In this very special episode of The Lifestyle Architects, I’m extremely excited to have Chris Ducker on the show, to talk more about achieving Virtual Freedom through outsourcing and branding.
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Chris Ducker is a serial entrepreneur, virtual staffing expert, blogger, podcaster and author of Virtual Freedom. Chris helps other entrepreneurs catapult their businesses into the 21st century utilizing what he calls the ‘New Business style of marketing.
He strongly focuses on applying smart social media strategies and creating an online personal brand.
I’ve personally followed Chris’s blog and The New Business Podcast ever since I started out online and I’ve learned a ton from him when it comes to outsourcing and building my own personal brand.
Virtual Freedom: How to Work with Virtual Staff to Buy More Time, Become More Productive, and Build Your Dream Business is the step-by-step guide every entrepreneur needs to build a business with the asset of working with virtual employees. Focusing on business growth, Chris Ducker explains every detail you need to grasp, from figuring out which jobs you should outsource to finding, hiring, training, motivating, and managing virtual assistants.
With additional strategies and online resources, Virtual Freedom is the ultimate resource of the knowledge and tools necessary for building your dream business with the help of virtual staff.
In this interview with Chris Ducker, we talk about how you can achieve more Virtual Freedom through outsourcing tasks to virtual staff and also how this can help you build your personal brand online faster in the new economy.
Developing my own brand was by far the most important part of my career.
In This Episode, You Will Learn:
Chris’s story and how he positioned himself as the go-to expert in outsourcing and virtual assistants
Where to get starting with outsourcing and virtual staff
How to find great contractors to work with for one off tasks
What a General Virtual Assistant (GVA) is and why you need it
Why you need to be hiring virtual staff by the role
What Superhero Syndrome is
The 3 Lists of Freedom Exercise and why it is crucial to do as early as possible
How you can promote and market your content with the help of VA’s
Using VA’s to outsource your content creation
Chris’s share some of his best personal branding tips
What Chris would do differently if he started all over today building his personal brand online from scratch
And much much more actionable tips and advice you can go out and implement TODAY…
3 Lists Of Freedom
Chris shares his 3 List of Freedom Exercise to help us understand what exactly we should be handing off to others, to free up more time for other more important high level activities in both our business and lives.
Divide a sheet a paper into three columns, and list the following:
In the first column, list the tasks you DO NOT like to do in your business. You hate them, but you know that your business demands that you do these types of tasks.
In the second column, list all the tasks you CANNOT simply do and you struggle with yourself.
In the third column, list all the tasks you can do, and might even enjoy doing, but you SHOULD NOT do, as the business owner on a day to day basis.
That third one is a tough one, because you might enjoy and be good at doing these tasks, but the questions to ask yourself is, should I be doing them as the business owner? Is my time potentially better invested in the business by spending my time on more high level activities, such as more time with clients, developing a new product etc?
As entrepreneurs, time is our most valuable commodity (MVC). We should invest our time as wisely as we can.
You have one ingredient that is original, and that’s YOU!
Resources And Links Mentioned In This Episode:
Where To Find More About Chris
Chris’s website and blog
Virtual Freedom Book
New Business Podcast
Virtual Freedom Podcast
Virtual Freedom (my affiliate link) – The essential field guide to building your virtual team.
Virtual Freedom Book Bundles
Virtual Staff Finder
Chris’ Branding Bootcamp
Connect with Chris on Facebook and Twitter
Virtual Freedom is like the outsourcing section of The 4-Hour Workweek on steroids!
Other Relevant Resources Mentioned
Elance
Odesk
Fiverr
The 4-Hour Workweek by Tim Ferriss
John Lee Dumas
Pat Flynn
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Virtual Freedom Book Giveaway
Chris and I decided to do something very cool for you guys! We are giving away 4 awesome copies of Virtual Freedom, for FREE! But here’s the catch! You have to leave a comment below (and share) on this episode and ask Chris a really good question about virtual staff or outsourcing.
Chris will select the best answers in the comments section and the winners will get a free copy of Virtual Freedom shipped literally anywhere in the world.
Get a little bit creative with the questions. Don’t just ask “what’s the best task to give to a new VA?” or “what’s the first step to finding a VA?”. You can find all this stuff over at Chris Ducker’s blog!
Example of a really good question: What’s the top 5 tips for building a brand utilizing VA’s?
‘Becoming a Virtual CEO’ – Virtual Freedom Book Trailer
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Until next time…stay inspired!
Navid
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