My husband and I are planning our next trip. We have a daughter working in Nagaoka in Japan and so we’re going over to visit her for a couple of weeks Aug/Sept.  I’m wondering if there are any VAs in Japan that I could meet whilst I’m there. We’re planning to also visit Tokyo, Kyoto […]

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I was driving to a breakfast today not far from home. It’s Saturday and normally I wouldn’t be going out, especially not early in the morning - it’s my day for relaxing at home but this breakfast was special because I was a sponsor for the event.
Sponsorship is often an overlooked opportunity for gaining […]

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Exciting news this morning! Messages from across the sea have told us how Karen Reddick, a Colorado VA had been interviewed for the MSNBC Today Show. This is great exposure for our industry and highlights how we can support clients without having to physically meet them face-to-face. Karen talks about this in the […]

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Have you noticed all the different communities available now for bloggers? So many places to list your blog to attract visitors and readers, or dare I say it? Fans. Particularly since I’ve been hanging around LinkedIn I’ve been learning about other places to list my blogs, and to mix and mingle with other […]

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… for another year that is!  All those months of planning and preparation, contacting people, pulling together groups of volunteers, lining up speakers and topics, updating the website, the amazing 45 day blog hopping tour and so much more.  A team of dedicated (and probably rather crazy) Virtual Assistants have just pulled off the second […]

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Recently I’ve attended a business breakfast, a sponsor lunch and participated in a forum at TV show website, all of which have been discussing the topic of Ethics in Business. And then just this week a presentation at the OIVAC about Business Ethics.
The fact that this topic is being discussed in many places recently […]

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