Virtual assistant training scams
From the 2019 Virtual Assistant Conference – Caroline’s session “Skill or Scam” showing how virtual assistant training scams are on the rise and how you can help stop them. I’m…
Read MoreThe UK Virtual Assistant Survey
Ever wanted to know what goes on behind the doors of the UK’s virtual assistant businesses? Well now you can find out, without going undercover or utilising subterfuge… Each year…
Read MoreSVA – Test Trainer
Name of Course: www.societyofvirtualassistants.co.uk/va-products Contact: Caroline Wylie info@societyofvirtualassistants.co.uk Course info: Blurb here Length of time as a VA? From 1/12/2004 – still trading About your VA business: Has worked with…
Read More6 Ways to Increase Your Virtual Assistant Skills
All successful VAs need to draw on an arsenal of skills, including computer skills, strong communication skills, the ability to juggle multiple tasks, typing, and much more besides. Some established…
Read MoreBook Review: Get Clients Now
Get Clients NowThis book was recommended to me when I first started and forms the cornerstone of my marketing system for Virtually Sorted. So many people ask me for a…
Read MoreCatch Caroline and Michelle on The Apprentice!
Eagle eyed viewers of BBC1’s The Apprentice might have spotted Caroline and fellow SVA member Michelle Smith of ValueAdd doing deals with Karen Brady’s team last night… (Note the glass…
Read MoreThe Never Have I Ever Game – For Virtual Assistants
Virtual assistant games: Feel free to share – our new game for virtual assistants: Never Have I Ever! 0 = REAL VA 1-5 = ESTABLISHED VA 6-19 = NEWBIE 20…
Read MoreBeing bigger as a virtual assistant doesn’t always mean better!
Bigger doesn’t always mean better as a Virtual Assistant. Back when I started my virtual assistant business, I fondly imagined once I’d got the business up and running, I’d hand…
Read MoreVirtual Assistant Rates: Should I lower my VA charges?
It’s the eternal battle… Income vs High Rates. If you have carefully crafted your virtual assistant rates to reflect your experience, your costs, the quality of your work and your…
Read MoreVirtual Assistant Scam
Every virtual assistant’s nightmare – a con artist for a client, stiffing you on payment or (worse) ripping you off by emptying your bank account! Some of these virtual assistant…
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