Regular readers know I belong to LinkedIn, which is a very large international professional business network. I have met so many people there and have been able to secure new clients for my team as well. It’s been a great group.
A new connection asked me some questions and I thought they were so […]

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… clearing out the clutter!   In the southern hemisphere we are in the middle of springtime, the flowers are beginning to bloom, birds are waking us earlier in the morning and I’m growing aware of the clutter around me.
Perhaps in winter we feel it necessary to have ’stuff’ around us, to close us in, keep […]

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Recently I became aware of a promotion for a chapter of a business networking group, promoting the 4 hour work week and using $5 an hour VAs. Whilst I know this book has held the interest of a lot of people who want to work less hours and still make the same or more […]

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Over the past few months I’ve had a number of approaches from people who have developed a product or service that they want to promote to the Virtual Assistant industry. Sometimes it’s clear to me that they don’t understand the VA industry at all and after discussing their product or service and our industry, they […]

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Many of you will know that Brenner’s have done industry reports on the VA industry. Their most recent one has left out vital information relating to a good portion of the VA industry - those located in Australia, New Zealand and other countries. If you’ve not previously participated in the survey this year […]

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Periodically I get requests from prospective clients who are seeking work to be done at a really low rate. Sometimes I have to turn them away - I wouldn’t want to even ask my team to consider the job. Other times I take great pains to explain to the prospective client why our rates […]

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