While the world is growing used to virtual businesses popping up and thriving in many industries, there is a very different setup and management for running a remote business. Allison Sandberg is the founder of the virtual travel agency, Magical Memory Planners. Allison started out as a person who loved travel and travel advice, turning passion into profit her one-man show travel agency has grown to a team of over 30.

Allison shares how her business has had to change internal communication and information platforms over time from small Facebook groups to Workplace and a formal business website. In addition to creating these platforms, Allison shares how she keeps the family workplace feeling alive in a sea of screens through personal connections. She encourages downtime communication, birthday cards, and agent-only AND family travel trips for the business.

Allison’s remote team is all made up of mostly individual contractors which can make control a little tricky. She shares tips, and some mistakes made when it comes to contracts, structure, and procedures for onboarding and maintaining these team members.

This thriving virtual business owner also has one important piece of advice: Think Big. Allison encourages new and prospective business owners to think big from the beginning when it comes to setting up programs, policies, and procedures. Adapt software and systems that can grow with you, if you don't NEED them from the beginning, you will benefit from starting with something you won't have to totally redo as you grow.

For more on Allison and a little something fun, be sure to listen and subscribe to her podcast, Travel Talk! This episode is full of some incredible tips and advice for listeners. As always please, like, subscribe, and follow us on social media to stay connected.

What’s Inside: 

• How to set up a business for long-term growth.
• Making changes and adjustments as your business grows.
• Managing a remote team for employees and individual contractors.
• Virtual business mistakes and advice.
• Are virtual businesses better than brick and mortar in today’s economy?

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