5 Must Have Tools For Working With A Virtual Assistant

Communication is essential when you're working with a Virtual Assistant on the other side of the world. You need to be able to chat with your VA, delegate tasks, share files, and much more in order to have a positive experience with outsourcing.
Fortunately, there are hundreds of tools available to make communication a breeze. And over the years, I've tried most of those tools.
In this video, I describe my 5 favorite tools that I use every single day to manage projects, delegate tasks, and communication with my virtual assistants.
Wanna know the best part?
All of these tools that I describe in the video are completely free.
Here's the full list of tools for your reference:
Asana: This is a great tool for managing projects, delegating tasks, sharing files, and communicating with your virtual assistant. If you were to get one of the 5 tools that I mention, this would be the one. Get Asana here - asana.com/
Screencast-O-Matic: This tool allows you to create high quality videos and screen recordings, which is super helpful when you're training your VA or delegating tasks. Get Screencast-O-Matic here - screencast-o-matic.com/refer/...
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Google Hangouts: This tool helps you communicate with your virtual assistant. You can do video calls, phone calls or live chats with your VA using Google Hangouts. I personally, have my VA's send me a chat message on Google Hangouts as soon as they start their work day and I ask them to stay logged in the entire day - just in case something urgent comes up. Get Google Hangouts here: hangouts.google.com/
Grammarly: This is a tool that I ask all of my virtual assistants to download as soon as they are hired. Grammarly scans everything your VA types and it highlights any grammar or spelling mistakes so that their communications with you are crystal clear. Side note: I recommend that everybody get this tool, even if English IS your first language. Get Grammarly here: www.grammarly.com/
LastPass: This is a password management tool that allows you to give your virtual assistant access to your online accounts (i.e. website access, social media pages, etc) without actually sharing your password. For this, you'll both need to sign up for a Free LastPass account. Then you'll save all of your Passwords to LastPass' encrypted password vault. From there, you will be able to share access to select sites with your VA. Get LastPass here: lastpass.com/f?37146272
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LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS VIDEO
• Asana (Project Management Tool): asana.com/
• Screencast-O-Matic (Training Video Tool): screencast-o-matic.com/refer/...
• Google Hangouts (Live Chat/Video Tool): hangouts.google.com/
• Grammarly (Grammar/Spelling Tool): www.grammarly.com/
• LastPass (Password Management Tool): lastpass.com/f?37146272
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[@ValleyVirtualOperations]

Great video! I agree with you communication and efficiency are very important in the VA world.

[@teregalido746]

Helpful video. Thanks for sharing.

[@jhenbbloveslanz.5133]

Thank you for sharing I'm here to study for tools that i needs for starting for virtual assistant, 👍👍👍👍

[@a.k.m.shafiqulislam8083]

Very much helpful Thanks for sharing Getting trained from your tutorials

muchas gracias por compartir tu experiencia 🙏

[@LouYorkLife]

Great , valuable video. Much appreciated!

[@ericevenstad6702]

Glad you found it helpful!

[@Practiceofthepractice]

Such great insight, thanks so much for sharing!

[@ericevenstad6702]

You're welcome :)

[@arnellcarmichael635]

Great video my man! I'm looking to hire my first Team Member, and this information really helps out, a lot! Thanks again!

[@ashmarbarbour]

you just saved my life

[@amreadyconsulting]

Great idea re screencasting feedback. Hadn't thought of that use case, but it is perfect. I use hangouts, lastpass, Grammarly, and a different task tracker/ PM app. So this is perfect - great suggestions. I didn't know Lastpass had the delegation feature and that is really handy. Liked and sub'd

[@stanmuller2870]

Thumbs Up... Double Thumbs Up... Quadruple Thumbs Up. I just used Grammarly to write this post by the way and will be using the other 3 I just learned about right after this video. I'm just starting out with a VA on Fiverr and got stuck on the password trust and this solves my problem. Super awesome tip on the tools. Thanks a Million.

[@ericevenstad6702]

Hey Stan! Thanks for the comment. Awesome to hear that the video helped you out. Let me know if you have any questions about the tools I mentioned... And you may want to checkout some of my other outsourcing/virtual assistant videos. I think you'll probably find some more helpful tips!

[@user-dd2ki6ld9z]

hi. how can we record their job for any time

[@theprodigy4202]

Any recommendations-- I want my VA to use software that would require to be on the computer to create websites, etc. But I don't want it to be on the VAs pc bcz then if our working relationship ends they still have the software programs and can potentially compete against me. How can I have a VA access and use software programs that are not cloud-based if I don't want VAs to download them directly on to their personal pc?

[@TinaWillis]

Thank you for sharing. Where do you find your VAs?

[@ericevenstad6702]

Highly recommend www.onlinejobs.ph if you're hiring for full time or part time work. If you're just hiring for one-time tasks, I'd recommend upwork.com

[@inyourf4c31d10t]

I wanna ask you what is virtual assistant tools for administration? Im beginner one, if you have any LinkedIn account, may i know it? Because i want ask over and over again. Seriuosly. Because im still beginner also. Thanks 😊👍🙏❤

[@gracewangare9669]

Did you get the tools for administration. Am a beginner and need help with this