After such an eventful year in 2020, especially with the pandemic taking the world by storm, these challenging times have meant that entrepreneurs needed to be adaptable, flexible and resilient to unexpected changes. As the year comes to an end, let’s take the time to reflect on valuable lessons we’ve learned over the past 12 months and to use these learnings for a better, more productive and fulfilling 2021.
Continue readingWhat a Virtual Assistant should do for your clients for Christmas
It’s coming up to that wonderful time of year! Are you starting to feel all warm and fuzzy for the Christmas season or feeling the stress weighing you down as you finish off everything that needs to be done for the year, on top of trying to show your clients some Christmas love? It’s tough, we know!
A Virtual Assistant can help you get through this exciting, but stressful time by helping you manage the Christmas rush to show your appreciation and loyalty to your clients!
Continue readingHow to Grow your LinkedIn with a Virtual Assistant
LinkedIn is not your ordinary platform where you share photos of your coffee or a selfie before a night out.
Unlike other social media apps, such as Instagram and Facebook, LinkedIn has become a place to build your professional sphere. It gives you the opportunity to create a personal brand, build connections, invest in those relationships, and turn into leads into clients (or even long term friends!)
Continue readingWhat a Virtual Assistant Can Do to Manage your Instagram
It’s easy to get drawn into the world of hilarious memes, cute cats and dogs, delicious lunch bowls and travel photography on Instagram. The amount of original, engaging and aesthetically pleasing content that’s on the platform is vast! As Instagram users, we are intrigued by content that targets our interests, which encourages us to continue following specific accounts and learning about different people, businesses and brands.
Instagram is no longer your basic photo-sharing service but has now grown exponentially into an effective content marketing and audience building tool, which businesses can utilise to their advantage. Having a Virtual Assistant by your side can help your business to reach your Instagram marketing goals.
Continue readingBeginner’s Guide: How to start a Podcast
In Australia, around 3 out of ten of us are avid podcast listeners with half of that number listening to a podcast at least once a week.
So naturally, one of the most popular requests that have come through to Outsourcing Angel this year has been “Can you help me start a podcast?” Thankfully, we’ve got a number of Dedicated Virtual Assistants in our team experienced in launching successful podcasts for their clients.
Continue readingWill Hiring a Virtual Assistant Help You Survive a Crisis?
Businesses are feeling a lot of economic pressure from the Coronavirus crisis. Offices and shop fronts are now closed and adapting to the virtual world is new territory for many. In response to this, many business owners have turned to Virtual Assistants for help.
We’re lucky that the Virtual Assistant Industry has always been fully remote and incredibly robust. In just a click and a phone call, business owners can seek the help of Virtual Employees with transferable skills that can work in any timezone and be productive during turbulent times.
Continue readingHow Outsourcing Angel Helped Clients Adapt to the COVID-19 Crisis
The Coronavirus pandemic has hit us all hard …and business owners are now facing more challenges than they could have ever prepared for.
With some businesses shutting down, others have been pivoting their business plans and adapting in any way they can. Outsourcing Angel has definitely had to do the same.
We’ve used this time to really listen to our customers so that we could help them through their challenges and uncertainty. Here are the changes we’ve made:
Continue readingInternational Women’s Day Tasks For Your Virtual Assistant
International Women’s Day is a few days away. In the days to come, conversations both online and offline will centre around women empowerment, gender equality and women’s rights. As a business or organisation, it’s a good idea to get into the conversations. Not just because you want to market your business, but also because it’s … Continue reading International Women’s Day Tasks For Your Virtual Assistant
Continue readingHow to Create Long-term Relationships with Reliable Virtual Assistants
When building virtual teams, trust is a great asset. When team members trust each other, reaching goals and growing the business becomes a much smoother process. That’s why creating long-term relationships with reliable virtual assistants is such a crucial step to creating a remote team. Trust is natural in teams that have worked with each … Continue reading How to Create Long-term Relationships with Reliable Virtual Assistants
Continue readingFrom Manager to Leader: Keys to Effectively Leading Virtual Assistants
Managing a virtual team can be a challenge. In the midst of those challenges, what companies with virtual assistants need most is not better management, but better leadership. It was John Maxwell who once said, “Everything rises and falls on leadership.” In companies with virtual staff, this universal principle also rings true.
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