Specialist Niches: Stefanie Vanjo-Carnell of Bravo Services – Tradesmen HR Specialist

As part of our Specialist Niches section, we’ve spoken to VAs who have unusual or specialist niches. Your Name? Stefanie Vanjo-Carnell Name of your business? Bravo Services Describe your unusual niche? Bravo Services is Office Administration and Business Process Management/Improvement consultancy for sole-traders and small businesses such as tradesman and recruiters. How did […]
Specialist Niches: Debbie of Intuitive Support Services Limited – Outsourced admin for Financial Advisors

As part of our Specialist Niches section, we’ve spoken to VAs who have unusual or specialist niches. I’m Debbie and my background was in financial services. I set up as a VA when I left my job in the City (I was miserable being so far away from my 1 year old son). I didn’t know what […]
Top tips for Outsourcing: Don’t micromanage

Clients and VAs often complain to us about the quality of outsourcer there is out there… Here at SVA we want to promote best practice so that it reflects well on the whole industry, so we put together some tips on how to outsource your work safely.
Offshore Virtual Assistants

As part of a debate over at VASG the other day, the thorny subject of offshore VAs came up. This invariably separates into two camps: the one which says it’s disgusting that anyone would work for as little as $4/hour and the ones who see the opportunity. I am in two minds about this based […]