If you’re like me, you get lots of job offers by email. Let’s face it, as soon as your email address is on display anywhere, it’s going to get grabbed and used by others. Or even if you send an email to someone who has an infected machine, the address can then be […]

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This is a reprint of an article I wrote in September 2004. I feel it’s important to bring this topic back up since there are new VAs on the scene all the time, and new clients.
The team and I had an interesting discussion online the other day, which resulted from a client and team […]

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I recently had a new VA email me about joining the network I manage. She asked a number of the usual questions but then also asked the question which is the subject heading of this post.
Interesting question and one I thought I would share here.
I know that whenever anyone starts up in business they […]

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I love exploring all the things available to us in various software programs but there are some things I prefer not to use, although they were designed to make my life easier.
Read Receipts for example - I don’t necessarily want people to know the minute I’ve read their email so I have my program set […]

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Regular readers will have noted my recent absence but hopefully they will have known or realised I was away on leave - well and truly overdue and very much enjoyed. I went to Japan with my husband to visit one of our daughters - if you read my family blog you’ll see some of […]

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