Equipment
How Hosted Phone Services Can Help You Run Your VA Business
There are many challenges to setting up and running your VA business. In this article we’ll discuss how using Callagenix hosted phone services enables you to present a professional image to clients whilst making it simple for you to manage your calls.
Read MoreSale Now On!
We’re having a sale… Get your SVA Goodies at a very discounted price until end of February. We even flung in some juicy extras. There’s a few here even I had forgotten about – time to stock up on your reading!
Read MoreBerni’s Alternatives to Meetings for Virtual Assistants
Berni Jones runs First4Admin and has written the No Nonsense Women’s Guide To Business. As VAs we often get asked to go to meetings when in reality the alternatives are often more effective and save your clients lots of money… Berni has done a cracking round up of the alternatives here:
Read MoreGadgets Galore – Virtual Assistant shortcut: USB Tape Recorder
An exciting package arrived on my desk this morning – a USB tape machine. Basically this allows you to transfer audio cassettes into a digital format on your computer. A lifesaver for multi-VAs who have clients who still insist on sending in cassettes. All you need to do is convert it to an MP3 and…
Read MoreBest Services for Virtual Communication
Remember when people used to communicate through faxes and snail mail? I barely can either. The face of communication has changed rapidly with the mainstream arrival of new gadgets and services that have revolutionized the way people interact with one another. The choices are endless; from video-capable phones to online chat rooms, there’s no…
Read MoreWorld Book Day – Half Price Sale @ Enterprise Nation
Those lovely people at Enterprise Nation are having a half price book sale as part of World Book Day. Pop over to http://www.enterprisenation.com/bookshop/ and enter the code: WBD2013
Read MoreSending 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 an afternoon – that was fun! For many email providers, large files will simply get…
Read MoreNew email scam – or why freebie emails just aren’t good enough for business!
My best mate is a band manager – she works from Gmail, as she’s often touring or grabbing a few minutes of online time from wherever she can. However at the moment, she’s staying with us so I was a little surprised to get this email from her:
Read MoreVirtual Assistant IT influence…
So how much say do you have in your client’s IT purchases? For example, do you advise on their newsletter software? Or do you provide an online workspace that they use? Or perhaps you only work with one online accounts provider?
Read MoreVirtual Assistant Website Essentials
In the run up to my maternity leave, I offered training for virtual assistants on a one-on-one basis. One of the common themes they asked about was “What does a virtual assistant website need?” When I set up my business in 2004, websites were either “flat” (in other words a brochure type site with no…
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