WE Magazine for Women's has a new list of 100 More Women Bloggers to Watch and I'm thrilled to announce that my photo blog is on that list. I encourage you to visit that list - you'll see some familiar names but also some blogs you didn't know about and will find well worth visiting. Why not go get yourself a cuppa right now, then click on the link below to start viewing 100 blogs written by women? … [Read more...]
Where do I find a Virtual Assistant (VA)?
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 I want to look something up. A search on "Virtual Assistants" at Google will bring up several VA networks and forums, as well as individual VA sites. But I know it's hard to weed through and know the … [Read more...]
Reading Minds is not one of my service offerings
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 some time to discuss things. We'll be in a pattern of getting regular activities taking place, we'll be setting up the next thing, whether it be a newsletter, new seminar listed on the website or … [Read more...]
Interview with Jan King
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 ran a mid-sized publishing company in Santa Monica, California in the US until we sold the company in 1998. We did 200 titles a year and were quite well known for … [Read more...]
Time Management In An Instant: 60 Ways to Make the Most of Your Day
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 percent of those surveyed say they are either doing too many tasks at the same time or are frequently interrupted during the workday – or both. In short, we are … [Read more...]
You get what you pay for
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 been spread over 4 rows, not columns, so I couldn't copy and paste the information into a new worksheet row by row. I had to print it off and retype it. I explained to … [Read more...]
VATrainer Student Interview III
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. I read an article about a woman who was a virtual assistant in Louisiana before Hurricane Katrina. Because she worked remotely, after she relocated, she was back in business in no time at … [Read more...]
Virtual Assistants – Plan Your Work For Them
As more business owners become aware of the world of Virtual Assistants and realise the potential for getting a wide range of things to be done, there is also the potential for getting confused about who a VA is and what they should be doing for a client. Many clients often realise at the last minute things that need to be done, or try to do something themselves and, in a panic, realising they can't, contact a virtual assistant for (urgent) help. They might even have a regular VA who is … [Read more...]
VATrainer Student Interview II
I'm delighted to introduce to you Kylie Short who was one of my first students. 1. What made you decide to take the VATrainer.com course and how did you find it? I decided to take the VATrainer.com course because of the distinctly *Australian content. I already knew how to set up my business but it was important to me that I learn as much as I could about being a Virtual Assistant in Australia. I found it through Kathie’s website ACS. 2. What were you hoping to achieve after completing the … [Read more...]
