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Craigslist Garage Sale VA Project

July 6, 2012

Thursday instead of spending all evening looking at garage sales on Craigslist, I got to take the entire night off while a VA was doing the work for me – all for under $7.00. This past weekend was garage sale days in our area, and I had a Virtual Assistant compile a summary of garage [...]

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YFVA #005 Step 4 – Leveraging and Managing Your VA

July 3, 2012

We’ll be going over step 4 of the apple pie method, “Leveraging Your VAs”. I’ll give you an update on the Honda Odyssey Project from our last episode and I’ll give you a link to a resource that documents exactly how you could use VAs with Craigslist. Honda Odyssey Project Wrap Up This week I [...]

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Honda Odyssey VA Project

June 28, 2012

I decided to have a little fun and post a somewhat challenging project involving my Honda Odyssey. Ok, mine doesn’t look as nice as this one, and I don’t look nearly as cool as Mr. Clooney near mine, but that’s beside the point. The Problem My 2006 Honda Odysssey doesn’t have the hardware to support [...]

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YFVA #004 Step 3 – Prescreen the Candidates

June 25, 2012

We’ll be going over step 3 of the apple pie method, and I’ll give you an update on the Honda Odyssey Project from  last episode. The Honda Odyssey Project Last week I explained how I needed to figure out how to add a seatbelt to our 2006 Honda Odyssey for the middle seat and as [...]

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YFVA #003 Step 2 – Post the Job

June 17, 2012

We’ll be going over step 2 of the apple pie method, step through a real world example of how to use VAs. In this case, the example has to do with doing research in the exciting realm of minivans. A listener last week wanted to know more about ways a virtual assistant could help out [...]

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How Ninja Are You?

June 13, 2012

The terms “Virtual Assistant”, “Freelancer”, “Outsourced” etc. are rather vague terms, and can mean a wide range of thing to different people. The vast majority of VAs I use are based oversees, and cost between $2-$10/hr. To understand how and why, and how they compare to other types of VAs out there, here is a [...]

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YFVA #002 Step 1 – Assess the Need

June 11, 2012

In this episode I discuss the first step in finding a Virtual Assistant, which is assessing the need. This is step 1 in the 5 step “Apple Pie” method. What’s Covered in Today’s Episode Assessing the need of what a Virtual Assistant can and can’t do for you is the most important step of the [...]

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YFVA #001 Welcome and Introduction

May 28, 2012

In this episode I discuss the purpose of the website and podcast. In short, this is showing you how to do things you don’t have time for, or to do things way beyond your own talents and abilities. You might be a budding entrepreneur with a pet project, working in a 9-5 job and feel [...]

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