VA reading and responding to email?

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Does anyone have a VA read and respond to email? Email is bogging me down, despite elimination attempts. The problem is that a lot of the email really is important. I just work with a lot of people on a regular basis.

I'm wondering if anyone has successfully outsourced email responses? In an interview, I heard that AJ Jacobs had his outsourcers handle his email. I'd love to try it, but to be honest, I don't know how to begin.

[Talon]

I wrote and asked for help on this.
The response was what was in the book. I asked again where for the $4 VA, etc will keep you in the loop.

Some place here there is a person willing to sell 40 block of time for 7.5? an hour.


Amy,
Request for review
I will write a review.
Request which one of these did Timothy find his VA for $4 dollars?
Brickworkindia and elance their rates are allot higher so if I could get
the exact contact it would be worth my while please
Thanks you
Clinton

-----Original Message-----
From: BrainQUICKEN Research and Technologies
[mailto:timothy@brainquicken.com]
Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2007 11:38 PM
To: Siegle, Clinton R
Subject: Re: Hello

Hi Clinton,

Thanks for your e-mail. I love the "Honey" intro! That is one of
my favorite parts of the book.

I am Timothy's Executive Assistant and while I am not in India, I
know that Timothy also recommends such sites as:

http://www.brickworkindia.com
http://www.guru.com
http://www.elance.com

And there are other virtual assistant firms in India with these
lower rates within your budget, but we would not recommend any
that Tim has not personally used first.

We hope that you are continuing to enjoy the book, and we thank
you for your inquiry.

Clinton, would you mind doing me a small favor? Would you be
willing to write a short review -- even just one sentence -- on
Amazon? If not, no worries at all, but it would really mean the
world to us! The book still has no offline support and we depend
completely on word-of-mouth. If you have 30 seconds to spare, here
is the link:

http://www.amazon.com/o/ASIN/0307353133/ref=pd_rvi_gw_1/104-9289879-8858
363

Hope positive things are growing for you.

All the best,

-- Amy
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Amy Ewart
Executive Assistant to Timothy Ferriss
Author: The 4-Hour Workweek ( http://www.fourhourworkweek.com)
(Random House/Crown Publishing)
Bio and Fun:
http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog

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On Wed May 30 10:57:56 PDT 2007, "S, Clinton R"
wrote:

> Dear Honey or Timothy:
>
> My name is Clinton vvvvv
>
> I have finished Timothy's book and started using several of his
> outsourcing ideas. I am trying to figure out how to use virtual
> assistance for several small rentals that I have purchased due to
> this
> book. I am unfamiliar enough that I have signed into the
> yourmanindia
> and another group, but was unable to find a va for the suggestion
> price
> range in the 4-hour workweek. Any suggestions would be helpful
>
> Thanks, Clinton

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Thanks, Talon.

Actually, I already do have a VA (with GetFriday -- a little more expensive than mentioned in the book, but I feel good about supporting the company). I just don't know how to ask my VA to handle the task of my email. I think it would be overwhelming if I just set him loose and said take care of it. My inbox has a pretty diverse bunch of messages, and it's a lot to ask anyone to figure it all out.

I've been thinking lately that I might just start with asking him to mark the email that seems most important each day. This would help me see what was important when I open my inbox-- and what could wait or be ignored.

Another idea I had (since posting my initial message) was to give my VA text to use in replying to email questions that I commonly receive. This would work like an auto-responder to specific questions -- and would save me a little time in creating a new answer to a common question.

[Wooderson316]

Another idea I had (since posting my initial message) was to give my VA text to use in replying to email questions that I commonly receive. This would work like an auto-responder to specific questions -- and would save me a little time in creating a new answer to a common question.

That is Gold. Mine it.

Then do what AJ did in his "Outsourcing Life" article (read the whole thing online if you haven't yet) - tell your VA to use your canned responses at her/his discretion and for all other issues do what they think is best. People are smart and want to be challenged. If there is an issue that your VA just can't get past, tell them to ask you.

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Wooderson316:

Thanks for suggesting that I read the full article from Esquire. I guess I assumed that I had seen the whole thing before, but it turns out that much of it was new to me -- including most of the details about email.

This helps a lot! And yes-- I'll start with writing those responses to common questions. That alone will help quite a bit.

Thanks!