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Last week this blog turned 365 days old, celebrating its first birthday… Candles were not blown out – but, nonetheless I still celebrated a little. Considering that most blogs created never last past a few months of consistent blogging, any blog getting to its first birthday is a remarkable achievement, lets face it…
I have written tons of posts on the subject of virtual assistants, recorded a full series of free video tips on the subject for my YouTube Channel, and been interviewed time and time again on the topic. Yet, the subject of VA’s and how to find them, train them, work with them, etc., is probably still one of the most…
Part of the ‘VBL Core4′, as I have recently started to refer to them as, is Outsourcing. When it comes to lifestyle design, we look more towards personal outsourcing…
While at BlogWorld in October, I got the chance to meet with many highly talented people, and successful online entrepreneurs. I jumped at the opportunity…
Everybody wants the 4-Hour Workweek dream of being able to make money whilst they sleep or travel around the world. Myself included, if the truth be told. But, lets face it – its pretty hard to do. The fact is, however, it used to be a hell of a lot harder than it is today, [...]
Number of Days in the Office: 7, Total Number of Employees: 212 Ah… It’s good to be back! October was a whirlwind of a month, I must say. Above you’ll find a little (4mins) montage of my trip to the USA. I actually have a TON of footage I shot over there this time around, [...]
This guest post by Eric Gati is part of the VBL Guest Post Month! If you’re reading this post right now on Virtual Business Lifestyle, chances are you’ve at least heard of virtual assistants, and are perhaps interested in finding one or finding out how to utilize them effectively. Congratulations, you’re already more advanced than [...]
This guest post by Michelle Dale is part of the VBL Guest Post Month! Have you ever delegated to your virtual team but been frustrated with the finished result? It just wasn’t what you were expecting, and you didn’t feel that your VA really understood what you were trying to get at. Well, you’re not alone, [...]
This is a Guest Post by Jonny Gibaud, founder of Emergency Food Storage. So it is guest post month of Virtual Business Lifestyle and so fittingly I have written a quest post. I know, I am very much on the ball. For those that have never heard of me, My names is Jonny and I [...]
This guest post by Steve Thomas is part of the VBL Guest Post Month! Most blogs and articles about online business are geared toward the twenty or thirty something crowd. These young people have become disillusioned with the world of work and want to spend more time traveling and enjoying life. Fine for them, but [...]
This guest post by Jaime Tardy is part of the VBL Guest Post Month! I only work 20 hours per week and after reading the Virtual Business Lifestyle and talking with Maren Kate, I thought a virtual assistant could push my business forward faster. I coach local entrepreneurs but wanted to branch out online. I [...]
Number of Days in the Office: 19, Total Number of Employees: 211 This month literally flew by – faster than any other this year, without a doubt. And, if I was to be really honest, I probably worked harder and longer hours this month than I have over the entire year, too. People have even [...]
NOTE: This post was originally posted in September 2010. The ‘work from home’ industry in the Philippines has evolved into a much different ballgame over the last couple of years – and will continue to develop immensely over the next 3-5 years. Therefore I have decided to update this post regularly, so that no matter [...]
Location: Home Office – Reading Time: 6mins Number of Days in the Office: 13, Total Number of Employees: 213 So, here we go with another monthly round-up as I get closer and closer to approaching my end of year goal, and becoming that (hopefully) full-time Virtual CEO. First up, I spent considerably less time in [...]
Part of the Virtual Business Lifestyle revolves around entrepreneurship and passive income streams. Video blogging is hot stuff right now – it seems that almost every blogger online today is at least flirting with it in some way. There are several that are utilizing it exclusively, like today’s special guest and good friend, Tyrone Shum. [...]
Utilizing technology, particularly the technology available to us online and for free, is paramount for any wannabe location independent entrepreneur. There are a multitude of services and online tools out there to help you become more mobile and start to embrace your very own Virtual Business Lifestyle. Instead of listing all of them down here, I thought [...]
Location: Home Office – Reading Time: 5mins If you’re already a subscriber of the Virtual Business Lifestyle blog (this happens automatically when you download my free eBook) you would have already received a couple of emails in relation to my new Virtual Assistant match-making service, Virtual Staff Finder, as we did a ‘soft’ launch last Thursday. In [...]
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 [...]
Ever since Tim Ferriss wrote and published The 4 Hour Work-Week, there has been hundreds of thousands of entrepreneurial lifestyle fanatics looking to creating what Tim calls, their ‘muse’. Some have succeeded, some have failed – terribly. I wanted to write this quick post to be able to point out some simple things you can [...]
As lifestyle designers go, my guest in this latest edition of the VBL Podcast, Cody McKibben, is a pretty cool cat. His blog, Thrilling Heroics is a thumper of a read, and although he doesnt do them nowhere near enough, his video posts are very enjoyable, shot around the world (mostly Asia) and give people [...]
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