I see this request on the web in many places with discussions on forums and articles written on blogs by people who have little knowledge of our industry. They’ve heard the term or read about it in books but have no idea where to look.
I don’t know about you but I always think ‘Google’ whenever [...]

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Sometimes you have to laugh.  I love working with my clients and for the most part, things go along smoothly. But just every now and then a hiccup happens and it is usually because I didn’t know the background of something taking place in my client’s life at the time.
That’s when we have to take [...]

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Many Virtual Assistants are seeing a relationship between the services they offer and the needs that authors have.  There’s a direct connection or perfect marriage between the two industries.
I am privileged to share with you an interview with Jan King on this topic.
1. What gave you the idea to teach VAs to work with authors?
I [...]

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In today’s hurly-burly work environment many business people find it challenging to avoid distraction, stay focused, use their time and energy to maximum benefit, and gain ground on important goals and outcomes. One study by the Families and Work Institute found that one-third of Americans are overworked and more than 50 [...]

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Just been having a conversation with a client. I’m going through several worksheets of a spreadsheet of information they were given for a new mailing list.
When I looked at the spreadsheet, whole addresses had been put into one column, not split up into street, suburb, state, postcode, country and on the last worksheet it had [...]

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My next interview in this series is Christine Myers
1. What made you decide to take the VATrainer.com course and how did you find it?
I was working as an Administrative Assistant and my boss decided to retire.  Since I was out of a job it was the ideal time to consider going into business for myself.  [...]

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