Having worked for ten years as an Executive Personal Assistant, I started Joanne Manville Virtual Assistance in 2015. We support growing businesses by giving managers and founders the space to concentrate on what they do best. I was honoured to to win the award of UK Outstanding VA 2020 and 2019 and Small Business of the Year in the Devon Women in Business Awards in 2022.
In this month’s guest blog, we’d like to welcome Penny Jones of Outerbridge Ltd. Outerbridge look after my website for me and I wrote about how that came about in another blog post: taking my own advice – outsourcing! All it took was that one call, and it was all taken off my hands. It…
5 things to consider when choosing a CRM As you may already be aware, I have a great resources section on my website, where I tell you which online tools I use and why. Each month I’ll dig a little deeper into one of these resources and hope that you find some useful information,…
In this month’s guest blog, we’d like to welcome back Jonathan Alder of Alder and Alder. You may not know that Jonathan is the creator of my brand image! When I made the decision to rebrand a couple of years ago there was no question about who I was going to ask to help me.…
How do you source venues for the perfect event? In my 15+ years as an Executive Assistant and PA, I’ve organised a fair few events – from 1:1s in coffee shops, team socials, Management and Board Meetings, through to conferences and award ceremonies. And there are two areas that can really make or break a…
Podcast with Shelley Fishell and Jo Brianti as part of the #VirtuallyAmazing Podcast I was recently interviewed by Shelly Fishel of Tomorrow’s VA and Jo Brianti of JLB Support Solutions as part of their fabulous Virtually Amazing Podcast Series! The Podcast is a chat about the world of Virtual Assistant, with interviews of guest…
In this month’s guest blog. for our regular feature showcasing businesses across Devon, is Anna Lake. How often do you ask client’s for feedback? In my experiece, many businesses don’t gather this useful information for a few reasons – 1, they don’t have processes in place to gather this and 2, they are worried that…
You may be aware that this week is Mental Health Awareness Week (w/c 18 May 2020) and this is such an important time to be looking after ourselves, especially in light of what we are all going through with the current COVID-19 crisis. I’m therefore very happy to be able to bring to you this…
I’m really pleased to be able to bring to you this month’s guest blog from Graham at Copyright Correct, as part of our feature on local Devon based businesses. Setting up as a new business, there is so much to learn and you can’t know it all at once. One area that is key is…
6 things you may not know about being a freelance copywriter I’m really pleased to be able to bring to you a guest blog from one of the team. Lisa is not only a Virtual Assistant but she’s also a copywriter. I’ve asked Lisa to share 6 things you might not know about being a…
10 things a small business owner can do whilst working from home Many small business owners already work from a home office, whilst others are now relocating from their co-working spaces and setting up shop in the spare room. Most Virtual Assistants are already home-based so are experiencing little disruption in the current climate, but…