Category Archives: Training

Global VA Week: The Blog Hop 2013

During Global VA Week, we’ve selected a variety of excellent virtual assistant themed blog sites for you to visit…  If you like what you see, don’t forget to comment:

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Choose the best virtual assistant course

If you’re a newbie VA, one of the first things you’ll look at is finding the best virtual assistant course.  I am probably going to get very nasty emails about this post – I know there are going to be … Continue reading

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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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Typing Tips: Quick Turnaround

If you aspire to be an excellent virtual assistant offering typing services, we’re running a series of tips on how to impress your clients.  Keep an eye out every Tuesday in the coming weeks!!!

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Festive Goodies… Kashflow freebies!

Ho ho ho…. Those lovely peeps over at Kashflow sent some Xmas goodies with their festive greetings this year: I have 2 x year long Kashflow licences to give away worth £192 each!  Ideal for newbies or just those who … Continue reading

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Unusual Niches: Patty of Time Is Of The Es-Cents

As part of our series of specialist VAs and their unusual niches, I interviewed Patty Dost whose niche is particularly relevant to any VA who doesn’t like “selling” to clients who don’t understand what a virtual assistant does.  What struck … Continue reading

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The low down on paid directories…

As a new virtual assistant, how do you get your name out there to bring clients to knocking down your door as fast as possible?  Directories may seem like a great way of connecting with clients already looking for your … Continue reading

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Essential Virtual Assistant Equipment

My name is Caroline and I am a gadget addict… There are boxes of unused gizmos lurking all over my office and somehow I just know that when a new one comes out I’ll still need it. As a new … Continue reading

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Competitive Analysis

One of the most important things you can do as a new virtual assistant is research, research, research. Oh, and then some more research. Part of your business plan should be a marketing projection including a competitive analysis. So how … Continue reading

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Is networking killing your virtual assistant business?

A few weeks back I had an interesting conversation with a fellow new mum virtual assistant.  She was complaining about how tough it was to get childcare so she could go to networking meetings – thus creating a vicious cycle … Continue reading

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