Response to Covid-19 Crisis
Firstly, I wanted to stress that every VA I’ve spoken to this week has lost work because of this crisis. We are all feeling the pinch. Covid-19 is not only a health crisis, but also an economic one. You haven’t done anything wrong, you aren’t a “bad VA” if you’ve lost clients, it is just […]
WordPress Launches Campaign To Help Promote Positive Mental Health
WordPress has launched a new campaign #PressForward in order to help promote positive mental health within the Word Press Community. Word Press is one of the most popular website and blog management platforms available today. Currently, around 30% of the websites and blogs online use it as their content management system of choice. The service […]
STARTING A VIRTUAL ASSISTANT BUSINESS IN IRELAND
Hi there! Top of the morning to youā¦whatever time of day it is! Iām Trish, and like Elle and Rachel, Iāve also taken the slightly scary, but positive leap of being self employed as a virtual assistant, as a move to Ireland from the UK gave me the ideal opportunity to set up my own […]
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 […]
SVA Newsletter September 2015
Hi there, This year seems to be flying, September already!Ā I’ve finally been assigned a council nursery place for my son (7 months after he was supposed to get it!! Grr!) so enjoying a little less juggling and some more cash, which is always nice. Our survey has been a big hit – I’ve had […]
Newbie VA Session
This was recorded back in Sept 2012 as part of our online conference “The Big Meet” – enjoy!
Want to balance work and motherhood? Here’s why it doesn’t add up…
I read this article in the Guardian recently. Essentially this mum was sidelined when she returned to work after having her child and feels that employers don’t value mothers. I fundamentally disagree with her – employers *do* value mothers which is why they collectively groan when a women gives them the happy news that they […]
Book Competition: Work From Home – Judy Heminsley
If you are thinking of starting a business from home, there’s an element of risk… I vividly remember the first day in my new business trying to set up the broadband and reaching for the phone to call IT – only to realise I WAS the IT dept! A small dilemma – but Judy Hemlinsley […]
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 […]