In this final episode of the Virtual Freedom podcast, Chris discusses taking everything to the next level, and hiring your first project manager to lead your team for you, so that you can get back to running your business, instead of focusing on running your team. He also discusses his aspirations for everyone that picks up a copy of the book, along with extending a personal pledge to help - just contact him! :-)

VF025: Help! I've Turned Into A 'People Manager', Now What?!

Chris Ducker is a successful entrepreneur, blogger, and podcaster known for his thought leadership about building businesses and lifestyles that thrive with virtual teams. His highly-anticipated book—Virtual Freedom: How to Work with Virtual Staff to Buy More Time, Become More Productive, and Build Your Dream Business—comes out April 1 and is available for pre-order now. This special podcast series provides an exclusive look into the important themes, strategies, and tactics that Chris explores in the book.

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As we get closer to wrapping up this limited run podcast, Chris discusses the five biggest mistakes he sees entrepreneurs making when they get started with their outsourcing, and more importantly how to avoid doing so yourself! He also talks about why learning by your mistakes is important as a business owner, and as a manager of people.

VF024: The 5 Biggest Outsourcing Mistakes (And How To Avoid Them!)

In this episode, Chris reads directly from his book and shows you, in the process how your first 6-months could look if you embrace the power of virtual teams and follow his advice inside the pages of Virtual Freedom. This session gives you a great 'birds eye view' of just how important it is to build your virtual team, not just for your business growth, but for your overall lifestyle as an entrepreneur.

VF023: Book Excerpt: Your First 6-Months

In recent years you've probably heard the saying 'content is king'. It's true, it is. And to be truly discoverable, remembered and shared online today, you need to create killer content. In this episode, Chris discusses some of the best content to produce, as well as the in's and out's of getting your VAs to do the majority of the heavy lifting, when it comes to the marketing side of things, for you.

VF022: How To Leverage Content Marketing Effectively With Virtual Staff

Working at an arms length certainly has its benefits, but it doesn't come without its challenges, too. In this episode, Chris goes over the importance of meeting with your virtual team face-to-face on a regular basis. Either via webcam chats on Skype and Google+, or even (if its possible) in person. Either way, it's an important part of the team development process.

VF025: Help! I've Turned Into A 'People Manager', Now What?!

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