Posts by Caroline
VA Hero: Michelle Poole of VACT Yorkshire
Each year we approach some of the VA industry’s leading entrepreneurs to get the lowdown on how they operate… This week it’s Michelle Poole of VACT Yorkshire! Name: Michelle…
Read MoreNon-sales-y sales
I am hoping to build up a VA business having worked within a PA and secretarial role for the past 14 years. I am excited about building up my business…
Read MoreSociety of Virtual Assistants: August 2014 Newsletter
Hi there, I received a troubling email over the weekend – some of you may have received this email from a new VA and therefore I wanted to set the…
Read MoreIYOTSA 2014: Leadership skills for the Secretary/Admin Assistant
As part of the International Year of the Secretary/Assistant 2014, participating organisations are developing themes for their members in order to raise awareness of Secretaries and Assistants throughout the world……
Read MoreHow not to get work as a newbie virtual assistant
An awkward email was received in my inbox today – awkward for a few reasons: It wasn’t addressed to me but to another VA It was clearly a mass mailout…
Read MoreNon Sales-y Sales for Virtual Assistants
“We’re virtual assistants – not Del Boy and Rodney down the high street” “I don’t want to come across as being pushy or annoying” “My aim is to build a…
Read MoreThe home office
Back in 2011, I made a fairly radical departure from my working life… Up until that point, I’d been a fairly unusual virtual assistant because I worked from an office…
Read MoreIYOTSA 2014: The role of technology for success – FREEBIE!
As part of the International Year of the Secretary/Assistant 2014, participating organisations are developing themes for their members in order to raise awareness of Secretaries and Assistants throughout the world……
Read MoreStrike while the iron’s hot!
Had a lovely email today from a VA who attended our BIG MEET event nearly 2 years ago… All that time she’s been plotting and planning her VA business and…
Read MoreProject333
As part of my personal streamlining process, I stumbled across Project333. Essentially the idea is that you have just 33 items in your wardrobe that you wear for 3 months. …
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