Saturday, January 4, 2014

How To Build A Team:even If You Can't Afford It

By Dawn Damico


Once you start marketing your business online, you will quickly find that you need a team. The next thing you're going to question is who you should hire, what skills they should have, and how you can build a team when you really can't afford to spend a lot of extra cash?

These are all great questions and in this video from James Wedmore, you're going to get the answers.

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The top business owners in the online space have teams. If you need more incentive to build a team, then you should know that most of the successful businesses online credit their team as the key link to getting their ideas implemented quickly which in turn gets them to the money quickly.

You can't go solo on this one. Well, you can. You have the ability. But you'll either move too slowly or burn out too quickly if you wear all the hats in your business. At some point you will need the time, talents, and energy of other people. And, the sooner you get it, the better.

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Even though that's true, even the top video strategist doesn't recommend that your primary team hire be a cameraman.

With the popularity and viral nature of video in marketing, you may believe that the first person you should hire is a camera person. Filming can be cumbersome especially when you're wearing all the hats for making videos from script writing all the way through to editing.

Any business has lots of moving parts to make it work and make it profitable. While video is important for online marketing, there are also other admin and repetitive tasks that are just as crucial. As a result, a VA, or virtual assistant, is the best choice to begin building your team.

As a result, a VA, or virtual assistant, is the best choice to begin building your team.

What kinds of jobs or projects should your virtual assistant help with?

Your first clue will be the stuff you hate to do.

First - what are you doing now that you hate doing? These would be things that need to get done, but not necessarily done by you.

Next on the list is a little self-reflection. You want to discover what you're really good at and what you're really not so good at. Meyers Briggs is a great test that you can take online to give you some direction. When you look at your results, what you want to focus on is what types of activities energize you. These will be things you are very strong in. For the activities that drain you, those areas that you are not as strong, see if you can hire those things out.

So there you have it; How to Build a Team online so you can leverage time and talents. Start here. Capitalizing on the talents of others will lead you to a better business (rather than just a J.O.B) and the ability to hire even more specialized people to your business.




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