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With the increase in penetration of internet deep into Indian homes more and more people are now very much closer towards feeling comfortable for using electronic commerce. Amazon, Flipkart, Snapdeal among others is pioneering the driving towards distribution of consumer goods to and fro deeper into village markets.

This removes the difference of town market from the village markets. With the emergence of growth of mobiles and smart phones in people now finds easier to use apps instead of laptops and desktops.

Then comes the niche marketing phenomenon where we do find that more and more single product electronic ventures are coming up and this makes people believe this as the source of brand management.

Among other niche marketing concepts, netmeds.com has been emerging as the major electronic commerce in terms of medicines. It is trusted since 1914 and it has expertise in excellence of development of pharma in distribution of medicines.

Now, slowly it is turning into one of trusted medicine partners for many and there are many loyal customers including this author.

Netmeds.com is managed by Dadha & Company. It has more that 100 years of experience of dispensing quality medicines.

For prescription drugs users need to upload valid prescriptions and then wait for verification of these prescriptions and on average users find almost 20 percentages of rebates on prescription medicines.

For non-prescription drugs the percentages of rebate are lesser but still it is higher than the local markets.

It also offers best advice in order for providing best health services for people residing in India. Its search bar provides some interesting aspect for knowing of medicines.

It provides detailed generic medicines as well as the lowest value medicines on the same generic medicine levels. It has nice chat option which authenticates first with the phone number OTP and then it does ask for which disease you want a prescription for.

For most of pre-paid orders you get some cashback in their electronic wallets as well as some reward points. If you are using credit card or debit card of state bank of India then apart from 20 percentages rebate you will get ten percentages of cashback on your electronic wallet and those ten percentages of money you will have to spend within 31 days of the current purchases.

Apart from this for every purchase you will get some reward point and that accumulates slowly and becomes some rupees. So in this case you get awards from various sources such as rebates directly and then, money returns back to your electronic wallets and then get reward points which are then automatically changed into some rupees.

The time to reach medicines are very fast and these generally comes in the within three to four days. Packaging part of Netmeds courier service is very fine.

Most of the ordered medicines are packaged nicely so that you only have to keep it and use it. It offers generic alternatives to most of the medicines and for this the pricing of medicines becomes lower.

Most of offline pharmacy shops in yours locality do offers rebates on medicines but most of these rebates are mostly up to 11 percentages maximum. This compares to names which on prepaid offers on prescription medicines come far lower.

If you are on regular medication, then most of time due to the presence of heavy traffic, forgetfulness you missed the order of medicines from your favorite pharmacy.

Taking up medicines are important and for this regular and timely purchase of medicines is a must and for this with the conveniences of online medicine franchises such as netmeds.com, we do find plenty of ideas of how to save important timings in order to have comfortable medicine management.

With netmeds after ordering for a stipulated amount of rupees for medicines you get free of cost courier and also it provides a wide range of wellness products, vitamins, diets, fitness supplements, herbal products, pain relievers, diabetic care kits, baby care kits, other care products, beauty care products and surgical supplies.

In order to contact pharmacists which are a free service, online you can send questions y using either “Ask Our Pharmacist Your Questions” option available to all the drug information pages or by using the Contact Us segment. Netmeds is situated in Chennai.

In my last two months of experience with netmeds I have found paying with SBI credit card is not possible and payment with SBI debit card is possible and I hope they do rectify it.

All products are priced in Indian rupees. According to website they do not charge hidden prices. If by mistake they charge higher than they return the money in an electronic wallet to be used for reduction of price while ordering for next purchases. Delivery charges are Rs. 49 for all orders is however free delivery on medicines orders of Rs. 1000 or more.

After an order is processed the tracking number for your order is delivered and it reaches through phone and email registered with netmeds.com account.

After clicking of tracking order you will find the destination of your order and location of it. What I find convenience so far that I do not have to go to nearby Apollo Medicines for medicines and for some time one or two medicines will come later and for some time, I have to go there time and again to check the status of medicines.

For the last few months Apollo Medicines provides me ten percentages rebate and for some months now it is providing me 11 percentages but as comparing with netmeds I found extremely convenient for following reasons.

I just upload the prescription and it is approved within a day and then I ordered the products and got 20 percentages of rebate on prepaid order plus ten percentages cash back to my electronic wallet on the next purchases to be done within 31 days and then some extra points which will be slowly accumulating into some money after some purchases.

So, medicines reaches within three to four days and all comes with sorted formats and I do not have to worry about it as well as the savings are now much higher.

Technology aims to resolve the hardships for people and it remove the extra time and provides the leisure for you as well as it aims to provide another bunch of heavier rebates than that of offline shops.

This is because while dealing with electronic commerce you are dealing with business to business directly and thus removes, all bottlenecks in between, and the third persons and thus it able to provide share of their profits in terms of rebates to you.

Ultimately it is almost the similar situation that of the gain to all and removing all sorts of time limits those, are there for every human as valuable related to better health.

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How Bumble is Empowering Women, in all Aspects of their Lives

Amongst the crazy fans, beer drinking, and parties, an important aspect of the Super Bowl are the commercials. These commercials not only provide the viewer with humor or sympathy, but rather express a deeper meaning to the audience. Serena Williams teamed up with Bumble to create a light-hearted yet powerful commercial. The company Bumble is used for dating, business, interests; a way to connect people. Our world today places a great importance on a women’s relationship status and a women’s worth is often linked to her value to men. By combining the values of power and women empowerment, with which Serena Williams represents, Bumble addresses women to challenge them to not only improve their dating life but to take control in their work and daily lives by making the first move; unconsciously making the viewer want to be similar to Serena and use their app to magically improve your whole life, by becoming more appealing to the opposite sex.

Bumble uses specific language, visuals, and effects to get their point across to the viewer. The most noticeable thing about this ad is who they chose for their spokesperson, Serena Williams. Serena Williams is one of the most successful women athletes in the world today and represents pop culture, because of her popularity. It is smart of Bumble to use her, because the audience is composed of sports fans (due to the timing of the ad), so viewers will know who she is. The ad begins on the tennis court and Serena as a grown woman. Then, it goes back in time to show Serena as a young girl on the sideline, unsure of what to do. Serena graciously says in the background, “Waiting is polite…. If I waited, I never would’ve stood out.” At that moment, the young girl stands up and approaches the court. Flash forward to current time, the ad displays Serena playing tennis and signing autographs for young girls. Serena’s voice strongly states, “Find them, in work, in love, and in life.” Serena is shown working in a business office, playing tennis, and looking at a picture of her and her husband. The ad wraps up by saying, “Women, the ball is in your court, make the first move.” At the very end, the logo of bumble flashes across the screen with all its different services (dating, business). At this time, the music seems to become louder and the words, “Soul Survivor” becomes quite loud. Through their choice of words and using pop culture symbols such as Bumble and Serena Williams, the connotative message begins to seep into the reader’s mind.

At first glance, this ad is just about putting yourself out there and using Bumble to do so. Looking deeper, the viewer notices certain words, visuals, and people which represent a more complex meaning and the connotative message becomes apparent through Bumble’s use of pop culture and image icons. The ad focuses on empowering women, “To make the first move,” in all aspects of their lives, which is important, because Bumble is not only a dating app. However, their connotative message is that a woman’s relationship status has a great effect on their whole life. Also, on a deeper level, the ad is telling you, if you make the first move, you can be as successful as Serena Williams and that Bumble stands for women who want to improve their lives; it is the women’s chance to change the world. If a woman wants to be successful, then she just has to use Bumble. The word “power” also appears in this ad. Serena tells the audience, specifically woman, to not wait to take power. This indirectly is saying, women do not let the guys take all the power, you can have power too. This promotes the ideology of feminism. Bumble supports this ideology, because in their app, the woman has to make the first move. A man cannot message the girl, the girl has to “make the first move.” This supports the main ideas around feminism such as, woman can ask a guy out, or woman can be successful in the business world. Power can come by asking the guy out, applying for a new job, making a new friend; making the first move. Bumble is using her as an image icon to promote their business by saying, if you make the first move, by using our apps, your life could magically become like Serena Williams. At the end of the ad, the phrase, “the ball is in your court,” is written on the screen. The writers are using a play on words here, by showing a tennis match yet also telling women that they do have control. These messages are supported by their use of dialect, her image, and choice of effects.

In the background of this ad is the calm yet strong voice of Serena Williams. It is no mistake that Bumble is using her voice, instead of a random person’s or someone not known to the sports world. By using Serena’s voice, it becomes more personal. It is much more real to have her explain her life story than some random voice. Serena establishes ethos, which creates trust between the listener and herself. Now looking at the words, they are targeting women’s weaknesses, for example asking a guy out. There is a belief that the guy always has to make the first move or that women need to be polite and wait on the sidelines. Bumble brilliantly shoves these stereotypes to the side by saying, “Women, the ball is in your court.” For once, a voice is telling women that they can do something and will succeed and this voice is believable, because it has worked in her life. The ad targets women’s insecurities and through Serena’s voice, makes you believe that you can make a difference in your life and Bumble is there to help.

The use of a pop icon, like Serena Williams addresses the high culture part of society. Bumble is aware that some people may see their app as low culture or for people who do not have interesting lives or can’t get a guy on their own. To some, online dating is seen as a failure or as a last resort. However, if the viewer now associates one of the greatest female athletes with their app, they will no longer be embarrassed to use it. If Bumble now represents feminism, then woman who support this ideology will be more likely to use it. Instead of showing a sad, alone, random woman talking about Bumble, they use a strong, empowered, and successful woman. This works in their favor, because the audience will want to be her and to be her, they will have to use Bumble. Everything in this ad is focused towards women and how to better your life, specifically your dating life, because society places a great importance on this for woman.

This ad stands out among all the other ads, because it is all about women. The super bowl mostly focuses on men and their interests. For example, beer ads, shaving ads, sports ads, cologne ads, car ads, the list goes on and on. Bumble stands out, because instead of using a woman to attract men to their ad, they attract women. They are not using a woman in skimpy clothing in a bar, but rather a strong successful woman. After the Super Bowl is over, this may be the one ad that stood out to them and makes them create a profile. Bumble took a mainly male event and used it to their advantage by being different and focusing on the women for a change.

In summary, this ad on the surface level is telling women to take charge and use their app, but it is more than that. This ad is telling women, you can be like Serena Williams too. Every single woman can relate to sitting on the sidelines waiting for their turn, like they show young Serena doing. It makes the viewer relate to Serena, who is normally someone people do not relate to. It asks the viewer, if Serena can do it, why can’t you? By combining the beliefs of feminism and how their app operates, it tells woman to actually take action in their lives, no matter if its dating or in the business world or in their personal lives. Bumble could be their first start to changing their lives and while the ad maybe all about consumerism and making a profit, the ad’s mainconnotation is that they stand for woman taking charge but also are playing into the idea that a woman’s value is based on how men see her, but this ad makes the woman think it is all in her power and you can be like Serena too and Bumble will help you get there.

Works Cited

Bumble. “Serena Williams: Bumble Commercial.” Advertisement. Youtube. February 2, 2019. Accessed February 14, 2019. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQcXpoWIwxo

Bumble Confirms Serena Williams Commercial Will Premiere at Super Bowl LIII. 16 Jan. 2019.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQcXpoWIwxo&t=1s

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When you're first beginning your lawn care business, how can you find just how much you need to charge to mow a lawn? This can be a question which was lately requested to all of us around the Gopher Lawn Care Business Forum. Listed here are a couple of ideas. For more information on beachside lawn care, visit our website today! To begin with, there are done this, visit the lawn care business forum and publish your question together with your region. There's a high probability another lawn care business proprietor in the region can provide you with the going rate. You may even wish to think about, have you got any buddies in the industry? If that's the case, question them the things they charge per lawn. Another response which was published ended up being to speak to a couple of local lawn care companies in your town and obtain a quote from their store to service your lawn. Without having a lawn then ask a buddy to obtain a couple of estimates to service their lawn. 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Fortunately for me personally still it required the believed time which i figured and my cost still labored to things i wanted." If you're a new lawn care business proprietor, you might want to charge according to man hour. Author Joel LaRusic of mowboy.com suggests "you need to quote quality, not time. Quite simply it's easier to say "I'll perform these group of services, for your satisfaction, for $50" rather than say "I'll spend an hour or so in your home for $50." Obviously, you should use your hourly rate to base your cost on but you don't have to pass individuals prices details to the customer. You wouldn't want the client watching the time and as you become better at the job and shave a couple of minutes from it, that needs to be to your benefit." Kurt described further "Things I do when estimating large qualities is I work out how lengthy it takes me. Break it lower into smaller sized sections if I must. I Then figure my hourly rate or what I wish to make in the property and set a cost together from that. Lots of occasions commercial qualities will be damaged up right into a couple of mowing areas, I've found it simpler to simply determine time it will require for every after which determine the entire time plus drive time." Another more complex technique is to charge per sq . ft . according to formulas. Using formulas requires a bit more experience, since it is important your formulas are accurate. Remember, your quote are only as accurate as the formulas. However, if you're at ease with your prices you may create formulas like: Cost per 1000 square ft to chop lawn. Cost per 1000 square ft to fertilize lawn. Cost per straight line sq . ft . to trim a hedge. How can you make your own formula? You may need a calculating wheel or surveyors wheel just to walk the home and determine the sq footage. 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Bud Norris is Bad for Baseball

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In 2015, journeyman reliever Bud Norris had something to say about the way Latino players conducted themselves on the field. His comments were prompted by a study suggesting that the primary combatants in baseball brawls were most often players from different ethnic backgrounds. It’s unclear why Norris, who then played for the San Diego Padres, felt the need to weigh in on the issue publicly. Using the royal “we” in reference to either American players or America writ large, Norris declared that if players were “going to come into our country and make our American dollars, you need to respect a game that has been here for over a hundred years.” In short: players coming from different baseball cultures, with different modes of expression and styles of play, had to either assimilate into the imagined monolith of American baseball—with its unwritten rules and codes of conduct—or find themselves unwelcome in the game.

Three years later, Norris has again become the center of discussion around the culture of baseball. He is now the closer for the Cardinals, having the best season of his career. His setup man is 21-year-old Jordan Hicks, baseball’s hardest thrower and one of its most exciting young players. Mark Saxon of the Athletic reports that Norris has been “mercilessly riding” Hicks for any perceived slacking, excoriating him in front of the team if he believes Hicks has committed even a minor offense against clubhouse culture. Hicks apparently finds this criticism neither useful nor pleasant, but it is encouraged by manager Mike Matheny. In fact, Matheny seems to employ Norris as a kind of hall monitor, responsible for reporting clubhouse violations directly to him. This is all in the service of the old school ways of baseball, the ways Norris had inflicted on him as a young player, with veterans teaching younger players lessons via punishment and humiliation—back when the sport, as Matheny put it, had “teeth.”

This is a particularly bad look for the Cardinals in light of their recent public spat with Dexter Fowler. But it’s not specifically a Cardinals problem. As many people as there are who think that the idea of encouraging co-workers to harass and tattletale on each other is ridiculous, there are a not insignificant number of people—both in baseball and out—who think that the sport needs more of this kind of aggressive hardassery. The game, and society with it, are getting too soft, they opine; too little discipline, too much expression, too little respect for the way the game used to be played. It’s a way of thinking that interacts directly with Norris’s statements from three years ago: that there’s a way the game should be played and should always be played, that there are traditional values within it that need to be protected.

Underlying all of this is an idea of baseball as tied into an idea of fundamental Americanness—that the sport represents the last stronghold of a treasured values system that’s fading away. Baseball’s history is indeed deeply intertwined with the political and cultural development of the United States, particularly in the 20th century. But baseball is also a global sport. It always has been. America is not the only place in the world whose baseball roots reach back over a century, and whose sporting culture has developed over many decades. The origins of the game were in England with the game of rounders, imported to North America by British colonizers. Baseball has been played in Japan since the 1870s, and in the Dominican Republic since the 1880s. American baseball culture is just one of many, and it’s been a long time since the major leagues were a strictly American enterprise.

The baseball we watch today has been enriched immeasurably by the talent and perspectives of players from around the world, all of whom bring different perspectives, styles of play and modes of expression to the game. On every team, there are players whose paths to the highest levels of the sport are awe-inspiring, and on any given day during the season, you can tune into a game and see something amazing—or, at the very least, something unexpected.

Baseball is fun! It’s really, really fun, in a way that’s obvious and irrepressible.

Take this week: the Cincinnati Reds, who have been treading water in the flooded basement of the AL Central for years, hung seven runs on the defending division champion Indians with two outs in the top of the ninth because of a phone mixup. The Oakland A’s mounted a similar comeback against the defending World Series champions before losing the game in extras on one of the most ridiculous-looking plays ever. The next day featured two games in which the winning team scored 19 runs. A pitcher hit a homer off a position player pitching. Baseball is fun! It’s really, really fun, in a way that’s obvious and irrepressible.

Many people, though, including Major League Baseball’s own commissioner, believe that baseball is fundamentally broken. You know the complaints, you’ve heard them a thousand times. The games are too long. The players aren’t marketed well enough, or don’t work hard enough to market themselves, or they’re just too boring on some fundamental level. There are too many strikeouts, and pitchers throw too hard, and batters just won’t stop swinging for the fences. And while MLB is more profitable than ever, raking in billions of dollars every season, those in positions of power in the league point to declining attendance numbers, to the difference in demographic appeal and social media engagement between baseball and other sports, as evidence that something is wrong.

Maybe the answer to MLB’s conundrum is not to shave a few minutes off the game, or to lower the mound. Maybe the problem engaging younger fans lies less in the way the game currently unfolds on the field, and more in the persistence of a culture too focused on a dubious ideal of the past. It’s a lot more entertaining to watch Javier Baez turn a slick double play than to hear endless pontificating about respect for the game, about the way the game and its players used to be, and complaints about how much the game has supposedly been degraded. Baseball is fun, right now. Let people enjoy it.

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Baseball is fun! It’s really, really fun, in a way that’s obvious and irrepressible.

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Items to Outsource to a Virtual Assistant

Employing a virtual assistant can shave hrs out of your workweek, but knowing which tasks to delegate may be tough, no matter if you're starting or growing a company. Most virtual assistants are contract or freelance workers who do their jobs from house and target on administrative duties that are related to individuals of an executive assistant or secretary. Web-sites that specialize in contract employees, such as odesk.com and elance.com, have 1000's of listings for virtual assistants.

Using the amount of virtual assistants are growing, their skills now runs the gamut, producing it simpler to seek out somebody who fits your organization, says Jaleh Bisharat, vice president of marketing at oDesk.com, which can be based in Redwood City, Calif. In 2012, oDesk had 25,000 postings for virtual assistant jobs, in contrast to about two,500 in 2008.

Entrepreneurs can use virtual assistants for almost everything from making vendor or customer service calls to sending out thank you cards to prospective clients. It really is critical to build believe in, just as you would which has a long lasting worker. "They become a crew member who just happens to deliver the results remotely," Bisharat says. Not certain exactly where to begin?

How do I develop into a virtual assistant? I worked as a virtual assistant and I've employed my very own virtual assistants as well. Right here are my suggestions to have commenced.

1. Come to a decision in the event you will operate as an independent contractor or an worker Independent contractors are self-employed and run their particular organizations. About the other hand, some VAs choose to do the job for an established corporation that matches VAs and clientele.

Tips on how to Turned out to be A VIRTUAL ASSISTANT Up to date February 1, 2018

Several years in the past I desired to boost our family’s earnings, but I did not desire a regular occupation. I had responsibilities I couldn’t immediately drop or hand off to another person so versatility, building my personal hrs and functioning from household have been crucial. Also, I did not possess a substantial spending budget for new equipment or elaborate coaching. I became a virtual assistant. It turned out to be the perfect runway for a full-time internet career.

Tips on how to develop into a virtual assistant.

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Precisely what is a virtual assistant? A virtual assistant (VA) presents providers to men and women, organizations or organizations, but they get the job done on the internet in place of going into an office.

It’s an outstanding work-at-home chance and one particular in the most cost-effective methods of earning profits on-line for the reason that it’s merely a matter of charging other folks for any ability you previously have.

Currently being a VA (virtual assistant) is great simply because you just charge for a ability you already have. CLICK TO TWEET What do virtual assistants do? The world wide web has created it doable to carry out a broad variety of points remotely, or, “virtually.”

Lots of people hear “virtual assistance” and suppose only of administrative duties like typing and answering emails. However the choice of tasks VAs do is much more broad.

One can find many solutions you are able to provide pretty much. Here is a partial list:

E-mail management Calendar management Travel arrangement Writing Ghostwriting Graphic layout / creation Net style and design / advancement Studying Editing Tutoring Audio / video / photograph editing Consulting / counseling / coaching Bookkeeping Copywriting Advertising and marketing / Promotion Social media management Task management Customer support Transcription Programming App advancement Data entry Visioneering (men and women send you pictures of their room/house/yard and also you deliver strategies for improvement) Anything at all else you are able to do with out acquiring to get within the similar physical area as your consumer Simply how much do virtual assistants make? It relies on your ability level as well as the variety of support you give.

Tasks like information entry may well fetch $10-$15 an hour, but if you have a specialized skill or skills, you can make $100 bucks an hour or extra.

Most VAs set their own costs, so that you are in handle. That is one more explanation many people are creating the leap into virtual help.

How do I develop into a virtual assistant? I worked like a virtual assistant and I've employed my personal virtual assistants likewise. Here are my recommendations to have began.

1. Determine in case you will operate as an independent contractor or an employee Independent contractors are self-employed and run their particular organisations. About the other hand, some VAs choose to work for an established organization that matches VAs and consumers.

Independent contractor vs. employee Not confident no matter whether you want to do the job for your self or maybe a enterprise? Here are the benefits and drawbacks for every:

Pros of staying an independent contractor

You perform for yourself, so that you contact the many shots. You set your individual pricing, you choose your individual clients, you are your own personal boss. Your perform hours are set completely by you. Any cash you make goes right to you, in place of getting funneled through your employer who keeps a percentage. Cons of staying an independent contractor

Working and staying liable for your very own organization. Like making any enterprise, this solution takes a lot of time, energy and hustle. The responsibility rests totally in your shoulders. Choosing your very own clients. This will be hard, specially on the beginning before you have completely happy clientele who can endorse your services. Right here within the U.S., that you are accountable to withhold and pay your own personal earnings taxes, like Social Safety, Medicare, and so on. Pros of getting an worker

You might be only accountable for your operate with the agreed on occasions. It’s a terrific predicament for anyone who favor to clock in and clock out devoid of acquiring to be concerned in regards to the enterprise otherwise. Customers are normally matched with you by your employer, or, produce a platform where it’s straightforward to connect with new consumers. No have to have to search out all your clients yourself. You've got a built-in assistance strategy. Countless corporations produce assets, resources, local community and support for their VAs. Cons of being an worker

You need to solution to an employer. This may possibly suggest you may have pointers to comply with. Chances are you'll have less versatile hrs based within the clientele your employer matches you with. Your shell out is usually determined to suit your needs. You could possibly prefer currently being an independent contractor if:

You like networking and hustle. You’re an entrepreneur at heart. You like possessing complete control. You dislike being an employee. You do not require quite a bit of cash flow perfect away (while in the occasion it takes a when to build up your consumer record). You could possibly prefer remaining an worker if:

You prefer staying ready to clock in and clock out. You’d rather somebody else obtain clientele and inform you when and the place to show up. You like clear boundaries so deliver the results does not spill more than into other elements of your life. You may need cash flow appropriate away and don’t have or power to “pound the pavement” or developing a business. What about starting up at a VA enterprise then moving out on my personal? This is often possible, nonetheless it could be tough. There are legal and ethical troubles to think about.

Most VA businesses incorporate clauses within their legal contracts prohibiting you from taking their consumers with you if you ever come to a decision to leave. One example is, you can should agree to not get in touch with any of their customers for any specified time frame. Quite simply, if you ever operate for any VA corporation and are matched which has a client, you can’t leave that business and motivate your consumer to hire you by yourself.

Yet, in the event you decide to depart an organization and start your own VA company as an independent contractor, and discover your own personal customers, this may well be an alternative.

2. Obtain a web site This is often very important for independent contractors. Consumers need to get able to seek out you, so a presence to the internet is vital. It gives you a a lot more specialized appearance, a chance to highlight a few of your capabilities and a chance to clarify your course of action.

Use my step-by-step guidebook to setup a web site, or perhaps a blog if you want to often include articles or blog posts. (Note the submit title is “How to start a Blog” but the exact same actions work to begin a website with this particular 1 little tweak).

Independent contractors: a must-have An employed VA: optional (but not a awful idea in situation you need to venture out on your own later on)

Be valuable As you interact on social media and network with other VAs, be rather mindful not to come across as spammy. Mass emails or “cold” emails to people who do not know you will be seldom profitable.

I know the desire to produce an earnings, but take the time to give handy information and facts initial. This could can be found in the type of genuinely valuable articles or blog posts written on your blog, or it could can be found in the form of genuinely valuable (and respectful) guidance to someone you meet internet.

In my case, I casually presented some suggestions to a pal on Twitter and it turned out to become the start out of the working partnership that lasted pretty a whereas. Wherever can I deliver the results like a VA? If operating as an independent contractor and locating your own clients is not your point, look at operating for any organization that matches VAs with clients. For some VAs, the assistance in acquiring customers is worth sharing the income.

Corporations to think about are Belay Remedies (formerly eaHelp) and Upwork. I’ve personally hired VAs from each. Belay is often a extra elite service with really thorough employing and matching processes. Upwork is usually a greater platform and simpler to join, but you will be competing with much more VAs for the very same jobs.

Another suppliers to think about are Priority VA or Fancy Hands. I really do not have private knowledge with both, but have heard good factors about them.

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Points to Outsource to a Virtual Assistant

Employing a virtual assistant can shave hrs from your workweek, but learning which duties to delegate might be difficult, irrespective of whether you are starting up or expanding a home business. Most virtual assistants are contract or freelance workers who do their jobs from property and emphasis on administrative tasks which might be related to these of an executive assistant or secretary. Internet sites that specialize in contract employees, this kind of as odesk.com and elance.com, have 1000's of listings for virtual assistants.

With all the quantity of virtual assistants are rising, their knowledge now runs the gamut, generating it easier to discover someone that fits your organization, says Jaleh Bisharat, vice president of marketing at oDesk.com, which can be primarily based in Redwood City, Calif. In 2012, oDesk had 25,000 postings for virtual assistant jobs, compared to about 2,500 in 2008.

Entrepreneurs can use virtual assistants for all the things from generating vendor or customer support calls to sending out thank you cards to prospective consumers. It is necessary to develop believe in, just as you would that has a permanent employee. "They come to be a workforce member who just takes place to deliver the results remotely," Bisharat says. Not confident exactly where to start out?

How do I turn out to be a virtual assistant? I worked as being a virtual assistant and I've employed my personal virtual assistants at the same time. Right here are my recommendations to acquire began.

1. Decide if you ever will operate as an independent contractor or an worker Independent contractors are self-employed and run their very own enterprises. Around the other hand, some VAs prefer to operate for an established business that matches VAs and clients.

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A few years ago I desired to boost our family’s earnings, but I did not need a typical occupation. I had responsibilities I couldn’t immediately drop or hand off to somebody else so versatility, making my own hrs and doing work from residence had been essential. Also, I did not possess a large budget for new products or elaborate education. I grew to become a virtual assistant. It turned out to get the right runway for a full-time internet occupation.

The way to become a virtual assistant.

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What on earth is a virtual assistant? A virtual assistant (VA) offers providers to individuals, organizations or corporations, nevertheless they work on-line as opposed to going into an workplace.

It is a very good work-at-home chance and 1 on the most cost-effective strategies of earning profits internet given that it is only a matter of charging others to get a talent you presently have.

Staying a VA (virtual assistant) is great since you simply charge to get a skill you by now have. CLICK TO TWEET What do virtual assistants do? The internet has created it possible to accomplish a broad variety of matters remotely, or, “virtually.”

Lots of people hear “virtual assistance” and think only of administrative duties like typing and answering emails. However the choice of tasks VAs do is considerably more broad.

You will find many services you'll be able to offer almost. Here can be a partial list:

E-mail management Calendar management Travel arrangement Writing Ghostwriting Graphic layout / creation Web style and design / development Studying Editing Tutoring Audio / video / photograph editing Consulting / counseling / coaching Bookkeeping Copywriting Marketing and advertising / Promotion Social media management Project management Customer service Transcription Programming App development Data entry Visioneering (individuals send you photographs of their room/house/yard so you give tips for improvement) Anything else you'll be able to do devoid of possessing for being from the similar bodily place as your client Simply how much do virtual assistants make? It depends on your skill degree as well as form of services you supply.

Duties like information entry may fetch $10-$15 an hour, but when you've got a specialized skill or skills, you could make $100 bucks an hour or extra.

Most VAs set their own rates, so that you are in manage. That is a further cause many of us are generating the leap into virtual assistance.

How do I turned out to be a virtual assistant? I worked being a virtual assistant and I have employed my own virtual assistants at the same time. Here are my suggestions to get began.

one. Come to a decision in the event you will operate as an independent contractor or an worker Independent contractors are self-employed and run their particular organizations. For the other hand, some VAs favor to work for an established business that matches VAs and customers.

Independent contractor vs. worker Not confident if you should deliver the results for by yourself or a enterprise? Here are the advantages and disadvantages for every:

Pros of being an independent contractor

You work for your self, which means you call every one of the shots. You set your individual pricing, you choose your very own clientele, you're your individual boss. Your operate hrs are set completely by you. Any funds you make goes straight for you, as an alternative to currently being funneled as a result of your employer who keeps a percentage. Cons of currently being an independent contractor

Running and getting accountable for your personal home business. Like establishing any home business, this possibility will take quite a bit of time, energy and hustle. The obligation rests totally in your shoulders. Getting your own clientele. This can be complicated, particularly at the starting before you have completely happy clientele who can encourage your solutions. Here from the U.S., you may be responsible to withhold and pay your own earnings taxes, like Social Protection, Medicare, and so on. Pros of getting an worker

You happen to be only accountable for your perform with the agreed on instances. It’s an awesome predicament for all those who prefer to clock in and clock out without having possessing to be concerned regarding the business enterprise otherwise. Customers are generally matched with you by your employer, or, deliver a platform exactly where it is simple to connect with new customers. No require to uncover all of your consumers on your own. You've got a built-in support technique. Lots of corporations give resources, resources, local community and support for their VAs. Cons of getting an worker

You will need to answer to an employer. This might mean you have recommendations to follow. It's possible you'll have much less versatile hrs dependent around the clients your employer matches you with. Your spend is typically determined to suit your needs. You could possibly prefer remaining an independent contractor if:

You like networking and hustle. You’re an entrepreneur at heart. You like obtaining complete control. You dislike getting an worker. You really do not require quite a bit of income proper away (within the event it requires a although to build up your client listing). You could possibly favor staying an employee if:

You favor becoming capable to clock in and clock out. You’d rather another person locate clients and inform you when and in which to show up. You like clear boundaries so work doesn’t spill over into other parts of one's lifestyle. You need revenue perfect away and don’t have or energy to “pound the pavement” or making a business. What about commencing at a VA business then moving out on my personal? This is certainly possible, nevertheless it could be tough. You will discover legal and ethical difficulties to consider.

Most VA providers contain clauses in their legal contracts prohibiting you from taking their clients with you in the event you choose to depart. By way of example, you'll must agree to not speak to any of their customers for a specified time period. Put simply, in case you deliver the results to get a VA enterprise and therefore are matched which has a client, you can’t depart that corporation and encourage your consumer to employ you on your own.

Yet, if you choose to leave an organization and begin your individual VA enterprise as an independent contractor, and find your personal consumers, this may well be an alternative.

two. Obtain a web-site This is necessary for independent contractors. Consumers have to have for being in a position to discover you, so a presence around the net is important. It offers you a more experienced appearance, a chance to highlight a number of your capabilities and an opportunity to explain your procedure.

Use my step-by-step guide to setup a web site, or maybe a weblog if you want to regularly include content articles. (Note that the post title is “How to start out a Blog” but the exact same actions do the job to start a website with this one minor tweak).

Independent contractors: a must-have An employed VA: optional (but not a undesirable thought in situation you should venture out by yourself later)

Be useful While you interact on social media and network with other VAs, be really cautious not to come across as spammy. Mass emails or “cold” emails to those that don’t know you're rarely successful.

I understand the need to have to produce an earnings, but consider the time for you to present practical facts to begin with. This might possibly come in the form of really beneficial content articles written in your blog site, or it might possibly can be found in the type of genuinely useful (and respectful) guidance to anyone you meet internet.

In my situation, I casually supplied some thoughts to a buddy on Twitter and it turned out to get the get started of a working romantic relationship that lasted really a whereas. The place can I work as being a VA? If operating as an independent contractor and getting your own personal customers isn't your matter, give some thought to working for any provider that matches VAs with customers. For some VAs, the guide in locating consumers is really worth sharing the revenue.

Companies to contemplate are Belay Solutions (formerly eaHelp) and Upwork. I’ve personally employed VAs from both. Belay is a additional elite service with really thorough hiring and matching processes. Upwork is really a larger platform and much easier to join, but you will be competing with a lot more VAs for the very same jobs.

Another organizations to contemplate are Priority VA or Fancy Hands. I really don't have private expertise with either, but have heard really good matters about them.

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Items to Outsource to a Virtual Assistant

Using a virtual assistant can shave hrs from the workweek, but learning which tasks to delegate will be tough, no matter if you're commencing or expanding a home business. Most virtual assistants are contract or freelance employees who do their jobs from house and focus on administrative duties which are similar to individuals of an executive assistant or secretary. Internet sites that specialize in contract workers, such as odesk.com and elance.com, have 1000's of listings for virtual assistants.

With all the number of virtual assistants are increasing, their expertise now runs the gamut, generating it a lot easier to uncover somebody that fits your organization, says Jaleh Bisharat, vice president of marketing and advertising at oDesk.com, which can be based mostly in Redwood City, Calif. In 2012, oDesk had 25,000 postings for virtual assistant jobs, compared to about two,500 in 2008.

Entrepreneurs can use virtual assistants for everything from generating vendor or customer support calls to sending out thank you cards to prospective clients. It is significant to construct believe in, just while you would using a long lasting worker. "They turned out to be a staff member who just happens to operate remotely," Bisharat says. Not certain in which to start?

How do I become a virtual assistant? I worked as being a virtual assistant and I have employed my very own virtual assistants also. Here are my suggestions to get started.

1. Make your mind up if you will operate as an independent contractor or an employee Independent contractors are self-employed and run their particular corporations. Within the other hand, some VAs prefer to work for an established business that matches VAs and customers.

How you can Turn into A VIRTUAL ASSISTANT Updated February one, 2018

Quite a few many years in the past I desired to increase our family’s cash flow, but I did not need a common work. I had responsibilities I couldn’t instantly drop or hand off to another person so versatility, producing my personal hours and doing work from dwelling had been vital. Also, I did not possess a big price range for new tools or elaborate instruction. I grew to become a virtual assistant. It turned out to get the right runway to get a full-time on line occupation.

The best way to turned out to be a virtual assistant.

Disclosure: Some hyperlinks below are my affiliate backlinks, meaning, at no added expense to you, I may perhaps earn a commission in the event you click through and create a order. Go through my complete disclosure policy here.

What is a virtual assistant? A virtual assistant (VA) gives solutions to persons, organizations or organizations, however they work on the web instead of going into an office.

It is a very good work-at-home possibility and one with the most cost-effective approaches of earning profits on the internet given that it’s merely a matter of charging many others to get a skill you presently have.

Staying a VA (virtual assistant) is great for the reason that you simply charge to get a talent you currently have. CLICK TO TWEET What do virtual assistants do? The net has created it achievable to carry out a wide selection of items remotely, or, “virtually.”

A lot of people hear “virtual assistance” and assume only of administrative tasks like typing and answering emails. But the choice of duties VAs do is far more broad.

You will discover countless providers you can present just about. Right here is a partial list:

E mail management Calendar management Travel arrangement Creating Ghostwriting Graphic design and style / creation Net design / advancement Studying Editing Tutoring Audio / video / photo editing Consulting / counseling / coaching Bookkeeping Copywriting Marketing / Promotion Social media management Project management Customer support Transcription Programming App advancement Information entry Visioneering (consumers send you photographs of their room/house/yard and also you provide recommendations for improvement) Something else you are able to do with out possessing to be from the exact same bodily area as your client Simply how much do virtual assistants make? It depends on your talent degree along with the variety of service you present.

Duties like information entry could possibly fetch $10-$15 an hour, but if you have a specialized talent or skills, you may make $100 bucks an hour or much more.

Most VAs set their particular charges, which means you are in management. This is often yet another explanation many people are producing the leap into virtual assistance.

How do I develop into a virtual assistant? I worked as being a virtual assistant and I've employed my very own virtual assistants also. Here are my recommendations to get started off.

1. Make a decision for those who will operate as an independent contractor or an employee Independent contractors are self-employed and run their own organisations. Around the other hand, some VAs prefer to perform for an established company that matches VAs and customers.

Independent contractor vs. employee Not positive whether or not you wish to perform for by yourself or perhaps a provider? Right here will be the positives and negatives for every:

Pros of currently being an independent contractor

You deliver the results for by yourself, so you contact all the shots. You set your personal pricing, you decide on your own clients, that you are your own boss. Your work hours are set totally by you. Any dollars you make goes right to you, instead of getting funneled via your employer who keeps a percentage. Cons of getting an independent contractor

Operating and staying responsible for your personal organization. Like creating any company, this alternative takes a lot of time, power and hustle. The obligation rests absolutely in your shoulders. Acquiring your own customers. This can be tricky, especially in the starting before you have joyful customers who can suggest your services. Right here from the U.S., you will be accountable to withhold and pay out your personal revenue taxes, like Social Protection, Medicare, and so on. Pros of staying an employee

You may be only responsible for your do the job on the agreed upon times. It’s an incredible predicament for anyone who favor to clock in and clock out without the need of getting to be concerned about the organization otherwise. Clientele are normally matched with you by your employer, or, provide a platform wherever it is straightforward to connect with new clients. No have to have to seek out all your clients your self. You have a built-in assistance process. Lots of businesses give sources, tools, community and assistance for his or her VAs. Cons of currently being an worker

It's essential to response to an employer. This could possibly suggest you've guidelines to stick to. Chances are you'll have much less versatile hrs depending for the clientele your employer matches you with. Your pay out is normally determined for you. You might desire staying an independent contractor if:

You like networking and hustle. You are an entrepreneur at heart. You like acquiring complete manage. You dislike staying an employee. You do not require a great deal of cash flow perfect away (during the occasion it requires a whilst to build up your client list). You could favor remaining an employee if:

You choose being capable to clock in and clock out. You’d rather another person come across customers and inform you when and exactly where to demonstrate up. You like clear boundaries so get the job done does not spill above into other components of one's lifestyle. You will need revenue appropriate away and really do not have or vitality to “pound the pavement” or creating a organization. What about starting up at a VA provider then moving out on my very own? This is often feasible, nevertheless it can be tough. You will find legal and ethical difficulties to contemplate.

Most VA corporations contain clauses within their legal contracts prohibiting you from taking their clients with you should you make your mind up to depart. By way of example, you'll really need to agree to not make contact with any of their clientele to get a specified time frame. Quite simply, if you ever deliver the results to get a VA organization and therefore are matched that has a client, you can’t leave that provider and inspire your consumer to hire you by yourself.

Yet, when you make a decision to leave an organization and begin your individual VA business as an independent contractor, and get your individual consumers, this may possibly be an alternative.

2. Get a web-site This is important for independent contractors. Folks want to be able to discover you, so a presence around the web is important. It gives you a far more specialist appearance, an opportunity to highlight a number of your abilities and an opportunity to clarify your method.

Use my step-by-step manual to setup a website, or a weblog if you'd like to consistently include articles. (Note that the publish title is “How to start a Blog” however the similar methods deliver the results to start out a website with this one compact tweak).

Independent contractors: a must-have An employed VA: optional (but not a negative notion in case you ought to venture out on your own later on)

Be helpful As you interact on social media and network with other VAs, be incredibly cautious to not encounter as spammy. Mass emails or “cold” emails to people that really don't know you're seldom thriving.

I fully grasp the need to have to make an revenue, but consider the time to offer you helpful information and facts to start with. This might possibly are available in the kind of truly beneficial articles written on your weblog, or it may well come in the type of genuinely handy (and respectful) assistance to anyone you meet on the internet.

In my case, I casually provided some tips to a pal on Twitter and it turned out to become the get started of a doing work relationship that lasted quite a though. In which can I function as a VA? If doing work as an independent contractor and finding your personal customers is simply not your point, contemplate doing work for any provider that matches VAs with consumers. For some VAs, the guide in getting clientele is worth sharing the earnings.

Businesses to take into consideration are Belay Answers (formerly eaHelp) and Upwork. I’ve personally employed VAs from the two. Belay is actually a more elite support with really thorough employing and matching processes. Upwork is actually a greater platform and much easier to join, but you will be competing with additional VAs to the same jobs.

Another suppliers to take into account are Priority VA or Fancy Hands. I really do not have personalized knowledge with either, but have heard excellent matters about them.

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Matters to Outsource to a Virtual Assistant

Working with a virtual assistant can shave hrs from your workweek, but understanding which duties to delegate could be tricky, if you happen to be beginning or increasing a business. Most virtual assistants are contract or freelance employees who do their jobs from household and target on administrative tasks that happen to be related to these of an executive assistant or secretary. Web-sites that specialize in contract staff, such as odesk.com and elance.com, have 1000's of listings for virtual assistants.

Together with the amount of virtual assistants are developing, their knowledge now runs the gamut, producing it easier to uncover someone who fits your organization, says Jaleh Bisharat, vice president of advertising and marketing at oDesk.com, and that is primarily based in Redwood City, Calif. In 2012, oDesk had 25,000 postings for virtual assistant jobs, compared to about two,500 in 2008.

Entrepreneurs can use virtual assistants for everything from building vendor or customer support calls to sending out thank you cards to prospective clientele. It truly is vital to build believe in, just while you would which has a permanent worker. "They turn out to be a staff member who just comes about to function remotely," Bisharat says. Not absolutely sure exactly where to start out?

How do I come to be a virtual assistant? I worked like a virtual assistant and I have employed my personal virtual assistants likewise. Here are my recommendations to acquire started out.

one. Make a decision in the event you will operate as an independent contractor or an worker Independent contractors are self-employed and run their own organizations. Over the other hand, some VAs favor to work for an established business that matches VAs and clients.

The way to Turn into A VIRTUAL ASSISTANT Updated February one, 2018

Numerous years in the past I desired to improve our family’s revenue, but I didn’t want a normal task. I had responsibilities I couldn’t immediately drop or hand off to someone else so flexibility, producing my personal hrs and functioning from household had been major. Also, I didn’t have a significant price range for new products or elaborate instruction. I became a virtual assistant. It turned out for being the ideal runway for any full-time on the web profession.

How to come to be a virtual assistant.

Disclosure: Some links under are my affiliate hyperlinks, that means, at no added value to you, I may possibly earn a commission if you ever click as a result of and produce a invest in. Read through my full disclosure policy right here.

What is a virtual assistant? A virtual assistant (VA) presents services to persons, organizations or firms, however they do the job on-line as opposed to going into an workplace.

It is an outstanding work-at-home possibility and 1 within the most cost-effective techniques of earning profits online for the reason that it is only a matter of charging other folks for any talent you presently have.

Being a VA (virtual assistant) is wonderful due to the fact you simply charge to get a skill you by now have. CLICK TO TWEET What do virtual assistants do? The net has created it possible to undertake a broad variety of factors remotely, or, “virtually.”

Lots of people hear “virtual assistance” and believe only of administrative tasks like typing and answering emails. But the selection of tasks VAs do is considerably more broad.

One can find many solutions you may deliver pretty much. Right here is usually a partial listing:

E-mail management Calendar management Travel arrangement Creating Ghostwriting Graphic style / creation World wide web design and style / advancement Researching Editing Tutoring Audio / video / photograph editing Consulting / counseling / coaching Bookkeeping Copywriting Advertising and marketing / Promotion Social media management Project management Customer service Transcription Programming App improvement Information entry Visioneering (consumers send you pictures of their room/house/yard so you supply strategies for improvement) Anything at all else you can actually do not having getting to get in the exact same physical location as your client Just how much do virtual assistants make? It is determined by your ability degree as well as the type of service you offer.

Duties like data entry may well fetch $10-$15 an hour, but when you've got a specialized talent or skills, you may make $100 bucks an hour or more.

Most VAs set their own costs, which means you are in handle. This is certainly one other purpose many individuals are building the leap into virtual support.

How do I grow to be a virtual assistant? I worked as being a virtual assistant and I have employed my own virtual assistants too. Right here are my suggestions to have begun.

1. Choose for those who will operate as an independent contractor or an employee Independent contractors are self-employed and run their very own companies. For the other hand, some VAs prefer to get the job done for an established provider that matches VAs and consumers.

Independent contractor vs. employee Not certain no matter if you wish to do the job for on your own or possibly a corporation? Here would be the benefits and drawbacks for each:

Pros of getting an independent contractor

You operate for yourself, so you get in touch with every one of the shots. You set your individual pricing, you decide on your personal clients, you happen to be your own personal boss. Your get the job done hrs are set absolutely by you. Any funds you make goes straight to you, as an alternative to remaining funneled by means of your employer who keeps a percentage. Cons of being an independent contractor

Running and getting liable for your own home business. Like creating any home business, this possibility will take a whole lot of time, energy and hustle. The duty rests completely on your shoulders. Obtaining your personal clientele. This could be troublesome, specially with the starting before you decide to have pleased customers who can advocate your companies. Here within the U.S., you're responsible to withhold and pay out your individual cash flow taxes, like Social Protection, Medicare, and so forth. Pros of becoming an employee

That you are only liable for your perform at the agreed upon instances. It’s an amazing condition for all those who want to clock in and clock out not having acquiring to be concerned concerning the business otherwise. Customers are generally matched with you by your employer, or, give a platform the place it is uncomplicated to connect with new clientele. No desire to locate all your customers yourself. You've got a built-in help procedure. Several corporations offer sources, resources, local community and support for their VAs. Cons of staying an worker

You have to response to an employer. This could possibly mean you might have recommendations to follow. It's possible you'll have significantly less flexible hours dependent over the consumers your employer matches you with. Your pay out is often determined to suit your needs. You could possibly want currently being an independent contractor if:

You like networking and hustle. You are an entrepreneur at heart. You like obtaining full handle. You dislike getting an worker. You don’t need a good deal of earnings right away (in the occasion it will take a whereas to build up your client checklist). You may want currently being an worker if:

You favor being capable to clock in and clock out. You’d rather someone else find clients and tell you when and the place to demonstrate up. You like clear boundaries so function doesn’t spill over into other parts of your existence. You'll need income ideal away and don’t have or power to “pound the pavement” or establishing a company. What about starting up at a VA provider then moving out on my personal? This is achievable, nonetheless it will be tough. You can find legal and ethical challenges to consider.

Most VA organizations contain clauses inside their legal contracts prohibiting you from taking their consumers with you if you ever make your mind up to leave. For instance, you'll really have to agree to not contact any of their clientele for a specified time period. In other words, should you get the job done to get a VA business and therefore are matched with a client, you can’t leave that firm and motivate your client to hire you on your own.

Nonetheless, if you choose to leave a company and start your personal VA enterprise as an independent contractor, and locate your individual customers, this may perhaps be an option.

2. Obtain a internet site This can be important for independent contractors. Folks desire to get able to uncover you, so a presence about the world wide web is essential. It offers you a more professional physical appearance, an opportunity to highlight some of your competencies and an opportunity to describe your course of action.

Use my step-by-step guidebook to set up a website, or even a website if you need to regularly add articles or blog posts. (Note that the publish title is “How to start out a Blog” but the same techniques operate to start an internet site with this 1 little tweak).

Independent contractors: a must-have An employed VA: optional (but not a poor thought in case you ought to venture out on your own later on)

Be handy While you interact on social media and network with other VAs, be quite mindful not to run into as spammy. Mass emails or “cold” emails to those that really do not know you may be seldom prosperous.

I understand the require to produce an earnings, but get the time to provide valuable data 1st. This may are available in the type of genuinely practical articles written in your web site, or it could possibly can be found in the form of genuinely beneficial (and respectful) information to somebody you meet on-line.

In my case, I casually supplied some ideas to a pal on Twitter and it turned out to become the start out of the doing work partnership that lasted quite a although. The place can I function as being a VA? If functioning as an independent contractor and obtaining your very own clients is not really your matter, think about working for any firm that matches VAs with clients. For some VAs, the assistance in obtaining consumers is well worth sharing the income.

Organizations to think about are Belay Solutions (formerly eaHelp) and Upwork. I’ve personally employed VAs from the two. Belay is often a even more elite support with incredibly thorough hiring and matching processes. Upwork is really a larger platform and less complicated to join, but you’ll be competing with even more VAs for the exact same jobs.

Some other organizations to consider are Priority VA or Fancy Hands. I do not have personalized encounter with both, but have heard really good matters about them.

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Interviews with Entrepreneurs - Aneil Manhas

Tell me a bit about yourself, and your professional background.

So, I started my career in finance. I went to undergraduate business school at Richard Ivy, which is based out of Western [Uni]. Then, I basically started my career in finance. I started with Credit Suisse, working in Los Angeles with the investment banking division. From that point, I moved into private equity for a company in Toronto called Onyx. I was there for five years. After that, I made the entrepreneurial jump into what I do now, which is own and manage, to a varying degree, a number of different businesses.

What kind of services and products do you offer?

“So they’re diversified in the sense that they are four companies/projects that I am working on. One is GVA Brands, which is a manufacturer and distributors of powersport products in Canada. We have about 120 dealers across the country. That business is mostly focused on selling kids powersports products. By that, I mean kids ATVs, kids scooters, kids bikes, generators - generally just outdoor powersports and industrial products that you would see at a campsite or in the backyard, the farm. That business is Canadian only - we don’t sell anything to the US or anywhere abroad, and it’s solely dealer based in the sense that we don’t sell anything directly to the consumer.

So do you sell based on individual stores or one retailer?

Right, so it’s all done based on individual stores. At one point, we were dealing with some bix-box retailers, mostly CostCo and Walmart. But that business can be tough. The big challenge with dealing with those big box retailers when working with a product like mine is that - it is low margin to begin with - a lot of the sales through those stores are done through sales, such as big promo done during a long weekend or discount. And those kinds of sales would be where 80% of the volume moves. And what often happens is that you’ll go somewhat dry for a month then run a promo for a weekend. And then you’ll do more during that weekend than you did in in 6 weeks. (Overall, it doesn’t pan out.) You’re selling at a discount, and the margins are very slim. But the bigger issue is that a lot of these big box retailers, CostCo in particular, have very lenient return policies. However, from a vendor’s perspective, specifically when you’re selling somewhat of a seasonal product like an ATV or a generator, unfortunately what was happening was that we’d sell a bunch of them through the summer months but then in September or October, a lot of the products were coming back. So just from a financial perspective, given the low margin [of profit] and the returns, that business model just didn’t work for us.

That’s cool. I guess now, it’s more individual relations with each store or distributor as opposed to signing on the big client like Walmart

Exactly. So now, it’s just a 100 or so single dealer/single operation sports store. That’s the bulk of that business.

The next business would be Rosso Motors, which is an online seller of kids toys. It actually started as part of GVA. Just given that GVA was restricted to our dealer network, one thing I was trying to do was add an online component to the business as a growth engine. My firm belief is that, in this day and age, doesn’t matter what you’re selling - powersports products, soap, makeup, whatever - the online sales platform is where all the money and growth is. A lot of the traditional bix box or brick and mortar stores are facing a lot of challenges because they’re having to compete against all of the online focused retailers. And for me, to add that online component to GVA was important. Secondly, I wanted to develop a product that I could sell and distribute to the US, given that the population and market there is almost ten times our size.

It’s almost like you’re creating a middleman yourself by dealing with these dealers and stores, so now you can go straight from manufacturers to consumer.

Correct, that is definitely an appeal. What often happens is that how these online retailers can grow and scale so quickly is by offering prices that are so appealing, in the sense that a lot of the margin that is taken by the dealer or distributor in physical distribution business models are shared to the customer. What happens is that the customer is now getting access to products at a significantly cheaper price that if they walked into a local store. Secondly, you are able to scale at a pace that has never been done before. Before the online sales really took off, if you wanted to go and build a company that was $100M in revenue, the process was that you started a store, and the success from that one location is invested into the second. That would grow organically, increasing revenue and customer bases in a slow, steady growth. You’d start a company somewhere like in Vancouver and target the local community, and then grow adjacent slowly in your own area. However, with the internet, you can target a much larger market and now you’re looking at like 350 million people who are now your new potential customer base. This has allowed businesses to scale at a degree that was unprecedented. I’m a firm believer that the future of commerce is really in that online platform.

That’s pretty much how Rosso started. We started with one product - our main GVA product which was a kid’s pocket bike - that we could ship to the US. Since most of the GVA products are gas powered, there are a lot of regulations around the EPA which precludes us from selling to the States. Secondly, the products were larger - often ATVs and dirtbikes - which made shipping just not feasible from a pricing perspective. This pocket bike was electric, so we began shipping down, selling on the Amazon marketplace. Now, we have around 7 or 8 products. Online, we have our own website where we operate from, but the majority of sales continue to come from Amazon. We’ve expanded outside of the kids electric toys, now having a Rosso water division, sports mats. Still kids focused and toy like, but we’re not sticking to purely electric.

The third company is a company of Surface 604, which is a manufacturer and distributor of electric bikes. Unlike GVA [which is strictly dealer based] or Rosso [which operates only through online channels], this is a hybrid company. We have about 120 dealers spread across Canada and the US, but we also have an online presence where we can also sell our products. Right now, the majority of sales continue to occur through our physical sales but the online component is continuously growing.

The final company I deal with is a startup, pre-revenue stage. It’s gonna be a subscription based electric toothbrush business. I don’t know if you’ve heard of the Dollar Shave Club or Harry’s, and what they’ve done in the razor space. My initial intrigue there was the subscription based business model. It led me to think about what kind of products I could apply that same business model to. That’s what I was passionate about. It is an untapped market - and a huge one too. If you look at razors, you’re targeting every male. But with toothbrushes, we’re looking at every single person potentially.

The common theme with all of these businesses is the fact that I manufacture these products in China. I have a full time team that manages the businesses and processes in China, from the quality control to logistics. When I have new ideas, I have these proper channels in find and select the logical factory to partner with. These existing channels make a huge impact in the feasibility of our products.

What was your mission when you set out on this path? What were you trying to achieve?

That’s a good question. There wasn’t a specific goal in mind when I got started, but what sparked the switch to going down the typical finance, work-for-a-company route to doing something completely on my own was that to me, everyone has different things that excite and motivate them. For me, that was building and developing a whole business. I look at big organizations like Nike or Coca Cola or Dollar Shave Club, and all of them started with an idea. And to think that they went from an initial idea to being billion dollar corporations that are global, that journey is fascinating to me. As both an entrepreneur and a business, that journey and process is what keeps me excited.

So in other words, to see and build off your own ideas?

Yeah! I’m at a very early stage with this toothbrush company - I’m going from an idea to a product. I’m barely moving down the field from where I want it to go. But even then, just seeing that first step keeps you hungry to keep going and see ideas through.

What are your company’s values? What were you thinking of when you started these endeavours?

I wouldn’t say that I was thinking of this when i started these four businesses, but if you ask me now, what do I think is the key component here? Well, if you look at some of the companies today that have been able to achieve a tremendous amount of success in a short period of time, to me, the common trait between all of them is that they all solve real world problems. What does that mean? Let’s look at Dollar Shave Club, for example. Every guy can relate to how miserable the whole process of buying razors is. In Canada, [you can just pick up the razors from the shelves] - the [Gillette] Mach-3 refillables or whatever. It’s easy! But in the US, they are actually locked up. So you have to go and find somebody in the store that has the keys to unlock this, and they’re so expensive. What, 8 heads for $40? Every time I buy these razors, that’s the first concern that comes up. Everyone can relate to that, and this is the problem that Dollar Shave Club is trying to solve. To me, a lot of the good ideas, they solve real world problems exactly like that. Uber is another example. Who wouldn’t want to replace a taxi with a ride or car sharing service that charges you a fraction of the price? You’re solving a real world problem there. There’s a lot of appeal to that. I think a lot of the best ideas are born out of such problem solving, and for me now, that is the main focus when it comes to evaluating a new project or new business. Obviously, there are the typical business school aspects that you look at, right? The value proposition, the price, what the competition looks like - all the standard stuff you learn in business school. To me, the first thing I ask myself is what problem am I solving here? And if I can identify a real world problem that I am trying to solve and I can make someone’s life easier, that’s kind of the first step. Then I proceed to doing the other forms of due diligence.

What are your goals for your company? What would you like to see your business achieve and influence in the future whether it be through outreach, partnership, expansion?

Obviously, for any entrepreneur, you are always trying to grow your business. I would say that given that the businesses that I have are in very different stages of their life cycles, my goals definitely differ for each business. Take GVA for example - the powersports business. As I mentioned, that business is now more stagnant in terms of a lot of the dealers that we’re doing business with. There’s not a lot of growth in terms of adding more dealers or adding new products. So, how do you keep that revenue base growing and moving forward? I mean, the toothbrush business is pre-revenue, so my goal there is to just get that up there and running! That’s the first step. So I would say that depending on where the businesses are depending in their life cycles, the goals differ, but they all are based around growth.

What do you strive for when you start a business?

That’s a good question. I think what I’m trying to achieve is what I’ve already discussed a bit in terms of solving a problem. To me, if I take the toothbrush business, for an example, a high end Philips Sonicare toothbrush costs around $250 or something - north of $200! Whether you’re buying Oral B or Sonicare, they dominate that industry. That’s a lot of money. So for me, with my business model, the goal of that project is to be able to offer the consumer a product that may not be at the high end Philips level but still a high-end electric toothbrush model at a fraction of that price. I’m still figuring out pricing - it’ll be under a hundred bucks.

So in a sense, making that level of quality product more accessible? That’s the important part, right?

Yeah! Exactly. It’s kind of what we’ve talked about in the past, real world issues. It’s about trying to take that problem and making one that is more accessible. For the vast majority of people, $250 is not what they’ve budgeted for their toothbrushes. But for me - as I’ve mentioned, I’m still figuring out pricing - $80 is a quarter of the price and still pretty expensive, but it is definitely more accessible.

Who's your target client? Who are you aiming for?

That varies based on the business. For Surface 604, the target scope is two-pronged. We’re dealing with dealers and consumers. But if I look at the fact that these dealers, even though they’re our customers, are selling to our end consumers, who tend to be a lot more baby boomers. For the powersports business, it’s obviously based around parents. They’re often purchased as gifts, whether for birthdays or holiday seasons. The three weeks leading up to Christmas time is our busiest season by far. Definitely, that targets families there.

How do you network in your industry? How do you meet your contacts and expand your industry base?

I think that within an industry, you just naturally build your contact list by doing day-to-day things that you would do regardless of whether you’re trying to network or not. You know, attend trade shows, talk to other people in the industry whether it be on the manufacturing side or the sales side. [You should] really just interact with as many people in the industry as possible. I would say that is kind of on the company side. When you are an entrepreneur, what’s very important is to have very strong, professional relationships. Have a good lawyer, have a good accountant, have a good banker - those relationships are very important. I think networking on that side is also something that can help. Being strategic as your grow.

Who would you like to work with, partner or collaborate with in the future? Whether this is a company or cause or foundation?

I think that, if I look at the businesses, the first one that comes to mind would be Surface604. A couple of groups that have bought our electric bikes recently have been police departments. The Marquette Police Department did a test run with our bikes, and most recently, the LAPD (Los Angeles Police Department) bought a bunch. Given the use case for electric bikes, a fit with the police department, whether it be in beach patrol or wherever else, I can see the value in a bike that can travel at over 20 miles an hour. There can be a lot of benefit in having the ability to move at that speed versus a traditional bicycle where you’re stuck to just pedaling.

So you enjoy seeing your products slowly moving outside of the typical household setting to other real world settings.

Exactly! So to partner with some of these larger groups where they can get a tremendous amount of benefit. Another example is that we sold a bunch of our electric bikes to a fellow who owned 8 Domino’s Pizza franchises. So in a delivery service, especially in the downtown Vancouver area where traffic becomes a growing concern, that’s where the ability to go 20 miles an hour can make a lot of sense. With electric bikes and the accommodating road structures such as bike lanes, you can move with ease as opposed to being in a car. I think that the challenge there ultimately will be is how the legislation will affect riding electric bikes in those bike lanes. When you really look at it, electric biking in North America is at its infancy. When you look at Europe, whether it be Germany or Netherlands, you’re looking at one in four bikes sold being electric. In North America, less than 1% are electric - it’s a fraction. The industry here is growing but very much in its infancy. As it grows and becomes more popular, so will the legislation and the rules around it. A lot more people in Europe use bikes as a mode of transportation whereas here, it’s mostly recreation. Continued use would change the culture over time.

Given your long career and your time in the industry, what would you say are some keys to success for an entrepreneur starting out in the field?

I think that it is primarily in the idea itself. As we’ve talked about a number of times, the ideas that tend to be very successful are the ones that solve problems and are very applicable. I think that no matter how hard you work or how good of a team you may have or any of these other things you need to be successful, if the underlying idea is flawed, you’re dead from the get-go. Secondly, I think having the right team is critical. With a lot of startups and growing companies, you don’t have that team from day 1. But to grow and to become successful, a lot of entrepreneurs look at like they are building a team just as much as they are building an organization. As that team falls into place, so will the growth and the other benefits. For me, something I look at and pay a lot of attention to is scalability. I think that it is very important to identify and focus on opportunities that are scalable. At the end of the day, a lot of people work hard - the hard work tends to be a common trait when it comes to running your own business and see it be successful. But that ceiling for success is capped if that idea is limited in terms of scalability. When you look at that person who, tens years down the road, has the business that is large and successful, a lot of the time, that success is predicated on how scalable that idea and scope is. I think that if you talk to any entrepreneur, they’ll tell you that you can have the right product, work hard, do a lot of the right things and - for better or for worse - timing and luck can play a pretty big role in your success. You have to work hard and put yourself in a position to benefit from that timing and luck. Ultimately, that will dictate your success to some level.

How do you measure your own success? What makes this worth doing for you? What made you want to make this switch from your stable job in finance to going out on your own?

For me, I like being in control of my own destiny and ultimately being fully involved in my projects. I’m a firm believer in my team, and I’ve always had a solid group of guys working with me on these projects. Like any entrepreneurs, you put your whole heart and soul into this. I spend more time with these guys than I do with anyone else, whether it be my girlfriend or my dog or even my family. They really are a close, tight-knit bunch. The whole process of building these businesses up with this group of people is very motivating for me.

As an entrepreneur but also as a person, how have you seen yourself grow over the years?

I would say that I am much more selective on projects and things that I look at and dedicate my time to. As the saying goes, time is money. You only have so much time and as you get involved in more things, that time shrinks in a hurry. I’m not in a position where I can be wasting a lot of time, so I’m very selective when it comes to new projects or ideas or whatnot that I’m evaluating, being much more selective than when I first started. Now, I have a good sense of exactly the direction that I want to take things and the projects that I want to be involved in. I live within that bubble and if it doesn’t fit within that scope, I probably won’t be putting in too much time into them.

Less projects to look through, but more stronger investments, is that right?

Yes. That’s accurate in the sense that I’m a bit unique in the fact that I have a bunch of projects happening simultaneously. Most entrepreneurs are traditionally focused on one idea and spend all of their time and energy working on growing that one idea. To start a business and grow it continuously forward is kind of all-encompassing - it takes a lot of time, effort, energy, resources and human capital to drive those projects forward. I’m lucky to have great project managers to be on top of these separate companies to help me juggle these different ventures. Yet, it’s still very challenging. There’s no question that if I spent all of my time on one project, that company would be further along that me focusing on these four together. I have goals and objectives, and I see a growth path for all of my companies. They align with my goals and values, and this drives me.

What are your responsibilities as the business owner? What changes when working with a team versus working with your own team and chasing your own dream and idea?

I think the difference there is that I view my job and my role as making sure that my team has all the resources to be successful. First and foremost, you’re providing the direction. We’re at point A, and this is what point B looks like. Here are a clear set of objectives to get there. Next is to make sure that the team has all the resources and tools that they need to accomplish and get to point B.

Given the type of business you own where you have multiple products that you create, manufacture, and distribute, how would you summarize your strategy for realizing an idea from a thought for a solution that the world needs to an actual product that you can launch?

I think that for the existing business or the electric bike business, a lot of that feedback and research and development around launching new products is based off feedback that we’d received from our dealers and the market. We take this information and see if we can deliver a product that meets the demand for this particular notion that is not being served right now. I would say that for the existing businesses, a lot of that is in conjunction with our dealer network. For a startup, you have the idea in and of itself. For the toothbrush, it was to develop a high-end electric toothbrush that could be presented at a price point that was lower than the regular, dominant competitors.Then it turned to whether or not I can actually make the product, whether I can achieve this level of quality but also pricing. Once that’s complete, the next step is whether I can actually deliver this. Let’s say I can deliver this product, but what do production times look like? It’s great that I can make a product in demand, but if the lead time is looking at 12 months, that’s going to be a real challenge looking back at the scalability of this endeavour. The first step is having the idea, and then how you can feasibly deliver this.

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Bitcoin’s Volatility Is a Feature, Not a Bug

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Another suicide has made its way to media scrutiny, and crypto markets plummeting was promptly highlighted as the ultimate cause. It’s time to consider our mental health as investors in light of bitcoin’s infamous feature – volatility.

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Bitcoin’s ”Death” Is Not the End of the World

Dear Reader, perhaps you’re considering a jump into the bitcoin investing pool. The waters, while choppy, seem warm and inviting. They are in a lot of ways. Prior to laying down any significant sums, it’s right and good to help you orient yourself for what’s ahead. First, you’re valued. That’s right. For decentralized currencies to work, we have to have a strange kind of faith in your being rational an actor enough to expand the network, either as an investor, hodler, or through development and mining aspects. You don’t have to be a good person necessarily, but you do have to possess at least slivers of our ethos, finding value in a trustless, borderless, payment system and currency. And that you do makes you valuable.

Contrary to portrayals in the media or government schooling textbooks, freer markets, quasi-anarchic systems such as bitcoin and crypto aren’t looking to gain at your demise. Just the opposite is true, in fact: everyone needs you to thrive, to do well. The more people having a great experience with cryptocurrencies, finding meaning within it in their own ways, the more innovation, growth, and eventual adoption. People feeling used, stupid, sorted as if this were some great Darwinian struggle for financial existence runs counter to literally everything bitcoin is about. That’s Old World thinking. That’s the Ponzi of fiat’s newer money getting into favored hands first, circulating down to the rubes later through inflation or redistribution schemes. That’s not bitcoin. That’s not us. We want you to see bitcoin/crypto as a long term project, and nothing like a get rich quick idea. You need to be very much alive to help us all get there.

The world’s most popular decentralized currency has a large, blunt pimp hand: price volatility. It’s brutal. It slaps down those who swagger into its orbit, hoping to strike it rich. The irony is that its crazy bounces, stair climbs, parabolas are what attracted hordes in the later part of 2017. As we’ve seen, it has since been their undoing. Stories in the popular press around the globe are beginning to emerge about the aftermath, from a Washington Post feature on Kentucky’s heartbreaking community of glossy-eyed, fevered bitcoiners to South Korean news about yet another suicide in relation to crypto losses.

Bitcoin has had a price nearly since its inception, not long after. Tenths of a penny notwithstanding, its balloon in this area has been well documented. Complexity surrounds its value, and while authors such as myself feel the tech is in some ways undervalued, really no one expected the damn thing to be units of magnitude like it is now. Sure, you’ll read a variety of claims, but most of that is marketing hype for media attention. Bitcoin has the hash power. It has the miners. It has user adoption numbers dwarfing all others. It has the brand. Might it continue to be the standout among its asset class is anyone’s guess. No one can say with certainty.

Bitcoin Can Die

Bitcoin can die. It can be taken to near zero a variety of ways. The same is true for all cryptocurrencies, no matter levels of decentralization or other salient factors. If you’re considering investing in bitcoin, or if someone you know is, it’s a great time to take some giant steps back. Chances are you’ve never invested before formally in any financial realm, and cryptocurrencies are an easy way to get onboarded and make you appear to be a genius.

To be emotionally ready for crypto, however, consider the following. Pay down any consumer debt. That interest stacking up automatically eats at whatever perceived gains you’re calculating, almost defeating the purpose. A double whammy of losing at the crypto market and still having a credit card payment adds stress, to say the least. Gather up something like a budget. For three months stick to it, shaving off about twenty percent of your income as savings. By that first quarter, you should have a nice little nut relative to your earnings. During that time, check-in on the bitcoin price weekly. Read a few stories at News.Bitcoin.com every couple of days to get a sense of where the market is heading, possible trends forming. Read up on the technology: is it improving? Is its market share still there? And so on. The combination of financial discipline and crypto literacy will lessen shock and toughen you as a long term investor.

After doing your homework, allocate as much as up to half of your savings, not more, into crypto. Buying a basket of currencies is a nice, conservative way to wet your beak. Give yourself a year to see where the money goes, and during that time continue budgeting and replacing your invested savings, taking profits from crypto gains, assuming there are some, and either place those in fiat or reallocate your basket as information on the ground changes.

And do not assume participating in bitcoin and crypto means always having to spend your own money. Participation comes in a variety of ways: people earn digital dough by selling goods and services online; they also begin to take developer courses, teaching themselves the ins and outs of coding; if you’re handy with words, start a blog to educate others. Again, there are a myriad of ways to be part of bitcoin’s pioneering spirit without trying to be a hotshot investor.

Talk About It

It’s alright to have made financial mistakes. They sting a bit more because of the emphasis we place on money. And money is important. It’s a score keeper of our decision-making ability, all things being equal. It tells us a lot about ourselves. But it doesn’t tell us everything. Stories abound about later successes beginning as failures, and often over and over again. That might be your story too. Realize the best of us is guessing, that literally no one understands exactly where crypto is going, and don’t be so hard on yourself if you do lose.

Feelings of despair are natural during downturns. Just realize you’re not the only one, and that this isn’t the first time something like what’s happening has happened. Gallows humor goes a long way, making fun of yourself and that stupid initial coin offering from a Nigerian prince you sunk too much money into. Chalk it up to experience. And that gets easier to do if you approach crypto investing correctly in the first place. You won’t be completely busted. You’ll instead be wiser for the venture, and hopefully better prepared when the next proposition arises.

Religious counselors, mentors, a good psychologist, friends, and family can all be great sounding boards. Chances are they too have anecdotes about investments going sour. Hear them. Tell them. Don’t isolate yourself. Don’t believe for a second you’re not valued. You are. I need you as a reader, Dear Reader. The broader community needs your story, as maybe your goofs can help someone avoid such a mistake. But abandoning all hope is so 20th century, so analog, so government issued paper money. You’re here with us now, 21st century pioneers at the hinge of financial history, and we need your bravery to succeed.

How do you deal with price downturns? Let us know in the comment section below!

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Disclaimer: Bitcoin price articles and markets updates are intended for informational purposes only and should not to be considered as trading advice. Neither Bitcoin.com nor the author is responsible for any losses or gains, as the ultimate decision to conduct a trade is made by the reader. Always remember that only those in possession of the private keys are in control of the “money.”

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