As a Virtual Assistant looking after a number of clients, it is really important to diarise items that need following up.
With the increased number of emails, phone calls, and information to read and take in, it is very easy to get in overload mode and not realise that someone didn’t respond to your email or […]

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This year has been a very different year for me as I’ve made some shifts in what I’ve been doing in my business. Moving some clients onto other VAs as I made room for increased writing activity and public speaking. I have a passion for helping women who want to work at home […]

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As the VA industry evolves and more people become aware of this excellent way of working, it is only natural that there are going to be companies developing who have a staff of virtual workers. We’ve been seeing this in India for sometime but now it’s expanding to other parts of the world, with at […]

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I was having a chat to someone recently about places to seek Virtual Assistant support and elance.com and guru.com were mentioned. I immediately thought ‘oh, oh’ and waited for him to finish speaking before I tackled this aspect of our conversation.
Earlier in the week I’d had another business operator contact me looking for […]

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Are you aware there is a site that announces Virtual Assistant courses, seminars, training events and other things? No? Then you need to go over to www.va-announcements.com and subscribe to the list.
Many of the VA networks list their events regularly at this site, plus place announcements and it’s a good one-stop-shop for the industry. […]

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Have you used Xe.com’s currency conversion site? I love this site - so easy to use and I can quickly work out the different currency rates for various things, especially if I’m promoting a new product or tool on any one of my sites. The other day I learnt of a currency I’d […]

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