7 Habits of Highly Effective VAs
Shamefully stolen from Professor Stephen Covey’s book, these are a few habits that I’ve noticed successful VAs have in common – and I don’t think it’s by accident!Ā
Competition: Bullet Journaling pack!
So the latest buzzwords in organisation are: BULLET JOURNALLING. And we have some nifty stationery to give away to get you started. Simply click here and add your details. Closing date: 1 August 2016 – UK entries only.
Project 333
Was at a launch party for a really ace co-working space in Glasgow last night – there was (as ever!!) a little collection of VAs, and I thought I should just pop a small explanation on here as Michelle Smith caught me wearing exactly the same outfit I was wearing last time she saw me […]
Virtual Assistants: Offering Face-to-face meetings?
As a virtual assistant, I try to avoid face2face meetings as much as possible – invariably they take longer than planned, it usually involves travel and the inevitable hold ups and delays. They don’t always produce great results either – I’ll often have to sit down back at the office and compile an action list […]
Why Every Work At Home Mum Needs To Delegate, And The Main Reason Most Donāt
Most mums, especially work at home mums, spend much of their lives trying to āfit it all inā. Our To-Do list is endless and there always seems to be a long list of tasks to complete, which incredibly, never seems to get any smaller. It can be hard knowing which tasks to tackle first.Ā And […]
What dropped off the bottom of your To Do List?
We all know that the virtual assistant business is somewhat seasonal.Ā So with clients on holiday, you might be experiencing a summer slump.Ā Instead of snoozing in the sun, now is the time to get cracking on all those tasks which slipped off the bottom of your To Do List!Ā Take advantage of the quiet […]
A Day in the Life…by Imogen Bowen
Hello and Welcome to my World (or at least a snapshot of it). This is my Life in a Day as a VA. 6:15am My mornings can be hectic so I often start early and reply to any urgent emails from clients in different time zones before everyone wakes up. 7:00am The laptop is safely […]
Email Management – great example!
I got a great example of email management the other day – posted straight to my inbox no less! For those of you who battle with the Zero Inbox policy, this might be a gentler version of managing your emails. Here it is in all its glory:
The impossible deadlineā¦
Have you met the āI need it now!ā client?Ā Invariably they will classify all their work as urgent and expect you to drop whatever youāre doing to sort out their stuff instantaneously ā and interrupt you with 43 phone calls until itās in their hands! Now the weird thing is, these clients are potentially your […]
The thorn of deadlinesā¦ What do you need to do to hit them?
As virtual assistants we juggle multiple deadlines on a daily (sometimes hourly!) basis – itās what we do!Ā Because we have multiple clients, we have multiple deadlines to hit.Ā So how do you stay on top of them and make sure you donāt miss anything?Ā And how do you explain to your client that (whilst […]