FSBO Guide - Authorify

Recently, I interviewed two men who, by coincidence, had built fairly similar websites. One did it in just two hours, while the other one took two weeks because he was wasting time with unnecessary tasks. The first applicant liked to get his work done quickly and move on, while the other became too caught up in the minute details that ultimately didn’t matter. In the end, the latter’s website may be slightly better, but it took too much time to get it there. I prefer people who

do good work in good time, so I hired the first applicant. ● Why the Assistant’s Location Matters

Another factor you should consider when hiring someone is their location. You can add it to the questions in your job advertisement or you can tell them to include where they are from in the email. You can also look them up online using their website or Facebook. I pay attention to their location because experience has taught me that people who come from major cities never stay on the job for long. For example, people from Manila rarely keep the virtual assistant job for more than a few months because there are so many job opportunities in Manila. It is best to hire people further away from the big cities. You can do online research to help you figure out which cities or areas are best for hiring virtual assistants. While you want to stay away from the big cities, you also don’t want to hire from a place where there is no internet connection. If you hire from a place where the internet is not good, that may pose a serious communication problem. ● Targeting Your Advertising If you want more options for job advertisement strategies, you can always visit the website platform you plan to use and see what other people are posting. You’ll be able to borrow from their ideas and get a feel for your competition. It is useful to know how much people are offering for jobs similar to those you need to be done. This will help you design your own advertisement to be attractive to potential applicants. If you want to post an advertisement for a web developer job, it would be good to know that most people are paying between $500 and $1,000 dollars for that kind of work. Otherwise, you may offer only $200 and not receive any good applicants.