Tips from courses that I have attended, or tools that I have used
Ping! What’s that? Did you REALLY take your work phone with you? The sun is shining, and thoughts turn to holidays. Sun soaked days around the pool, relaxing dips in the sea and walks along the beach, a glass of sangria with dinner. Ping! What’s that? When you are self-employed, it can be hard…
Researching your Virtual Assistant One of the questions I was recently asked when I gave a presentation about being a Virtual Assistant, and how we help business owners, was how a business owner who doesn’t know me from Adam (or Eve) knows they can trust me. Whilst I meet many of our clients at networking…
How does a Virtual Assistant get to know a business owner and their business? This is one of the questions that many prospective clients ask me, when we have our initial exploratory call. The answer is simple – it’s the same as you would with any new member of staff – it is no different…
How do I use a Virtual Assistant? If you have identified that you need some support in your business, to enable you to grow your business or to spend time on other areas of your work or with your family, the next step is to either take on new staff, or start outsourcing. Outsourcing is…
Tasks: They can be big or small A common question that we are asked by our clients, is how small as task can they delegate. Most Virtual Assistants have a minimum charge of an hour, and there is quite a lot we can do in an hour, believe me. There are several ways of…
What to delegate to a Virtual Assistant If you are finding that you just don’t have enough time in the day and are chasing the elusive ‘work/life balance’ that you wanted to have when you set up your business, then outsourcing the time consuming admin work is the first logical step. If you don’t…
Who can use a Virtual Assistant? There are tasks within every business that can be outsourced to a Virtual Assistant – no matter what the line of business or where the business is based. The location doesn’t matter I have worked with clients in Canada and America as well as people in the same village…
Why use a Virtual Assistant? More the question, why wouldn’t you? It requires a lot of hard work and dedication (and guts) to set up your own business and for those of you that have taken the plunge, I am sure although it has been tough at times, you haven’t looked back. However, if you…
What is a Virtual Assistant? Whilst the profession is becoming more widely known, I do still meet new people who have not heard of a Virtual Assistant before, so what is a Virtual Assistant? A Virtual Assistant is: An experienced, self employed business professional Their experience may be from a background in providing personal…
Do you hate asking clients for money? If you have your own business, the chances are you do it to make a living. So why are so many business owners reticent to chase unpaid invoices,or even to send them in the first place? I was recently talking to a business colleague who asked me how often…