I've mentioned from time to time the various VA forums I belong to. It's where some of my material comes from to share on this blog. Today I want to share on the benefits of forums like these. If you are a VA and if you are working alone, then becoming a member of 2 or 3 VA forums would be very beneficial to you. Don't mix up the forums with the networks. Many networks have forums attached to them but not all forums are attached to a network. The forums are usually free to join and some … [Read more...]
The blog has a new look!
If you receive this post via email or RSS you might just want to drop by the blog itself as it has a totally new look. The theme is the same as the main website but with some differences and the last 10 posts all on the front page. To view the full post just click on the title. I hope you like the new look - it will probably take a little while to get used to. Although it's easy to change from one template to another simply by choosing and clicking, it's another thing when you want to … [Read more...]
Change, the essence of life
“Change is the essence of life. Be willing to surrender what you are for what you could become.” The above was part of a promotion for AIOP's Annual Office Professional Breakfast held each year here in Australia. One of my team had posted an invite to the Sydney breakfast and wanted to know if anyone else at the forum was intending to go. Seeing the promotion took me back several years. It was 1993 and I attended the breakfast in Melbourne. In those days it was called "Secretaries Day" and … [Read more...]
New look coming!
Those of you who receive my newsletter or visit my website regularly will by now have seen our new look website. This blog will be undergoing a similar change very soon so stay tuned. The new look has been several months in the pipeline and this is partly due to research regarding membership software. I wanted my Virtual Assistant team to be able to login and update their own profiles as they wished and as has often been requested. Time to move on with current trends for membership sites. Do … [Read more...]
What is a VA and where do you find them?
I've been invited to be the Guest Expert at the Business Forum of Experts starting from tomorrow and we will be discussing the above topic. If you're an Aussie business you might like to join this forum and explore what there is to offer. One of the things that I find in my industry is that all too often people who have heard of VAs do not seem to know where to find them, and they will have a vague idea of what we are and what we do, based on what they've heard or read from someone … [Read more...]
5 years of blogging
In 2007 I wrote a blogpost about 2 years of blogging. I came across it the other day and thought, really? Funny what you forget you've written. I won't repeat my journey of how I came to be blogging, you can read the original post linked above. But I can tell you some of what has occurred since then: I've published two printed books based on two separate blogs I've written. Both are available in bookstores in Australia and through Amazon.com I've travelled to Canada to speak at a Virtual … [Read more...]
VAs – Looking for long-term relationships
The excitement of getting that first client soon passes and you start to wonder how much work is going to come through and how often. If you're a new VA, or a client looking to engage a VA for the first-time, I encourage you to look at the relationship as something that is going to be for the long-term and not ad-hoc or one-off jobs. I know that some clients like to 'try us out' to see how things go. I expect some might do this with Accountants and Lawyers too, and perhaps tradespeople as … [Read more...]
Hiring a Virtual Assistant
Welcome to the readers of Sarah Wilson's blog where she recently explored engaging the services of a Virtual Assistant (VA). Below you will find an interview of one client in Australia using VAs for her business but if you check the Client Interview category you will find many other client interviews listed. We also have a Client Case Study category in the menu on the right and a list of some clients who have been using VA services for many years. Kathie Thomas … [Read more...]
Clients Using VAs Part 9
In another of this series, here is an interview I did some months ago with Wendy Moore. Please tell my readers a bit about who you are and what you do. With over 14 years experience in the IT industry, I understood the amazing potential available to women in business who knew how to use the internet. What astounded me was the absolute lack of knowledge amongst fellow business women about the internet. Basic fundamentals were just not understood by women and so many were missing golden … [Read more...]
