| If you are not currently using an internet virtual | | | | categorized in the following 3 columns: |
| assistant in your online wealth generation business, | | | | Task group 1 - tasks I don't know how to do |
| you are probably limiting your income or working | | | | Task group 2 - tasks I know how to do, but |
| too many hours, or both! A very wise mentor | | | | don't like doing or tasks that aren't an effective |
| told me one of the distinguishing characters of | | | | use of my time |
| highly successful people is the speed of | | | | Task group 3 - tasks I can or should do |
| implementation. | | | | You want to outsource tasks from group 1 and |
| How quickly are you able to grow your business? | | | | 2, but not group 3. You need to keep doing the |
| What are the limiting factors? For most | | | | things you do best and that make the best use |
| entrepreneurs it is either time or money. But | | | | of your time. Typically these will be income |
| what if you could get excellent quality work done | | | | generating tasks. Tasks like talking with |
| by highly skilled people for $4-$5 per hour? Think | | | | customers and prospects, strategic research, |
| about how much more you could get done in | | | | strategic planning, writing great sales copy, |
| your business and how much faster it could grow. | | | | automating your business, and relationship building. |
| If you can't outsource some of your tasks and | | | | Outsource anything that is tedious, repetitive, or |
| get a return greater than the $4 cost, then that's | | | | that requires a skill you don't have and that isn't |
| a different issue for another article. Now you | | | | integral to your business. The more of these |
| might think you can't get a quality assistant for | | | | tasks you outsource, the more time you will have |
| under $5/hour, but I have and I know others that | | | | for income generating tasks, and the faster your |
| have too. | | | | business will grow. |
| But you can get burned if you don't approach | | | | Even in the early days of your business when you |
| getting a virtual assistant in a systematic way. | | | | do not have a lot of income yet, get an internet |
| You need to outsource the right tasks and then | | | | virtual assistant and outsource as much as |
| you need to find the right virtual assistant. | | | | possible and you'll be amazed at how quickly your |
| Here's how I determined what tasks to | | | | business will take off. Don't focus on how much it |
| outsource. I started out making a list of the tasks | | | | will cost, focus on how much more income it will |
| in my online wealth generation business, | | | | generate. |