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Outsourcing

Outsourcing is one of the ‘VBL Core4’ concepts because it allows smart, savvy entrepreneurs to leverage their time and get more done, with less effort to maximize business opportunities. In this section we focus on working with virtual assistants, or VAs as we more frequently call them, on a plethora of different topics.

Nowadays small business owners, internet marketers and other types of entrepreneurs are getting more and more involved with outsourcing, whilst reaping the benefits of working with virtual assistants and other types of outsourced staff. Staple this one together with Passive Income and you’ve got a proven business model time and time again.

Latest Posts in this Category

3 Perks Your Virtual Staff Will Go Crazy For!

As most readers of the VBL blog know, I have been involved in the outsourcing industry for over 10-years. The 'game' has changed a lot over that time. And when it comes to working with virtual assistants, particularly home-based virtual assistants, the game has changed more than in any other area in the entire industry, as far as I'm concerned. It's not about working with an offshore VA anymore. It's about leveraging the power of the global economy and what that means to small … [Read More...]

Kick-Start Your Online Empire TODAY! Announcing My NEW Company (Woot!)

I've been waiting to publish this post for what seems like ages.....!!! Finally, after 6-months of beta testing with 'real', live clients, I am super excited and happy to formally announce the launch of my latest company - YourWebPA.com. In the video above you'll find out a little more on the company, tour the offices and even meet one of my management team! What is YourWebPA.com? Good question. Eventually it'll be your one-stop-shop for everything project-based outsourcing related - all … [Read More...]

Word to the Wise: 3 Things You Shouldn’t Outsource – Ever!

This post by Timo Kiander, is part of 'VBL Guest Post Season 2'. Outsourcing is an evergreen topic in the world of online entrepreneurs. This is quite understandable. Any business requires our efforts (whether when starting up or running it) and quite soon we may feel stressed out because of our workload. Especially if you are building your online business while having a day job, a family and some hobbies, available time becomes very limited. That’s why outsourcing is so great – you … [Read More...]

How to Totally, Miserably, Completely and Utterly FAIL… at Outsourcing!

This post by Sarah Russel, is part of 'VBL Guest Post Season 2'. Coming to Chris’s “Virtual Business Lifestyle” site always makes me feel happy. From the smiling pictures of the virtual assistants working for his companies to the positive advice on how outsourcing tasks can revolutionize your business, it’s hard not to leave his page without feeling more optimistic about how much more work can get done when you harness the awesome power of outsourcing. Of course, anyone who’s … [Read More...]

Online Business 101: How To Dominate Google Without Lifting A Finger

This post by Dan Norris, is part of 'VBL Guest Post Season 2'. The whole point of engaging a virtual assistant is to free you up to focus on the things that matter. So does this mean getting your VA to do all of the little things that aren't important enough for you to do yourself? Not necessarily. In fact if you want to dominate Google, you need to get your VA working with you on the important stuff that is going to get you there. But let's be honest, some of this stuff is tricky and … [Read More...]

How to Outsource… The Hassle Free Way to Train Your Virtual Staff!

This post by Matt Hooper, is part of 'VBL Guest Post Season 2'. As an outsourcing master, Chris will probably be the first person to tell you that achieving success with your virtual staff depends on you as much as it does on your virtual staff. When you are adding virtual staff to your business, you’re creating a team - a bit like the team above, that runs his Virtual Staff Finder company. A successful team relies on all of its team members in order for the team to thrive. Of course it is … [Read More...]

From ‘Nothing’ to ‘App of the Week’ on iTunes, and Several $$$’s in My Pocket!

This is a Guest Post by Benny Hsu from Get Busy Living. It’s pretty amazing how things change so quickly. The beginning of 2011, I had nothing but an easy, but unfulfilling job and a goal. My goal was to create income from online businesses so I could quit my job one day and control my own life. I had a breaking point in October 2010 that changed my attitude on life. I started a blog called Get Busy Living, and I wanted to help other people stop sleepwalking through life and live an … [Read More...]

Niche Site Project #3 – Win a Fully Built-Out Professional Looking Niche Site, for FREE!!!

8/29/11 UPDATE: The winner of this giveaway has now been picked and announced HERE. I have also put together a "72-hour Special Offer" for niche site creation if anyone is interested, too. Thanks again to ALL that entered this giveaway... 8/25/11 UPDATE: I originally wanted to pick the winner by the end of this week. But, I've had so many great entries for this giveaway that I'm having to block a little time off this coming weekend to go through them all. So, the winner will be announced on … [Read More...]

10 Quick Steps to Becoming a Virtual Entrepreneur!

To become successful as a virtual entrepreneur takes more than just building a few niche sites and relying on Adsense (although we do enjoy it, don't we VBL Niche Site Project peeps!?). I've taken a huge journey over the last couple of years, becoming more and more virtual as time has passed. And I've loved every minute of it. So, today I thought it would be a good idea to create a small selection of tips and tactics for everyone to follow, if they are not 'quite there' in regards to 'going … [Read More...]

Niche Site Project – My Article Research, Creation and Posting Strategy – EXPOSED!

As some of you may already know, a few weeks ago I announced my niche and domain for the VBL Community Niche Site Project, which went into full swing on July 11th, with the creation of the Niche Site Project page - available in the sub-menu here on the blog, or via any browser at nichesiteproject.com. The plan is to produce a monthly update on the 11th (or there abouts) of every month, with the results from the last four weeks worth of work, based around the following criteria: Google … [Read More...]