Virtual Freedom

Hiring a Filipino VA is just the start. Truly understanding what makes them tick, when it comes to being an employee of an overseas boss, as well as what salary expectations there are is paramount to long-term success with outsourcing to the Philippines. In this episode Chris drops several tips that will enable you to get on the good side of your VA fast, and grow that relationship as a result!

In this episode Chris goes over the various different reasons why, if you do decide to go overseas with your virtual team building, the Philippines is whole-heartedly your best option. From English communication levels, to different time zones, as well as religious beliefs and general work ethic, the Philippines has a lot to offer the modern-day entrepreneur.

This is probably one of the biggest questions that small business owners have when it comes to outsourcing work - even just tasks, let alone actual roles! In this episode Chris goes over the pro's and con's of both staying closer to home, and sending work overseas. Sometimes it pays to stay local, but for small business owners on a budget, the idea of working with overseas VAs is an attractive one.

A lot of entrepreneurs that start outsourcing to virtual assistants think that putting a solid reporting system in place needs to be a semi-NASA launch plan! Chris shows you exactly how he works with his VAs when it comes to reporting, and breaks it down into an easily digestible format, so that you can do likewise with your staff.

Once you've got your virtual staff on board, it's time to get to work. And that means communications, tools, tactics and everything else that allows you to work productive with your VAs on a day-to-date basis. In this episode, Chris introduces you to several tools that make everything a lot easier, as well as some tips on overall daily management.

The importance of training your virtual staff is something that Chris hammers home quiet heavily in the pages of his book. Here he goes into why the biggest hurdle in training your Vas is most likely to be you, and how to solve that. In this episode he also discusses the power behind the 'VA Training Trifecta', a combo of three brilliant, but different ways to actually showing your staff how they can perform the tasks you need handled.

In this episode Chris covers the subject of salaries. Wildly different from one market to another, Chris decided to focus on the one market in regards to virtual staffing that he's most well known for, and that's the Philippines. Here we learn about the different salaries for the different types of workers, as well as discussing bonuses and incentives and why, in the Philippines, cash it not always king… kinda!