April 2017

Three heads are better than one…I believe that’s the saying, right? But seriously, it doesn’t matter where you are in the world, what line of business is involved, or the format these groups meet in, teamwork provides unparalleled results.

We believe having a discussion with someone is the single most powerful thing you can do. Sure, information is great, as well as product information – but nothing enhances the effectiveness like community. If you build a great community or group, people will take away endlessly and grow beyond their wildest imagination.

Selling on Amazon has provided us with the most amazing opportunity we have encountered: It allowed us to grow and scale our business with minimal infrastructure. For example, in many cases we have over a thousand orders a day (particularly in peak season), but only three full-time employees processing products.

In most circles of the world this wouldn’t be possible, but with Amazon it absolutely is. Amazon FBA allows us to scale without needing lots of employees and crazy systems to do it. I say this because I want to talk about some of the amazing things Amazon has allowed us to do, and use that to transition into something you might not know about:

When it comes to hiring a virtual assistant (VA) it can be normal to feel overwhelmed at first. For those who haven’t done it, this sounds incredibly daunting. Honestly, I felt the same way at the beginning. I was under this impression for the longest time until one of the students in our course mentioned to me how amazing his VAs were doing. 

He asked about our VAs and I told him we didn’t currently have any, but I was curious about what his VAs worked on for him. He actually showed me the VA worksheets that his company uses and I was floored at the level of productivity!