Virtual Assistance, Productivity & So Much More

A remote team of skilled people is a perfect fit for a startup these days. No matter the industry or niche. Why? It’s cost-effective and at the same time, the quality of work is really good considering the costs, if you happen to compare it with traditional onsite staff.

Most of the websites we’re visiting nowadays include videos with sound and music to guide us through certain software or to provide us with useful information. It's just simpler for users to watch and listen to instructions than read through a manual or plain text. And social networks are not the exception since video content is mega powerful and proven to trigger more engagement than the mere standard graphic with text.  

Even the main features of an app are usually presented in clips instead of text. The same happens with the timeline of online courses that comes in the form of creative video tracks. And this tendency grows.

Undoubtedly, creating original video and audio for your audience is something which is considered a major part of your video marketing strategy if you sell services or products. Keep in mind that in-app purchases are highly influenced by the use of audio and video content as a promotion vehicle. For example, video tutorials and how-tos are highly popular.

So, you may want to learn all the basics in order to understand how video editing works and do it yourself. Fortunately, there are several high-quality free editing apps which you can check out for video editing services and sound effects.

 It's predicted that by 2021, 80% of the content on the internet will be video. Are you future ready?

1. Audacity 

Audacity is one of the most popular audio editing tools of all times. It's available for most OS (Windows, Mac, Linux/Unix), and it's compatible with a limited amount of popular audio formats such as mp3, wav, and so on. 

When you spend more than 45 weekly hours sitting in your office working and not eating well (or snacking whenever you have time), you may sometimes feel unhealthy. Like those many hours without physical activity and fast food are really taking a toll on your fitness level. 

But, deep down inside, you have solid fitness goals. You want to lose weight and track your exercise progress, just to mention a few fitness aims.

Luckily, there are helpful fitness apps you can use to keep yourself in shape without really losing time looking for what you need to eat or what custom workouts to do. These types of smartphone apps will also help you manage your time effectively so you can fit exercise in your busy schedule. (And feel less guilty about that gym membership.)

Check out these 5 apps to be fit and relieve work-related stress:

1. Noom Weight Loss 

This innovative fitness app offers you a personalized and interactive weight loss plan. First, you can set up a weight-loss goal, and then you can check the progress since the app will track all the food you eat as well as the daily exercise you do. 

If you haven't heard anything about Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) before (or paid attention to the hot business trend), this is definitely your chance to be in the loop.

You've decided to hire a virtual assistant (VA), but you aren't sure how to make the most of the VA's time and skills. Here are some tips to help you maximize your VA's role in your day-to-day operations.

As your shiny small business starts to bloom, you may need to hire more and more people to help you out with the different tasks you have. Because the more you grow, the more responsibilities you have.

Dear curious blog reader,

You´ve just had a burning business idea. Maybe it´s a side hustle to help stressed people save their precious time. Or you finally decided to expand your current reach and move a couple of your services to a 100% full-time platform to cut some costs and simplify some purchasing processes.

Whether you're defining prerequisites and roles for on-site staff or virtual staff, insist that your workers have training to handle protected health information (PHI). Some types of PHI are federally protected from disclosure under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA). Here are four vital reasons to ensure you hire only HIPAA-savvy workers.