Virtual Assistant Subscription Box

Ever wanted a regular reminder to keep on track with your business?  A little inspiration in a box? Well that’s the idea behind SVA’s Virtual Assistant Business Box subscription.  The idea behind virtual assistant subscription box: I was lamenting recently that I never get anything nice through the post – junk mail, bills, dull, boring, […]

How many billable hours in your Virtual Assistant business?

billable hours

Billable hours: As a solo virtual assistant, how much of your time is billable? In other words, if you work a 40 hour week, how many hours do you charge out to clients, and how many hours do you spend on your own admin and marketing? e.g. if you work 40 hours and bill 20 […]

How to be a Leader in Virtual Relationships with Your Team

The world we now live in is no longer limited to the space around us, but has now evolved to a broader reach to people all around the globe whom we may never physically meet, yet, must inevitably have dealings with. Networking no longer has to be restricted to our physical space, we can now […]

Today’s PA Conference – Caroline confirmed as Speaker

So remember a little while back I had to keep schtum about an exciting new project? This is it! Today’s PA Conference invited me to speak at their conference in London on 16 August. I’ll be presenting as a Speaker and on their Expert Panel alongside luminaries such as: Rob Neil OBE Darren Clark Sara […]

How many secretarial skills do you use in your VA business?

Had an interesting chat recently with Rosemary Parr who runs Scottish PA Network – we were chatting about the different skillsets VAs and PAs have…and that’s why the transition can sometimes be difficult. I thought it might be useful to run a poll: Certainly on the SVA Forum there’s some debate about what is unique […]

The Never Have I Ever Game – For Virtual Assistants

VA Business Life Game

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 = Are you even a VA??? By the way – it’s not the only game SVA has… If you would like to try out the […]