basis of the training videos that you will
give to your VA that you will hire. By doing this first and providing a clear idea of what they will
do BEFORE you hire them, you will save time and headache in the training process once you
have hired your VA.
The next step is setting up your VA with the proper credentials to access the files or systems
that you use when completing your tasks. Basic time savings can be garnered through email
organization, appointment scheduling, or dozens of other tasks â all dependent upon the agent
and their specific business. These can all be delegated and, more importantly, as the VA
becomes skilled in how to do it effectively, your trust of their work â and, letâs be honest, their
integrity â grows. Now, you can utilize your VA by training them in other tasks. The actual
work required of the agent? Experience shows that well-trained VAs save you approximately
80% of the time you formerly spent on any given task. The agent maintains control checking
and approving the final product before completion. The agent gets the desired output without
doing every portion of the task themselves.
Of greater importance is to understand that this is largely âon the jobâ training. Should you
need to hire another VA, the training starts all over again with the videos and training materials
that you have already done. In this way, you have the beginnings of a training system for future
VAs, personal assistants in your office, and other employees that you may use in your business.
Think of this not so much as training an individual but in developing a training system.
With all that in mind, where do you go to find a VA? While there are several local choices,
technology gives us a valuable tool to deploy if the agent chooses. The first critical element â
that of understanding what they can delegate â has already been taken care of. By using the
internet and any number of websites that offer freelancing services, you can research, hire, and
11. train your new VA in the exact pieces of your own puzzle that you need
them to ultimately take control of for your daily tasks. In this area, the
website UpWork seems to have a great selection and clearly states the
hourly fees and experience â much like a job posting website except all
the âapplicantsâ are freelancers or contractors. There are many other services that can help
you to locate a skilled VA as well. These generally offer services as a monthly package of hours
and handle some of this research and vetting for you. You may pay more for their service, but
in some cases, it may be worth it as they add a layer of management and accountability to your
job.
In almost any example out there today, international VAs with bilingual language skills and
college educations can be had very affordably. At the same time, skilled freelancers in the
United States, without the overhead of office space, working from home, can often be found
for a reasonable $10-$13 per hour.
Assuming you are not using an agency model for sourcing your VA but instead looking for an
independent contractor through a website like UpWork, the steps are simple â join the website
and then post a job opening for your new VA in a relevant category.
Below is the very basic methodology to get you started with criteria for posting a job on a site
like UpWork:
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Category: Admin Support / Personal / Virtual Assistant
⢠Job Description: Please use a cover letter beginning with 'I love Florida Real Estate!â
⢠Job Name: Real Estate VA needed
⢠Describe the work to be done:
âI am looking for someone to help with my daily tasks as a real estate agent. These tasks
include but are not limited to: calendar management, email management, posting online ads,
transaction management. We can provide full training, attention to detail is a must!â
⢠Skills Needed: Administrative Support, Virtual Assistant, Email Handling, Calendar
Management
⢠How would you like to pay? Hourly
⢠Estimated Duration: 6 months
⢠Estimated Workload: Less than 30 hours per week
⢠Desired Experience Level: Entry
⢠Marketplace Visibility: Give my job maximum exposure
12. From this point, interested freelancers will reply to your posting (just like a
âhelp wantedâ advertisement) and it will be up to you to determine if they
are the right fit for you. Again, this is a virtual world and your âinterviewâ
may feel a little strange, but follows the same structure as a face-to-face. Youâll invite
candidates to an interview, review the job, review their ability to do the job, and, if they appear
to be a good fit for the position, you can retain their services.
During the last several years of deploying VAs in business, there are some questions that seem
to provide great answers within this model and they are:
â Question 1: What did you like about your last job and why?
â Question 2: Tell me about your workspace (this can provide you with critical
information about the technology they are using and their expected
competence with virtual systems).
â Question 3: Give me some examples of the coolest stuff that you have done at
other jobs.
If they pass your test, then hire them! Different sites have different hiring processes, but
generally, the website will utilize a hold on a virtual payment (dependent on terms) and only
pay when you are satisfied with the caliber of the work. Not to trivialize it, but if youâve ever
bought anything on eBay or Amazon, the site is indeed a business and the products are the
freelancers who use the site. Poor work on their part will result in action from the website â
from restriction of their access to it to refunding any payments you might have made.
Once you have your VA hired, a critical step must be to establish an email connection with them
through email. Gmail offers a free solution to this and a huge benefit of Gmail is that you can
create a branded email from your office. Clients receiving an email that originates from your
company â even if your VA is thousands of miles away â will not be concerned about security.
At the same time, this allows you to easily monitor the VA and change any access they may
have as you deem appropriate.
Earlier we spoke about training and processes and now is when they will come into play.
Recording your training on systems like Screencast-o-Matic or even YouTube allows you to
record once and make that accessible to your VA anytime they may have a question â on tasks
they may rarely have to do, for example, without having to reach out to you for anything other
than clarification and communication about job related functions and questions. At the same
time, free software like Google Docs can allow them to edit working documents or processes
for your attention at any time.
13. Managing someone often for the first time can be challenging for an agent.
Communication is a key part of a successful relationship with your Virtual Assistant. One of the
reasons for a dedicated email address for them is that line of communication is kept open and a
critical component is daily email. With that in mind, the daily email should include:
⢠What did you do today?
⢠This tells you what they have done, and keeps both of you on the same page
with expectations.
⢠What difficulties did you encounter?
⢠Often assistants will not come to you when they need help because of fear or
shyness, so when they can write it as a part of a daily check in it is often
easier.
⢠What can I (the agent) do to help?
⢠This showed shared interest and responsibility in their success. Itâs not just
asking them what is wrong, but brings you into the picture as the âbossâ.
14. Client Benefit of Using Virtual Assistants
The overriding purpose of going through the sometimes-difficult changes in our business is to
better serve our clients. Clients are the lifeblood of our business. The more time that we can
spend with them and less in necessary administrative paperwork, if it is being done properly
with administrative help, the better.
Your clients will appreciate:
1. Increased time with them to look at houses, provide face-to-face updates on the sale of
their property, and just general relationship building.
2. Time to take more classes and stay current with the latest trends and laws in the
business. Our business is constantly changing, and if we can be freed up to stay current,
we do our clients a huge service.
3. Improvement in accuracy and consistency of our administrative tasks done on behalf of
the client. When the same person does the same task repeatedly results in proficiency
in that task. With the help of a CRM or project management software the accuracy of
that task can be honed even further. Emails get sent out on time, calls get made and
follow up on things like loan approval are done on a more consistent basis.
15. Conclusion
The result of taking this journey is not simply to train one individual to do menial tasks from
your day-to-day, but to create a replicable system to train individuals as Virtual Assistants for
you in your business model. By clearly documenting the tasks and developing a means to easily
train those tasks, you can ensure that you never get stuck in a âtrainingâ cycle and instead, you
record the process once and simply make sure that your follow up is robust. In terms of time
savings, agents who have used VAs only to alleviate daily tasks save, on average, 8 hours a
week.
Thatâs another whole day in the field, meeting customers, interfacing with new clients, and
being home for dinner. Imagine how an extra day or even two each week spent in the actual
service of your clients can impact your own income and itâs easy to see why deploying a VA is
among the most cost-effective returns on your investment.
Just as importantly, by creating a system to utilize VAs in your own business, youâve effectively
created a route to maximize your primary skills. Real Estate Agents provide the most value to
their clients through sharing their expertise and knowledge with their clients face to face.
Virtual Assistants help you to spend more time doing these critical tasks to help protect and
provide a valuable service to the clients that you serve.
Recommended Resources:
Automatedagent.net â The complete guide to Automation and Virtual Assistants for Florida
Real Estate Agents
Upwork.com â Worldâs Largest Source for contract talent