Marketing Friday for Virtual Assistants:
Every Friday we’ll be posting 5 tips to help you market your virtual assistant business
Blogging bloopers for newbie virtual assistants and how to avoid them
How to avoid the serious blogging mistakes commonly made by newbie bloggers. Ensure your blog gets the recognition it deserves.
Things only those who work from home know
The mess generated from simply being in the house is astronomical… Coffee cups, plates, junk spread all over the dining table… The office you imagined working from isn’t where you actually work – either because the Pinterest inspired clean, organised workspace never materialised or because you work from the sofa/bed… You have to repeatedly explain […]
Social Media Strategy revisited…
I was looking back through some old posts and stumbled across some instructing VAs how to use Facebook and Twitter… Just for a laugh I thought I’d see if the overall advice had changed in the past few years. This Facebook How To Guide from 5 years ago outlines the change from “Fans” to “Likes”… […]
Exercise for Work Productivity
Exercise improves all aspects of your life, not just helping you lose weight, or keeping you healthy, it helps boost your alertness and awareness in your work too.
Timesheets
One of our members Debbie Condon agreed to share her clever timesheet with
tracks how long you spend on each project
The pros and cons of working from home
Helen C discusses her pros and cons of home-working. A must read if you’re thinking of starting a new work-from home business.
How to sell a client
This gem comes from Phillippa Goodwin of Essential PA – one for all the MultiVA businesses or simply for someone looking to outsource work on a permanent basis. How to “sell” a virtual assistant client
Flexible working for mums – here’s the deal:
I had an amazing amount of emails about my article on flexible working and motherhood – I get a few emails or tweets for blog posts usually but this has been unprecedented. Admittedly some were denouncing me as a traitor to my own sex, I don’t really care – I was telling the truth. But […]
Last Posting Dates for Christmas!
A good one to remind your clients of – and a sneaky way of also telling them when you will be working over Christmas and New Year too! Last posting dates: 2nd class – Thursday 18th December, 1st class – Saturday 20th December 2014 Happy Holidays!