E170: Building a Remote Workforce That Becomes an Advocate for Your Brand with Deniero Bartolini

<p>When you’ve got so many things on your plate – podcast, content, running a business, marketing, etc. – there’s only so much you can do to do things, well, really efficiently. That’s why our guest today, Deniero Bartolini is a huge proponent of the remote workforce and scaling a business using remote workers. Be sure to listen in because this is a big opportunity for you to start realizing how critical it is for businesses today to build a remote workforce. It’s also important that you teach your remote workforce what you know, and empower them to do what it is they can with that knowledge.</p> <p><strong>Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Lessons he learned from his music career</li> <li>Mastering the hard things and deliberate practice</li> <li>Building a remote workforce</li> <li>How to find the right people to add to your team</li> <li>Things to look for and red flags to avoid</li> <li>Instilling and nurturing your culture into a remote workforce</li> </ul> <p><strong>Episode Highlights:</strong></p> <p><strong>Doing the Deep Work and Deliberate Practice</strong></p> <p>You've got to master hard things to float to the top to differentiate yourself from your competition. Then yuo become someone that people will seek and you will grow in any industry.</p> <p>Deliberate practice is doing something with the intent of getting better in a specific area. For instance, if you want to be a good baseball player, you've got to learn all the parts of the sport. It’s an organized way of practicing. Focus your time and energy in specific areas until you learn them, and then move on to the next.</p> <p><strong>Building a Remote Workforce</strong></p> <p>Having a remote workforce is not only a way of running a business, it’s a way of life. A VA or virtual assistant can do anything you can imagine. You can streamline and get someone to do things for you.</p> <p><strong>1. Small steps - </strong>They don't need to have your personal information right away. They can have a