OBM Blog

Coffee talk: How to establish work/life balance when you work from home

Welcome back to coffee talk – my team’s monthly, virtual coffee date where we chat on a different topic related to building, running, and working in a successful online biz. Last month, we dished the dirt on staying organized while working from home. And this... Read More

The most important lessons I learned in my online biz in 2016

2016 has been the most eventful year in my online business yet! I grew my team and started delegating more tasks than I ever thought possible. I grew my consistent client base by 150%, and I learned some invaluable lessons about growing an online business in a... Read More

Why you need to track time in your online biz

My virtual team provides services to over 10 monthly retainer clients at any given time. And since we all work from our home offices, it’s VITAL that we track our time down to the minute. Regardless of whether you offer retainer packages or per-project invoices, if... Read More

How to foster team spirit and nurture your virtual team

Last week, in the middle of an infamous “first week of the month” onslaught of client strategy calls and projects, I took a rare break with one of my project managers. The first 7-10 days of each month usually sees us chained to our desks, unable to train... Read More

Coffee talk: How to keep your shit together when you work from home

The #1 question I come up against when I tell a new acquaintance that I run a business and work from home? “How do you and your team stay productive and organized when you all work from home?” Welcome to Sarah Noked OBM’s first installment of Coffee Talk! Every month,... Read More

How to make smarter hires with personality tests

How to make smarter hires with personality tests Some of my favorite clients over the years have started our working relationship with a personality test. And at first, these tests totally threw me off. The types of clients who would request these kinds of tests were... Read More

Behind the scenes of the Sarah Noked OBM rebrand

Over the summer, I decided that my website just wasn’t cutting it. I no longer felt like it reflected the soul of my business, I wanted to feature my team, and I knew I wasn’t attracting my ideal client avatar. My website just felt so dated. So I penned the manifesto,... Read More

The accountability you need to start creating video for your online biz

This week’s blog post was supposed to kick things up a notch. I planned to create a video on “How to create your first SOP.” But no matter how much I tried to control the process, everything was just out of my control: The mic extension cable I ordered from Amazon for... Read More

How to hire the best possible team members for your online biz

During the first couple years of my online business, I was a solo-preneur, single-handedly building my VA business from the ground up. Back then, I couldn’t even begin to imagine what would go into hiring employees, building a team, and delegating like a boss. Having... Read More

How to keep your cool when the staff take vacation

Earlier this summer, I took my first-ever vacation from my online biz. And it was a game-changer, my friends. The title of my blog post during those ten amazing days was “How to vacation from your online business like a boss.” And boy, did I ever feel like a BOSS with... Read More

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