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How a VA Helps You Scale Your Business

As a business owner, you have many superpowers. But handling your entire workload yourself isn’t one of them. Time is finite, and unless you want to spend all of yours working in your business (and heading toward burnout), you’ll eventually need to delegate some of your workloads.   This can be a good “problem” to […]

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How to Hire the Right Graphic Designer

Of all the types of freelancers or a remote team you may need, a graphic designer might be among the trickiest to hire. The challenge is that it’s a huge umbrella term for a wide variety of freelancers with different skill sets. In other words, there’s no one size fits all graphic designer. Some focus […]

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Best Practices for Online Collaboration with Remote Workers

There’s little doubt that since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, remote work is a trend that’s likely here to stay. It’s probably no surprise, given that a majority of workers want to continue working remotely even after the pandemic ends. But moving to remote work has its pitfalls. And in today’s global environment, where […]

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The Essential Data Your Business Needs to Track

From the websites we visit the number of steps we take while wearing a smartwatch, it seems like everything we do today generates data and is tracked by someone. In fact, we live in a world that’s flooded with data, and businesses that know how to collect and analyze data properly are more likely to […]

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How to Hire an SEO Specialist

One of the more challenging marketing roles to hire for is search engine optimization (SEO). The reason for this is two-fold:  1) The rules of SEO are constantly evolving and 2) It can take several months to results from an SEO expert’s work. It’s hard to justify paying someone for performing work when there’s little […]

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How to Hire a Lead Generation Expert

One of the keys to business success is always having a full pipeline of prospective clients and customers. New business is the lifeblood of most businesses, and an empty pipeline is a sign that your business may not have enough revenues coming in to support itself in the near future.   Unless you’re selling retail, most […]

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Overcoming the Time Zone Challenge When Working with VAs

Bringing a VA into your remote team mix can sometimes mean working across time zone. That’s part of the beauty of remote work, after all. You — and your team — can work from anywhere! But this also creates a few challenges, namely in the way you communicate.   When several time zones separate you […]

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What Are the Different Roles Required to Build a Website?

“I need someone to make a website for me!”  That’s a common phrase web developers and designers hear all the time. However, creating a website from scratch often requires a far more intricate and nuanced approach than most realize. What’s more, there are many different types of developers (and designers for that matter), and depending on […]

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How to Hire a Freelance Animator

In today’s fast-paced world, it’s essential for your business to be able to grab people’s attention quickly—and hold it. There is an ever-increasing number of distractions from an ever-growing number of digital devices and services, which has resulted in the average attention span falling to about eight seconds!  If you’re running a business, that means that your website […]

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Best project management tools for 2021

Finding a project management tool is not like finding a needle in a haystack. Quite the opposite, actually — with hundreds to choose from, the tools are the haystack. They each work a little differently in terms of interface and functionality, but ultimately accomplish the same key goal: to make your work life easier.  Here are our top […]

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