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Hiring virtual assistants, particularly from the Philippines, allowed the business owner to delegate tasks he wasn't skilled at, freeing him to focus on growth and increasing overall productivity.
The video creator, Alex Connelly, discusses his past struggles with business growth, feeling stuck doing tasks he wasn't good at and preventing progress. He realized that to succeed, he needed to focus on working *on* his business, not just *in* it. This meant delegating essential tasks like graphic design and editing, which he could do but wasn't proficient in, to free up his time for more strategic activities like sales and capital acquisition.
To address this, Alex hired two virtual assistants, Zai and Thao, from the Philippines. He was immediately impressed by their positive attitude, encouragement, and understanding of his needs, describing them as 'employees and cheerleaders.' He notes their cultural familiarity and positive dynamic, which he attributes partly to historical US-Philippine relations, creating a pleasant and productive working environment.
Alex highlights the affordability of hiring virtual assistants from the Philippines as a significant benefit for small business owners, allowing them to compensate staff adequately. He is now exploring expanding their roles to full-time work as capital increases, seeing this as a long-term positive for the business. He emphasizes that combining efforts with a team, even with just three members, exponentially increases available work hours and productivity compared to working alone.
Hiring virtual assistants allows small business owners to delegate tasks they are not skilled at, freeing up time to focus on core business growth activities. This delegation is crucial for moving from working *in* your business to working *on* it, ultimately increasing overall productivity.
Virtual assistants can take on specialized tasks like graphic design and editing, improving the quality and speed of business output. By handling these duties, they enable the business owner to concentrate on strategic areas like sales and capital acquisition, leading to exponential growth in available work hours and productivity.
Yes, hiring virtual assistants, especially from locations like the Philippines, can be a very cost-effective solution for small business owners. This allows for adequate compensation of staff while enabling business expansion and team growth without significant overhead.
You can delegate tasks you are not skilled at or that take up too much of your time, such as graphic design, editing, administrative work, and customer support. Effective delegation allows you to focus on high-level strategy and business development.
The key benefits include increased productivity through delegation, access to specialized skills, and cost-effectiveness. Furthermore, positive working relationships with VAs can provide motivational benefits and a shared sense of purpose, contributing to a more dynamic business environment.
0:14 Hey YouTube, Alex Connelly here. I'm coming at you guys with a video about why I hired virtual assistants. Anyway, basically, I had been kind of spinning the wheels of my business for a long time. I felt like I was running from one job I was bad at, such about it, and not really making progress.
0:33 A lot of people talk about this: if you want to succeed in business, you need to work on your business plan, take your business, you need to be basically helping it grow and not just doing the tasks that keep it afloat. So basically, I realized that I needed to have dedicated graphic design and editing if I was going to make progress.
0:57 I'm capable of learning how to do that stuff and doing that stuff, but I'm not the best at it. And not only that, but if I'm doing that, I can't do anything else. So I can't focus on sales, I can't focus on trying to bring in more capital. So I hired Zai, and later on, I think the same day or the next day, I hired Thao. And both of them have absolutely blown my mind.
1:23 They're extremely positive to work with. I feel like I got employees and cheerleaders rolled into one. They're always encouraging me, understanding me. I feel like not only do they empathize with me, but they understand context and what I'm talking about a lot. They seem more familiar with American culture than, you know, a lot of foreigners that I encounter.
1:48 I think I'm just a part of this is because it was in the 40s and the 50s in the Spanish-American War. The United States actually helped free the Philippines from Spanish rule. And so this, you know, sort of creates this positive dynamic where I really appreciate it. Admire some of the things that we've talked about in terms of their culture, and they really appreciate it.
2:10 Why are some things about America? Certainly, neither country is perfect, we have our problems. But I think that there's this cautious optimism. They'll be fair, and I think that it's really nice to work with people on the same wavelength.
2:27 One of the things that I've kind of been concerned about in America is like, man, I can't, like, you know, I can't afford to, as a small business owner, pay people enough to, you know, to care to the degree that I'm able to compensate people from the Philippines. And it's really wonderful so far.
2:44 I think it's been a couple months now, and I wasn't sure if I was to be able to hire them on for full-time work. We're moving in that direction. We're just studying more capital coming in. I think that it's going to be a really positive thing in the long term.
3:00 You know, I'm still learning how to best present, you know, the workflow and how we can sort of organize our progress. But I'm definitely making more progress now than I ever have before. And I really think that this is going to be one of the biggest factors in whether or not I'm able to succeed in the business.
3:22 The fact that I'm able to bring long-term members because by myself, you know, I'm okay at some above-average intellect, work hard, but I only have, you know, 24 hours a day. And we can combine our efforts as a team. We have already 72 hours a day. We have three team members, and that's it's really exciting.
3:45 I'm really looking forward to growing a team. Things will continue to go well. I just got to work hard and make sure that I stay on top of it. But, um, anyway, my name's Alex Connelly. If you enjoyed this video, if you enjoy my content, you know, hit the like button, hit the subscribe button.
4:04 I definitely comment. Let me know if you have questions about how you can hire me. It definitely want to make more content on the subject, but I kinda just wanted to do a little bit of an introductory video as something to give us sort of a taste of what, you know, I'm anyway. Thank you for watching until next time.
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