There is lots written about the benefits of being a Virtual Assistant and particularly of working at home. You read articles, see photos of healthy looking people running on the beach, playing ball with their kids, driving a flashy car, or sitting under a tree with their laptop.
The reality is very different - not […]

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When first starting out, one of the things a new VA needs to know is how much to charge for the services they will provide? And it’s not always easy trying to work this out. Will they charge too much, will they charge not enough? What are others charging?
And so, it’s not uncommon to […]

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I recently became a board member for a new group for Virtual Assistants. This group was developed for a very different reason to the existing forums. It is recognised that there is a downside to working at home - and that is the lack of exercise and increased tendency to just snack through the […]

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As probably happens to many VAs (or for that matter, any business operator) whose websites are easily located, I get requests asking me if I would promote something, refer someone, or give work to someone. This morning’s request was of the middle agenda and here is what was sent to me:
My name is Joe […]

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I’m still tweaking it, but now have Virtual Assistant - THE Blog housed on my own server, using Wordpress. I’ve been learning this program for just over a couple of months now and have been able to successfully import this blog from its previous home. Please do update your bookmarks to http://www.vadirectory.net/blog/ for […]

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Interesting title - why would I use it? Well, because I noticed recently that people were Googling this phrase. Additional to that I had an email from a gentleman who was contacting VA businesses trying to get business from them - he wanted to operate as a VA and just couldn’t understand why other […]

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