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How I Stopped Doing The Work And Started Scaling

Maximilian Gerstenmeyer · 1,050 words · 5 min read

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0:00Hey there. So now in this video I want

0:02to talk about how I stopped doing the

0:04work and started scaling by hiring a

0:07virtual assistant and having that

0:10virtual assistant taking care of

0:13implementing this strategy for me. But

0:16before we get started, let me clear

0:19something up real quick. Outsourcing is

0:22definitely not where you want to start.

0:24It's where you go after something

0:27already works. And I know this because I

0:30implemented this strategy myself first,

0:33every single step. When I started, I

0:36wasn't paying anyone, no virtual

0:38assistants, no team, just me, my laptop,

0:41and figuring things out step by step. I

0:44ran the method manually. I learned what

0:46worked. I learned what didn't. I made my

0:49first results doing the work myself. And

0:52honestly, that part is super super

0:54important because that's how you

0:56actually understand the system. Only

0:59after it was already working, only after

1:01I knew it was profitable, that's when I

1:04decided to hand it off to a virtual

1:06assistant. Not to spend more money, but

1:09to buy back my time. So, if you're

1:11thinking, I don't want to outsource and

1:13pay extra money. Good. You're not

1:15supposed to at the beginning.

1:17Outsourcing isn't an expense when done

1:20right. It's a multiplier. So, you first

1:23prove you can make money doing it

1:25yourself. Then, you let someone else

1:28repeat the exact same steps for you.

1:31Same process, same system, just without

1:34you being stuck doing it all of the time

1:36yourself. And at some point, the

1:39question becomes, do you want to keep

1:41trading your time or do you want to

1:42scale what already works? That's when

1:45the VA or virtual assistant makes sense.

1:49They don't replace you. they duplicate

1:51you. So if you're just starting, then

1:54focus on learning. Do it yourself. Get

1:56results. And when you're ready to grow,

1:59outsourcing becomes freedom, not cost.

2:02That's exactly how I did it, and that's

2:05why it works. And once you're at this

2:08point, once you know the method in and

2:10out, once you've seen that it works,

2:13once you've implemented it for like a

2:16month or two or however long it takes

2:19you, then you can decide to scale it by

2:23hiring a VA or virtual assistant. And

2:26the sites that I recommend for this are

2:28online jobs.ph,

2:30ph for the Philippines. This is a site

2:33where you can find all kinds of um

2:36people who take care of tasks for you.

2:39And if you go ahead and you go over to

2:41online shopops.ph right now, then you do

2:43a search for virtual assistant, then you

2:46can find all of these people here like

2:49Charissa, virtual admin assistant, $4.34

2:54an hour. Then we've got Marielle, $521.

2:57We've got Mario who's going to work for

3:00you for 347 an hour. 347 again here. 347

3:05955

3:07434. So yeah, the list goes on and on

3:11and on. So you can just do some

3:12research, put together a list of people

3:15that you want to reach out to. You can

3:17do the research for free. And when you

3:18decide that you want to reach out to

3:21these people to talk about what you want

3:23them to do for you, then you need to pay

3:25$70 per month to be able to reach out to

3:29these people and hire them. But you can

3:31just pay for a month, cancel your

3:33subscription immediately, hire somebody.

3:36And then you'll have someone who can do

3:38this work for you. and you as a member

3:40of this product, you can always give

3:44this course like access to this course

3:46to your virtual assistant as well. So

3:49then you don't really need to explain

3:51that much. Your VA can just watch the

3:53course and then they'll understand what

3:56they need to do and uh yeah, you can

3:58take it from there. So onlineops.ph

4:01once again you can do research for free

4:04if you um go to onlineops.ph PH. You

4:07type in virtual assistant and you hit

4:08search. Then you can look at all of

4:11these guys profiles here and then you

4:14will have to pay $70 per month to be

4:17able to reach out to them and hire them.

4:19But then you can cancel your

4:20subscription immediately after you hired

4:23somebody. Then there is another site,

4:25fiverr.com. I use Fiverr a lot. I've

4:28used it as a seller. Now I use it mainly

4:30as a buyer. If you go ahead um and you

4:33go over to fiverr.com, you do a search

4:35for virtual assistant, then you'll find

4:37all of these freelancers here, and as

4:40you can see, some of their cheapest

4:42packages are like $10. And then you'll

4:44find more expensive ones like 160 and oh

4:48yeah, $5 here as well. But if you have a

4:50certain budget, you can also go over to

4:53budget and then just say like up to $20,

4:56for example. Then you just hit apply and

4:59then you'll just find the ones that

5:01charge a maximum of $20

5:04for their basic

5:08service and then yeah, you can um check

5:10them out. So let's look at Daniela

5:13Walker here for example.

5:15Their basic package is $10 and personal

5:18virtual assistant basic. I will do a

5:20virtual task for one hour. So that's

5:24like $10 an hour. If you want to contact

5:26them, you can just click on contact

5:29and then explain what it is that you

5:31want that VA to do and um if they agree

5:36like if if she seems to be a good fit,

5:39then you can send her access to this

5:41program and she can watch it and then

5:43she'll know exactly what needs to be

5:45done. And yeah, so this is how you hire

5:49a virtual assistant. Once you know the

5:53strategy, once you understand the strate

5:55the strategy, once you've implemented

5:57the strategy and once you have seen

5:59results, then it is time to start

6:02thinking about scaling it by hiring

6:05someone to do all of the work for you so

6:08that you can focus on other parts of

6:11your business. But once again, this is

6:14not something that I want you to do from

6:16the first day on. I want you to go ahead

6:19implement it yourself and then later

6:21down the line maybe hiring someone on

6:24fiverr.com or online jobs.ph.

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