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Owen McGab Enaohwo

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CEO, HYVA L.L.C.

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Saving you time to focus on the things you love about your business™ by showing entrepreneurs how Virtual Assistants & Outsourcing time consuming tasks rocks!

Oct. 26, 2011

Owen McGab Enaohwo answered this question at this roundtable

Simplifying Social Business: Blasting Through Social ROI Myths [10/26 @ 11 am]

How to you track ROI when you're outsourcing your social media efforts?

I think in order to track the ROI of your social media marketing you have to back it up with content marketing and use social media sites as hubs to share content that you have created on your site. The core goal is to get ... more

Customer Service

Oct. 26, 2011

Owen McGab Enaohwo and 7 other people answered this question

What are the challenges to outsourcing social media customer service?

I think in order to outsource your social media customer service effectively you have to back it up with content marketing and use social media sites as additional hubs to share content that you have created on your site. The core goal is to get ... more

Customer Service

Social Customer Care

Social Customer Service

Oct. 11, 2011

Owen McGab Enaohwo and 1 other person answered this question

Can outsourcing social media customer service work?

You need to spend time really breaking down the process into several different parts so that you know what exactly to outsource and what to keep in-house. That said it is even more important to outsource to a company whose values are in line with ... more

Customer Service

Social Customer Care

Oct. 10, 2011

Owen McGab Enaohwo answered this question

What social media channels could you recommend for an IT outsourcing company?

I think you should stick with LinkedIn, Quora, Twitter, Facebook, Youtube and Google+
These are all you really need in my humble opinion. Concentrate on really getting very good at using these 6 social media platforms and don't dilute your results by trying to be on ... more

Information Technology

Sept. 25, 2011

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Sept. 2, 2011

Owen McGab Enaohwo answered this question

Why do companies choose not to outsource SEO?

The issue with outsourcing SEO is that most people don't even know the benefits of SEO in the first place. There is too much conflicting information out there an if we reduce it down to the most important fact, to get people to your site ... more

General Management

May 22, 2011

Owen McGab Enaohwo and 1 other person answered this question

Best Ideas for Managing Virtual Assistants

With outsourcing it boils down to two types of work; "Work you already know how to do that takes all your time" and "work that you don't know how to do but need to do".
So if our focus for now is on the former then ... more

Remote Managemenvirtual Assistant Administration

Virtual Assistant

May 11, 2011

Owen McGab Enaohwo and 1 other person answered this question

What are your feelings on outsourced lead generation?

Vaibhav you so articulately answered Norman's question on outsourcing lead generation and I want to do a Skype video interview with you for my entrepreneurial blog show.
We can also do a demo of NutureHQ.
Let talk my emails is oenaohwo@hireyourvirtualassistant.com more

Feb. 16, 2011

Owen McGab Enaohwo and 1 other person answered this question

What's the best way to conduct (actionable) market research on a tight budget?

You can create a free survey and then use Adwords or even Facebook Ads to get people to take the survey. Basically you create a simple survey and direct traffice to the survey itself or to a landing page on your site with the survey ... more

Data Collection

Market Research

Panel Management

Feb. 8, 2011

Owen McGab Enaohwo and 2 other people answered this question

What Process Do You Have In Place To Train Your Sales Managers?

If you are thinking of training your staff on making sales calls and you have already experienced success doing it yourself, I suggest you create a script and also record yourself several time making sales calls with prospective clients. This way when you are training ... more

Sales Management

Sales Managements Impact

Jan. 14, 2011

Owen McGab Enaohwo and 3 other people answered this question

How to select the right lead generation company to outsource my campaigns

I suggest you go with a Pay Per Performance model wherein they get paid for each quality lead that they send your way. Granted it might be more expensive to go this route but your worries will be put to rest because you will not ... more

Lead Generation and Lead Management

Jan. 13, 2011

Owen McGab Enaohwo and 1 other person answered this question

Anyone have negotiating tips on making sure you get the best deal when outsourcing your accounting?

I am going to answer this question the best way I know how because the answer is relative to what each hour of the day is worth to you. So first of all figure out what your per hour worth is based on your income ... more

Accounting & Audit Services

Accounting Firms

Jan. 11, 2011

Owen McGab Enaohwo and 7 other people answered this question

What is a virtual assistant and how have they helped your business?

A Virtual Assistant is basically an assistant who works for your remotely (or virtually) from his/her location handling most tasks that an in-office assistant can do for you.
I joke and say a VA can handle most of your business tasks except bringing your morning ... more

Small Business Development

Virtual Assistant

Virtual Assistants

Dec. 22, 2010

Owen McGab Enaohwo and 5 other people answered this question

Does anyone have negotiating tips on making sure you get the best deal when outsourcing payroll?

I support the 3 points made by Johnny and here are my suggestions and they all have to do with you (not the payroll outsourcing company per say)
1) What can you afford to pay for the services? Please base this on how much each hour ... more

Human Resources

Payroll Outsourcing

Dec. 10, 2010

Owen McGab Enaohwo and 8 other people answered this question

What are some of the most critical mistakes people make when outsourcing their logistics?

In my opinion the biggest mistake people make when outsourcing their logistics is that they hire on providers who are not clearly aligned with their culture or even understand their core competencies and promise to their clients.
I think the features these companies might be able ... more

Logistics Mgmt Outsourcing

Logistics Solutions

Dec. 8, 2010

Owen McGab Enaohwo and 2 other people answered this question

Is it better to hire an accountant in-house or to outsource?

At the end of the day the money you make can also come from the money you save. That said I'd suggest you outsource your accounting needs instead of hiring someone. Remember the additional costs you will incur if you bring in an accountant full ... more

Accounting & Audit Services

Nov. 26, 2010

Owen McGab Enaohwo and 2 other people answered this question

What is the importance of outsourcing in a business?

The reason why most people outsource tasks in their business is relative to the situation of the Entrepreneur and one common denominator is that they want to save time to focus on why they are in business; to work on the parts of their business ... more

Information Technology

Internet Services

Nov. 22, 2010

Owen McGab Enaohwo and 3 other people answered this question

When is it a good idea to outsource procurement?

Hi Reese I like your answer to the question and will like to interview you for my Skype video blog series where I have BPO experts come on and answer questions faced by entrepreneurs considering outsourcing.
Please whats you email so I can send you more ... more

Outsourced Procurement

Nov. 19, 2010

Owen McGab Enaohwo and 1 other person answered this question

What are the benefits of having an internal branding department vs outsourcing?

Once you can answer the reason why you are in business in the first place, the higher purpose your business serves; you have already started the process of strategically coming up with the idea for what you want you brand to represent to the public.
If ... more

Agency Services

Brand Development

Nov. 4, 2010

Owen McGab Enaohwo and 5 other people answered this question

Virtual Assistants: How much does a virtual assistant cost?

@Mike Calcaterra
Twitter is a great place to connect with people who might be looking for your services. You can use a free tool like HootSuite to easily set this up.
You basically enter into HootSuite relevant keywords so that when anyone on twitter tweets with your ... more

Human Resources

Office Management

Outsourced Services

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