Category Archives: How To

Why Every Work At Home Mum Needs To Delegate, And The Main Reason Most Don’t

Most mums, especially work at home mums, spend much of their lives trying to “fit it all in”. Our To-Do list is endless and there always seems to be a long list of tasks to complete, which incredibly, never seems … Continue reading

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How To: Find Leads

Leads are integral to your business.  As one very eloquent person put it to me recently: If you want to earn minimum wage, based on a 40 hour week.  That’s £5.80 x 40 x 52 = £12064 per year. Let’s … Continue reading

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Sending Big Files

If you regularly work with clients, you’ll occasionally get files which even your professional email can’t cope with.  I’m particularly thinking of the client who sent 300MB in 15 mins and blocked our email server for the best part of … Continue reading

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Virtual assistant training with Caroline – Unique one-off opportunity!

UPDATE 14/11/11 Still 7 places left! I have always been very proud of the fact that my income comes from the virtual assistant business but due to impending motherhood I have at least 3 months maternity leave where I cannot … Continue reading

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Recommended Reading: Banana Skin Words by Suzan St Maur

Guest reviewer: Catherine Poole Virtual Assistant – www.catherinepoole.co.uk, Twitter – @cathpooleva I was very pleased to be sent this e-book to review, as I am a self-confessed pedant when it comes to punctuation, grammar and spelling, so its subject matter … Continue reading

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My blog’s not working! Common blogging problems solved

Antonia Chitty and Erica Douglas of www.aceinspire.com share their blogging experiences with SVA…  They’re also inviting all UK virtual assistants to join their free blogging e-course too! If you have started a business blog filled with great intentions, yet a … Continue reading

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Protected: SVA Premium Members: June 2011 – Cash in the bank!

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Planning a conference?

Our good friends over at Trinity Conferences have joined with SVA to help virtual assistants organising conferences or events.  They have set up a specialist team to deal with VA enquiries, just email: VAhelpline@trinityconferences.co.uk There are plenty of things to … Continue reading

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Exhibitions & Fairs – what do I need?

We’ve had a few posts on the SVA Forum recently asking for a definitive list of what you will need when exhibiting at a fair or show.

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Travel Arranging Tips for Virtual Assistants

Ensuring that international travel arrangements are organised accurately and efficiently is a vital part of any PA’s duties. There are many small details to cover to ensure that the trip goes smoothly and the best plan is to start with … Continue reading

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