Outsourcing Hiring A Virtual Assistant: 3X Founder Shares His Process For Scaling With Outsourced Teams Dave Nevogt CEO Oct 15, 2015 — 2 min read If you’re ready to hire virtual assistants and scale your business with an outsourced team, download your 1-page infographic: Interview Questions To Ask Your Virtual Assistants Why do you need a Virtual Assistant? Outsourcing to a “Virtual Assistant” or VA is not about getting your email and scheduling done It’s about running and growing your business at scale with a remote team What tasks can your Virtual Assistant do? Finding and reaching out to potential clients, obtaining customer feedback Repurpose your existing content into videos, presentations, infographics Perform any kind of research: keyword research, relevant blogs, influencers If you’ve had a bad experience with VA… It’s probably due to poor skills on the Virtual Assistant’s side Poor blueprinting and documentation on management’s side Create a blueprint for “assigning test tasks” BEFORE you start looking for a VA An example of live testing document How to find great Virtual Assistants… Use your docs to describe the work that needs done on freelancing sites Hubstaff Talent LinkedIn AngelList Virtual Staff Finder Outsourcely Facebook Groups Managing your Virtual Assistants effectively… Collect data for the following: How many hours does your team work What projects are they working on Get automatic updates on what they do Tools you can use to collect data and analyze team’s work… Harvest ($10 per user flat) Time worked, invoicing, sync with project management software; perfect if you don’t need screenshots and monitoring Upwork (10% of payroll) Time worked, screenshots, automatic payments to your team, find VA / marketers and other workers Work Analytics with Hubstaff For $5 or $9 per user flat, you’ll get… Time Worked Websites Visited Applications Used Screenshots Automatic Payroll Hubstaff Talent Got questions about hiring virtual assistants? Outsourcing and hiring virtual assistants can make or break your business Following a structured approach and using the right tools can make it work for you Share your experience and checkout related articles on. And don’t forget your 1-page infographic: Interview Questions To Ask Your Virtual Assistants Power up your workdayReach your goals faster with time tracking and work management. Save time and money in one click Hubstaff streamlines time tracking, productivity, team management, invoicing, and more. Try it free Free 14 day trial · No credit card required