Speaker - October 2014

Chris Ducker is a serial entrepreneur,
speaker and author of Virtual Freedom:
How to Work with Virtual Staff to Buy
More Time, Become More Productive
and Build Your Dream Business. Origi-
nally from the UK, Ducker has lived in the Philippines
for 14 years, where he founded Virtual Staff Finder, the
world’s No. 1 VA matchmaking service.

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Wearing too many hats is one of the biggest problems that speakers nowadays struggle with when devel- oping their brands and businesses. So, what’s the solution? Outsource work to a General Virtual Assistant, or GVA.

If you are unfamiliar with this term, or if you’ve never worked with a GVA before, this is the very first role that every “solopreneur” should fill in his or her business. By eliminating time-consuming and tedious tasks you usually handle on your own; GVAs help you gain more time in your work day, enabling you to work on your business, instead of being trapped working in it.

Check out these 22 tasks that can be offloaded to a GVA, so that you can spend more time on stage, coaching clients, consulting and building your online business models.

Do not expect your virtual assistant to handle all of these tasks flawlessly from the start. With some training, guidance, and a little understanding and patience, you can develop a solid and beneficial working relationship with your GVA, just as you would with an on-site employee.

A word to the wise: GVA’s can handle a wide variety of tasks, but you should hire specialists if you need web developers, graphic artists, editors, writers and others who possess specialized skills and training.