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Virtual Freedom

Chris Ducker is a successful entrepreneur, blogger, and podcaster known for his thought leadership about building businesses and lifestyles that thrive with virtual teams. His highly-anticipated book—Virtual Freedom: How to Work with Virtual Staff to Buy More Time, Become More Productive, and Build Your Dream Business—comes out April 1 and is available for pre-order now. This special podcast series provides an exclusive look into the important themes, strategies, and tactics that Chris explores in the book.

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VF025: Help! I've Turned Into A 'People Manager', Now What?! from 2014-04-19T06:30:57

In this final episode of the Virtual Freedom podcast, Chris discusses taking everything to the next level, and hiring your first project manager to lead your team for you, so that you can get back ...

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VF024: The 5 Biggest Outsourcing Mistakes (And How To Avoid Them!) from 2014-04-17T01:56:42

As we get closer to wrapping up this limited run podcast, Chris discusses the five biggest mistakes he sees entrepreneurs making when they get started with their outsourcing, and more importantly h...

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VF023: Book Excerpt: Your First 6-Months from 2014-04-11T22:05:15

In this episode, Chris reads directly from his book and shows you, in the process how your first 6-months could look if you embrace the power of virtual teams and follow his advice inside the pages...

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VF022: How To Leverage Content Marketing Effectively With Virtual Staff from 2014-04-09T20:38:16

In recent years you've probably heard the saying 'content is king'. It's true, it is. And to be truly discoverable, remembered and shared online today, you need to create killer content. In this ep...

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VF021: The Importance Of Meeting Face - To - Face Regularly from 2014-04-05T20:45:36

Working at an arms length certainly has its benefits, but it doesn't come without its challenges, too. In this episode, Chris goes over the importance of meeting with your virtual team face-to-face...

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VF020: How To Set Up Your Virtual Team Social Network Hub from 2014-04-02T22:08:16

Setting up a 'virtual water cooler' was one of the most amazing things Chris has done for his virtual team in recent years. It's a place where his staff come to hang out and socialize… sure work cr...

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VF019: Can Your Virtual Employees Handle Phone Calls For You? from 2014-03-28T18:39:01

The phone has been used in business for decades, and even though the internet has changed the way we do business forever, its still a tool that is used daily in our business lives (for more than se...

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VF018: Are 'High End' Virtual Staff Out There? If So, Where Do I Find Them? from 2014-03-26T23:22:58

Sometimes you need a little more. Sometimes you want to take things to the next level. In this episode, Chris discusses the possibility of finding higher-end virtual staff, the types of things you ...

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VF017: 3 Cultural Traits To Keep In Mind When Working With Filipino VAs from 2014-03-24T21:15:40

People from different walks of life live life differently. Duh!? It's true. And in the case of your Filipino VAs nothing could be more important to understand and get to grips with. In this episode...

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VF016: How To Handle 'Downtime' With Your Filipino VAs from 2014-03-21T06:02:47

It's no surprise to find out that when you work with virtual staff in developing countries, such as the Philippines, you're bound to come across a few issues here and there. In our case, the two bi...

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VF015: Salary Tips And Bonus Strategies For Filipino Virtual Staff from 2014-03-15T04:25

Hiring a Filipino VA is just the start. Truly understanding what makes them tick, when it comes to being an employee of an overseas boss, as well as what salary expectations there are is paramount ...

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VF014: Why The Philippines Is The Perfect 'Starting Point' For Your Virtual Team Building from 2014-03-12T20:32:17

In this episode Chris goes over the various different reasons why, if you do decide to go overseas with your virtual team building, the Philippines is whole-heartedly your best option. From English...

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VF013: The BIG Question: Stay Local, Or Go Overseas? from 2014-03-07T18:03:08

This is probably one of the biggest questions that small business owners have when it comes to outsourcing work - even just tasks, let alone actual roles! In this episode Chris goes over the pro's ...

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VF012: How to Set Up A Simple 'Out Of The Box' Reporting System For Your VA from 2014-03-05T18:21:23

A lot of entrepreneurs that start outsourcing to virtual assistants think that putting a solid reporting system in place needs to be a semi-NASA launch plan! Chris shows you exactly how he works wi...

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VF011: The Top Tools To Use When Managing Your VAs Day To Day from 2014-02-28T20:36:26

Once you've got your virtual staff on board, it's time to get to work. And that means communications, tools, tactics and everything else that allows you to work productive with your VAs on a day-to...

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VF010: The VA 'Training Trifecta' and Why You Need to Develop Your Staff from 2014-02-27T01:22:39

The importance of training your virtual staff is something that Chris hammers home quiet heavily in the pages of his book. Here he goes into why the biggest hurdle in training your Vas is most like...

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VF009: How To Pay Your Virtual Workers from 2014-02-21T18:25:51

In this episode Chris covers the subject of salaries. Wildly different from one market to another, Chris decided to focus on the one market in regards to virtual staffing that he's most well known ...

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