Small businesses have limited budgets, so should we take extra care in every aspect of the business. LastPass has helped me share my password with my team, and I love it! Vin Carrano reached out to me and shared that he has found a way to let his team make payments for him while keeping […]
In 2007, I hired a programmer and decided he could also be my designer. He is still with me today. Programming and design don’t usually go together. You have one person for programming and another for design. I didn’t know that before. But now I do. Anyway, graphic design is something that every business could […]
Once in a while, we receive comments and emails from business owners complaining that outsourcing isn’t working for them. Either they can’t find great people or people are leaving them. On the other hand, we receive countless emails of thanks because business owners found the perfect OFS for them. So which is it? Can you […]
I started working from home in 2004. It was then that I discovered that when you take a walk in the middle of the day, the wilderness is all yours. No one else is out because everyone else is stuck at work! My wife and I spent a lot of time alone in the wilderness in […]
It’s time for another practical outsourcing advice! Data breaches are always in the news. Today, most companies take cyber security very seriously and go to great lengths to keep their data safe. How about small business owners like us? How do we protect our data when outsourcing? Data security is frequently one of the key concerns […]
OFS stands for Online Filipino Specialist. An OFS is a Filipino virtual assistant. People believe that Virtual Assistants can only do mundane tasks; they aren’t really skilled and need step-by-step instructions for specific tasks. This is not true for Virtual Filipino workers; they are so much more than that. Filipino workers are in a league of their […]
One of the issues that some business owners have with outsourcing is the time difference between the US and the Philippines. So, how do you make it work? Depending on where you are, you might have as little as 3 hours or as long as 15 hours difference. However, that won’t matter that much when […]
The idea of sharing passwords with someone over the internet is off-putting, if not downright scary. After all, passwords are sensitive information. Is there a way to share passwords safely? There is! This video will talk about sharing your passwords safely with your OFSs. Want more tips like this? We have more! Head on to our outsourcing […]