Well I did it to myself. I was sooo ready to hand over some of the work of my dream that I did not work through everything. So here I am two weeks later and the work I wanted the VA to complete is not done.I could harp on this some more but let me put my bad experience into a question for you. What are your backup plans? Are you a service provider, does anyone count on you getting something done for them? Then you need a back up plan. If something happens to your computer, do you know what you would do?*find an internet cafe (do those still exist?)*go to your library and use computer there*go to FedEx Kinkos and use a computer there*use your phone?And if something happens to your computer where is all your information stored for your clients?* is it on an external drive?*can you only get to it from your computer or any computer?*do you have a paper copySo something has happened to your computer and off to the shop you rush. What else do you do?*do you call all your clients and let them know what happened?*do you wait until your clients call you and then tell them what happened?*do you text or email them with what happened, your alternate plan and timeline?*do you follow up with them every 24 hours or wait until they threaten to pull the contract?*do you charge them the full amount if the delay was less than 24 hours? what about 48 hours?What about 5 days?I need a VA to look for a VA. Seriously it takes time. Jimmy Brown had a great e-mail on 10 easy ways to find outsource vendors. So I am at Elance and Freelancer (changed their name from Getafreelancer) and my head is killing me and I am thinking do I want to take all this time to find a person to do this for me or do I want to spend tthe time doing it myself?If I was planning on staying stressed forever then I would do it myself. However I am planning on going back to my family and life while I continue to work at home so I need to find help, if not for this for something else. The next few days will be interesting.So what are your back up plans? Do you have any? Going to make some? Perfect time to make plans and goals for the new year! What are your suggestions?
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