A Practical Guide to Part-Time Help: From Virtual Assistants to AI Tools

About this episode

Carrie Rollwagen discusses the practicalities of hiring part-time help, including virtual assistants and AI tools, in a live recording from Localist Lab.

What if a few hours of part-time help would change your week? This episode is a live recording from Localist Lab, the free monthly marketing event series for small business owners in Birmingham. Carrie Rollwagen takes the speaker seat this time to walk a live audience through how she hired a virtual assistant, what she actually has her VA do, and where AI tools fit into the mix. Carrie covers what a virtual assistant is, how to find one, how to budget for one, and what to do before they start. She shares the documents she made for her VA, the tools they use together, and the kinds of work she does and does not hand off. She also walks through how she uses AI for tasks like building decks, transcribing meetings, organizing her desktop, and turning one podcast into a dozen reels. If you are a small business owner who keeps thinking you cannot afford help, this episode is a clear and honest look at what part-time help actually looks like in practice. Watch on YouTube ____________________________________________________________________________________ Mentioned in This Episode Virtual Savvy Time Tailored OnePass (password manager) LastPass (password manager) Calendly Otter.ai (voice…

People in this episode

Host: Carrie Rollwagen

Topics covered

• part-time help
• virtual assistants
• AI tools
• small business
• marketing
• productivity

Keywords

• virtual assistant
• AI tools
• small business help
• productivity tools
• marketing strategies

Sponsors

Infomedia

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Virtual Savvy, Time Tailored, Calendly, Ohm Jiu Jitsu, Alabama Twisters

Products: OnePass, LastPass, Otter.ai

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