{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/5afc793a028014b853c89db4/62902a0a889cc00014e72de0?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"How We Hired Our First Virtual Assistant for Freewyld","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/5afc793a028014b853c89db4/show-cover.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>We officially hired our first team member for our Freewyld brand!</p><p><br></p><p>We’ve hired a Virtual Assistant (VA) named Mei who will help us start building our brand.</p><p><br></p><p>On this edition of STR Conversations, Eric and I share how we worked with a company called Virtual Staff Finder to hire our VA and the process they used to help us find the right Virtual Assistant for our Freewyld team.</p><p><br></p><p>We share the 3 most common questions students in Legend X have about hiring a VA, plus the biggest mistakes people make when hiring that can lead to hiring the wrong team member. Eric shares the plus-minus time tracking process he uses to determine which tasks to delegate, plus, I share my secret for accomplishing more tasks each day.</p><p>We discuss how to use a job scorecard to improve your job description and increase your chances of hiring the RIGHT person for the job.</p><p><br></p><p>Listen in for insight into how to find the perfect VA for your Airbnb hosting team, so you free yourself from the day-to-day tasks of managing your business and focus on building your business.</p><p><br></p><h2>Topics Covered</h2><p>&nbsp;</p><ul><li>The biggest reason for outsourcing the lower-level tasks in your hosting business</li><li>Why a virtual assistant is the first team member we hired</li><li>Why we chose Virtual Staff Finder to help us find our VA</li><li>The 80/20 rule for systems and training for your Airbnb team</li><li>The biggest challenge when hiring a virtual assistantHow to take the overwhelm out of hiring team members</li><li>What shifts our VA will be working for us in Freewyld</li><li>What a Voice Over IP (VoIP) can do for your Airbnb business</li><li>The most valuable thing you can do BEFORE you hire a virtual assistant</li><li>Eric’s plus-minus trick for figuring out which tasks you should delegate</li><li>Jasper's game-changing plan to get more work done daily</li><li>Why job scorecards are invaluable in finding the RIGHT fit for your team</li></ul><p><br></p><h2>Resources&nbsp;</h2><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://getpaidforyourpad.com/podcast/how-to-hire-and-train-virtual-assistants-ep-352/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">How to Hire and Train Virtual Assistants (Ep. 352)</a></p><p><a href=\"https://getpaidforyourpad.com/podcast/how-to-leverage-virtual-assistants-to-scale-your-hosting-business-with-kim-herrlein-ep407/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">How to Leverage Virtual Assistants to Scale Your Hosting Business (Ep. 407)</a></p><p><a href=\"https://amzn.to/3yZjTiX\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Virtual Freedom: How to Work with Virtual Staff to Buy More Time, Become More Productive, and Build Your Dream Business</em> by Chris Ducker</a></p><p><a href=\"https://amzn.to/3lM74R0\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The One Thing</em> by Gary Keller</a></p><p><a href=\"https://amzn.to/3GDnFQZ\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The 4-Hour Workweek</em> by Timothy Ferriss</a></p><p><a href=\"https://asana.com/resources/multitasking\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">5 Multitasking Myths Debunked, Plus 6 Ways to be Productive Without Task Switching</a></p><p><a href=\"https://www.virtualstafffinder.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Virtual Staff Finder</a></p><p><a href=\"https://www.ringcentral.com/sem/office.html?c3api=5690,41091333729,kwd-353851728&amp;customer_id=755-481-5690&amp;BMID=SEM2112GGL5288302&amp;cid=sem&amp;RCKW=ring%20central&amp;RCMT=e&amp;gclid=CjwKCAjwyryUBhBSEiwAGN5OCNzkKp1YrZ0RLMj7DaT0Ug18xXdEF7WVqtdSDnNur5fww2Z2jxNfSBoCFOMQAvD_BwE\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">RingCentral</a></p><p><a href=\"https://www.tonyrobbins.com/leadership-impact/disc-personality-types/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">DISC Assessment by Tony Robbins</a></p><p>Email <a href=\"mailto:team@overnightsuccess.io\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">team@overnightsuccess.io</a></p>","author_name":"Freewyld Foundry"}