Increase Productivity, Hire Virtually

Due to this crisis, there’s a shift in how business is happening. Lately, more and more people are hiring virtual assistants to increase their business’ productivity rate, and this means that you could find a virtual assistant who has strong skill sets and work ethic. Today, WTR welcomes Danielle Cuomo, entrepreneur, and owner of Virtual Assist USA. In this week’s episode, join us as we discuss the benefits to hire virtually and working from home, in these unprecedented times. Ingenious tactics to accumulate wealth, for people who see things differently. Danielle Cuomo Website http://www.VirtualAssistUSA.com LinkedIn URL https://www.linkedin.com/in/djc287 Facebook URL https://www.facebook.com/findvirtualassistant/ Twitter URL http://www.twitter.com/assist_usa Notes [00:55] Kevin: Today, we’re joined by guest Danielle Cuomo. Today we're going to be talking about increasing productivity, hire virtually. Danielle is an expert in that field, an entrepreneur, and owner of Virtual Assist USA [01:33] These days it is more prominent to hire virtually for businesses. If you're an entrepreneur, you will be able to hire out virtually to help you with tasks (smaller or part-time or full-time) [02:14] Would you mind sharing a little bit with our listeners about where you came from and what inspired you to do what you do today? [02:23] Danielle: One thing that I think that is really timely with what we're facing now with the Covid-19 virus is that I started this business in 2008 and it was a [03:25] I really wanted to center my business around the idea that services can be really nimble, they can be flexible, they can be on-demand, and it would be an alternative to hiring employees [03:52] I was working in IT consulting at the time and because it was the start of the recession I had just been laid off, so that was disheartening. So it was important for me to turn that into a positive and I felt like I had nothing to lose [04:22] Now with the technology, there’s such a low barrier to entry and it’s possible for anyone (a really easy way to start a business and a really great time to do so) [05:45] I think people are seeing how do-able and easy it is to work remotely, that technology makes it possible to still build business relationships [07:10] We’ve always been 100% remote so for the past 12 years we’ve operated virtually. When something like this happens, we don’t have to pivot or scramble, we can do business as usual [07:25] Our clients really benefited from that because they didn’t have any interruptions in their service (in any uncertain time I think that’s really important) [08:05] Another benefit has really been that there’s also a really broad range of skillsets to choose from. When you’re working with someone locally in your office, you’re only able to choose from the skillsets that are available to you in your specific geographical area. But when you’re working virtually with a virtual assistant company, we can pool from a nation-wide pool of talent which can get you people who have stronger skillsets [09:22] Kevin: Have you sen this whole idea of being able to hire virtually open doors for entrepreneurs? [09:28] Danielle: I definitely have because they have all the tools accessible and available to them. I typically...