This time of year is traditionally one where people take stock of what they've achieved throughout the current year and what they might change or do in the new year. Many of my regular readers will know that I usually have a Prayer and Planning day mid January to plan for the new year. I've been doing this for several years and having had a business coach has helped with that process. This year (2010) was different in that I found it harder to be focused at the beginning of the new year. I'd … [Read more...]
Why I wouldn’t take this job
I got an email overnight with the subject: I am looking for an experienced article writer. The message said: Dear friend, I am impressed by your writings and the content you post on your blogs. I was also looking for a Quality Technical Writer who may provide me similar quality articles. I can provide you the content which you have to write in your words. I need an engineering manual written on Mechanical Engineering subjects for which I am willing to spend around $100 to get these 100 pages … [Read more...]
Merry Christmas to our readers
I want to take this opportunity of wishing all readers a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. I hope you get the opportunity for taking a break and spending time with family, friends and others. My husband is home for a 2 week break so I won't be spending as much time in the office and will be spending more time outside, especially now the sunshine has decided to make an appearance. So my camera will be working overtime! Thank you to everyone who has encouraged me through their comments on … [Read more...]
Will you have room at the inn?
I'm speaking about during the Australian VA Conference (AVAC). You'll need to be a VA attending the AVAC event in Melbourne and therefore, living in Melbourne to accommodate out of town guest VAs. We're buddying up visiting VAs to Melbourne based VA hosts so they can get to and fro the venue and find their way around town, and outside of town. I'll be hosting a VA from the US and am hoping that there will be others coming from outside Australia. I could host a couple of others too and on a 2 … [Read more...]
Have you done your Christmas Cards yet?
There's been discussions on various VA forums about whether or not to send Christmas cards to clients or Christmas emails. It was generally agreed that emails do get lost, filtered out, read later, but a printed card in the post would be read and put on a shelf or on display somewhere for the client to see each day. Some like to get cards designed and printed, others purchase cards from somewhere and handwrite in them. Still more are undecided and as a result, often they just don't get … [Read more...]
Virtual Assistants – Mind Your Language!
I had a conversation recently with someone relating to internet merchant facilities. During the course of the conversation he kept using in-house terminology which didn't really mean much to me at all. I had to remind him, more than once, that he's speaking a language that his industry might understand but the client wouldn't, and I am a client. He apologised and made an effort to use language I would understand. We finally came to an understanding of what I need to do to get something working … [Read more...]
Virtual Assistant Training Course
The VATrainer.com course is on special at the moment up till 31st December. Ideal Christmas gift for someone you know who wants to learn about being a Virtual Assistant. Or perhaps you can gift it to yourself! … [Read more...]
Two Wonderful Web Women meet face-to-face
Recently I had the wonderful privilege of meeting Janet Beckers, Founder of Wonderful Web Women face-to-face. We'd spoken online before and on the phone but had never met face-to-face until a few weeks ago in Melbourne. Funny really, we've known each other for a few years. So strange to not have met before. Janet had her video recorder with her and we did an impromptu interview so here I am unmade up and in the natural so to speak. Actually there were three of us there that day. Charly … [Read more...]
WordPress Clinic
Readers will remember the Wordpress Intro Course I launched some weeks ago. For those of you who feel you'd like something more advanced then VA Classroom's Wordpress Clinic may be just what you're looking for. Details below: It almost goes without saying that WordPress has become the most popular web platform among entrepreneurs and small businesses today. In the past, WordPress was seen as a platform for delivering blogs, but with new technology and lots of innovative plugins, WordPress is … [Read more...]
