Oct 26, 2020
Do you feel overloaded with your
work and hardly finding time to focus on your business improvement?
Don’t worry; now you can hire a VA to help you with
that.
Today I had the pleasure of
speaking with one of my good friends Keri Bednarz. Keri is a
highly motivated real estate
investor, salon owner, and entrepreneur with thirteen years of
experience in single-family, multi-family, commercial, and raw land
development.
She will share her experience in
hiring a VA, how it helps her lighten her workload, and give her
more focus to level up.
Let’s jump right into Keri’s
story and learn more about the effective way to work with
VA.
[00:01 - 08:49] Opening Segment
- Let’s
bring Keri to the show
- Keri
talks about the beginning of
her career journey.
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- She
begins investing in residential real estate in 2006
- Did a
few flips, rental, and owner finance property
- Begin
in multi-family in 2018
- Keri
talks about how she started to hire a VA.
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- Joined elevate in 2019 hired a VA since
May.
- Begin
to get overload with her job
- His
husband set up an interview with a VA selection company for
her.
- She
uses Rocket Station.
- Keri
shares her opinions on how good her VA works.
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- Has
been helping her to elevate and level up quickly
- It
took a few weeks to get a grip on the job but has been doing
fantastic since
- Planning to hire another VA
[08:50 - 13:48] Tips on Hiring Your VA
- Keri
shares some tips on how to hire a VA
- Ask
them some of off wall questions.
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- Make
sure that they are a quick thinker.
- See
their true communication skill
- Make
sure they have good internet
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- It is
very important that they can connect with you.
- Make
sure they have the right equipment for their job.
- Flexibility in their working hour
- Find
a good communication tool to communicate with them.
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- She
uses Slack to communicate.
- Keri
shares her experience working with her VA.
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- Being
open to any suggestions from your VA
- Asks
them feedbacks for improvement
- Daily
report on their job
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- Beginning and end of the day report
[13:49 - 17:48] VA Job Descriptions
- Keri
talks about her VA job description.
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- The
main focus was to take and create video content.
- Edit
videos for social media content on various
platforms
- Scheduling the content for her
- Took
two weeks of training
- Her
VA has created the entire month’s worth of content in just two
weeks.
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- Putting out incredible content
- Posting 3 times a day
- With
much much better quality content
[17:49 - 23:59] The Adaptation Process
- Keri
talks about how her VA learn her voice.
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- Getting used to her voice and communication
style
- Just
because it’s not your way does not mean it is not good.
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- Being
open to any suggestions
- Sharing and exchanging ideas
- He is
also doing the SEO for her website.
- Turns
videos to micro contents
- Rebranding her youtube channel
- Posting her blogs on the bigger
podcast
- Handling FB groups and Instagram
- She
talks about hiring another VA to help her with
CRM.
[24:00 - 28:35] Increase The Engagement
- Keri
talks about the virtual meetups
- Having the checklist to work
on
- Her
VA not only creating the content planning but also tracking the
matrix on her post.
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- Increases the engagement
- Giving her the monthly report
- Keri
talks about the hourly rate
- By
hiring a VA, you would go so much quicker than if you do it
yourself.
Tweetable Quotes:
“By hiring a VA, you would go so
much quicker than if you do it yourself.” - Keri
Bednarz.
“Before you are about to hire a
VA, make sure that they have good internet and the right equipment
for their job.” - Keri Bednarz.
Resources Mentioned:
You can connect with Keri
on Facebook, Linkedin, and you can also check out some of her blogs
about multifamily investment at https://www.elevatecig.com/.
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