1.
Leveraging Your Time by Working
with a Virtual Assistant (VA) / Online
Business Manager (OBM)
@mmangen Facebook.com/YourVirtualAssistant
http://thevirtualasst.com

2.
What is a Virtual Assistant?
• We help busy business owners get more done
in a day
• Self-employed service professional
(freelancer)
• Often wears many hats: e.g. admin, marketing
support, social media, website support, etc.
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3.
Who Can Use a Virtual Assistant?
• Anyone!
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4.
Benefits of Working with a VA
• Leverages your time so you can focus on
income producing activities or those things
only YOU can do in your business
• Allows you to scale / serve more clients
• Offers specialized support
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5.
Examples of What a VA Can Do
• Manage social media accounts (Twitter, Facebook,
Pinterest, etc.)
• Newsletters (MailChimp, Aweber, Constant Contact)
• Upload and SEO optimize blog posts
• Bookkeeping
• Prepare, send new client contracts
• Ghostwrite blog posts
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6.
How To Work with a VA
• Technology is awesome!
• Use project management system (Asana, Basecamp)
• Be comfortable delegating
• Some projects/tasks will require “final” editing
• Clear / timely communication
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7.
Finding the Right Fit
• Any relationship is about “the right fit”
• Do your due diligence
• Ask for examples
• Discover their strengths (e.g. Kolbe Index, Strengths
Finder 2.0)
• Correct course quickly
• If it doesn’t work out, don’t give up
• Price can be an indicator of performance
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8.
Need a VA?
• Connect with me, I have over 340 in my network
• Ask your friends for referrals
• Look on social media – we’re virtual so we often
have a great online presence (e.g. keyword search
on Twitter: “virtual assistant”)
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