Featured on the same page as Steve Jobs and CNBC - Wow!
Location: Home Office – Reading Time: 5mins
Number of Days in the Office: 17, Total Number of Employees: 208
Happy Friday to each and every one of you! Wow. What a month… These monthly reports are always the posts that I enjoy putting together the most. What I do is jot down notes in my Moleskine throughout the month on things that I want to mention, and this month is a real corker!
Because so much took place this month, I am going to make this a bullet-point type of post to make it easier for you all the read and get stuck into. So, here we go:
- The VBL Podcast , which listed with iTunes just a month or so ago, was featured in the New & Noteworthy section of their Business category. This was actually brought to my attention by fellow blogger Pat Flynn, who also launched his own Podcast in July and also got listed in the same section (but at a slightly different time). Way to go, Pat!
- I took a mini-break with my family and spent 3 awesome nights at a beach resort here in Cebu. It was very impromptu, and thoroughly enjoyable. When we were there, I shot my 3-part ‘Why I want to be a Virtual CEO’ video series. You can check out the first one here.
- Our biggest client expanded, by adding another 10 full-time employees with us. Excellent!
- We brought on board two new clients, but unfortunately lost a couple of small ones in the US, too. Shame to see them go, but I believe they’ll be back soon. Certainly hope so.
- My son, Charlie, can now count from 1-10 unassisted (at the age of one-and-a-half), as well as recite Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star perfectly. Awesome!
We had the Live2Sell United Nations Day (just for fun) at the office, where everyone got dressed up in different types of ‘national’ costumes from around the world. See the image to the right!- I was interviewed by author Dave Crenshaw for his ‘Invaluable’ video series. Very proud to be picked by Dave, he’s a great industry thought leader.
- I flew up to Manila to interview candidates for the Operations Manager role I have been wanting to fill for the last few weeks. Unfortunately none really made the grade, so we’re still searching.
- I started making my first ‘real’ bit of passive income with affiliate links to a couple of email lists I own. All in all, from a couple of products, I made about $300. Not a lot of money, of course – but, the fact that it was happening whilst I slept was very cool, I have to be honest. I will be looking into this a little more closely in the coming months.
There were also a few other things that took place, but nothing as noteworthy as the above.
New VA Service – Update!
Some of you have been asking about my new Virtual Assistant service. This will be launching VERY soon. Sooner than you think, trust me. We’ve been testing out the process with a few select clients and everything has been going excellently! I will be putting together a special package JUST FOR SUBSCRIBERS in case they would like to utilize the service. So, if you haven’t made it onto the subscriber list yet, please do sign-up at the bottom of this post. You’ll get my free eBook, plus you’ll be on the launch list for the service, too.
Now… Reality check!
Bottom line, the hire for this Op’s Manager is a VERY important part of the plan for me to achieve my goal and become that Virtual CEO by the end of the year. I am going to be working overtime in the next 3-4 weeks to make sure I find him or her. Everything else up to this point has been BANG on target. And I know the few little things I’ll have to do AFTER the hire takes place are do-able pretty much on their own.
So, its crunch time.
Thanks, as always for supporting the blog by retweeting the posts and sharing on Facebook. I really appreciate it. And, as always I look forward to reading your comments below! Have an awesome weekend, and I’ll see you next week.
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Wow Chris, you put together a really solid month. Looks like you made progress on every front. I’m sure that you’ll get that ops manager hire knocked down soon.
It’s really good that you’re actively working to delegate responsibility for whole functional areas along the way. It’s so easy as a business founder to get spread too thin by attempting to stay hands on with every part of the business. As you say, that’s what will get you to the full virtual CEO goal.
Hi there, Mike.
Thanks for the comment – yep, that hire is niggling away at me right now. But, it WILL HAPPEN, that I am sure of.
Great observations, too – and yes, I am really inspired every time I delegate an area of the business to somebody, or a collection of somebodies and they ‘get it’ and it works. Perfectly example is the BizDev Manager I hired (mentioned her in my last monthly report). After just four weeks she is almost there were the hand-holding doesnt have to take place that much any more. Another couple of weeks and I believe she’ll be on SEMI auto-pilot with me! Lol.
Have an awesome weekend, bud.
Chris
Hi Chris, great results here – I think this shows the power of being accountable for your goals. I bet the one you’re most proud of though is your son being able to count!
Glad to help with the affiliate income. I wish you every success with all the exciting projects you have on.
Hi Matthew
Of course – Charlie and his older brother and sister are always the biggest inspiration and driving force behind everything I do!
There’s a lot going on. Exciting, but busy times.
Thanks for dropping by mate, and yes – was a pleasure making a little money off YOUR hard work!
Rock n roll, buddy.
Chris
Chris,
Looks like you had another great month. Congrats on being featured on iTunes, that’s awesome. Even more importantly, it’s great that your son is counting to 10 and singing “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star”, they grow up so fast, it’s nice to be able to cherish every moment with them.
Will be waiting in anticipation for your new VA service. Good going on another great month and just as you like writing your monthly reports, I like reading them as well! Take care Chris.
Anna
Hi Anna
Haha. Yeah, they certainly DO grow fast. As you know, spending more time with the family is the major driving force for me.
The service, I’m hoping, will be a ground-breaker. We’ve worked very hard for the last two months or so to put the entire process together, testing it tirelessly. So, with a bit of luck it will be received well.
All the best,
Chris
Hi Chris
Looks like you had a very busy month. Your energy level must be amazing.
What supplement do you take..?????!
Keep it up. That goal will come soon enough.
Sam
Hey there, Sam.
It’s called raw entrepreneurism, my man! Not sure if they have figured out a way to bottle it yet!!!!?! Lol.
Thanks for the continued support.
Chris
Nice to see you made it into iTunes, I was wondering about how to get noticed by them or whether it’s possible? Must be great for traffic and spreadding the VBL love?
Stuart
Hi Stuart
It’s down to producing good content in a field where people want to learn, I believe. It happened a LOT faster than I thought it would, too!
We have a lot of VERY good interviews in the bag already, and will be releasing them in the coming weeks and months.
Thanks for the comment, man.
Chris
I love watching your rise Chris. You’re achieving so many great things here.
Got to be honest, listening to your podcast over the past few months is really stirring my entrepreneurial juices……!!!
Stir away, baby……!!! Lol.
Glad you’re enjoying the content, mate.
Chris