SVA Newsletters
What made you become a virtual assistant?
I’m curious – what made you become a Virtual Assistant? The reason I’m curious is this: Various government papers and legislation at this moment, are trying to harness the power of the so-called “gig economy” (of which virtual assistants or freelancers would be considered part of). Basically they want to put a whole load of…
Read MoreNew Year – New Look Society of Virtual Assistants!
So a heroic SVA member approached me towards the end of last year and offered to redesign the site, so a big thank you goes to: Dan Maby, web design hero! It’s looking great, but inevitably when you do such a radical overhaul on such a sprawling site, there will be typos, glitches, stuff that…
Read MoreHappy Christmas from Society Of Virtual Assistants
This made us chuckle! Hosana in Excel Sheets! Merry Christmas!
Read MorePA Expo
PA Expo – Liverpool Nov 2016 – Lazy Mare’s Guide To Marketing Your VA Business The lazy mare’s guide to marketing PA EXpo Nov 2016 from Caroline Wylie Great to see some of you today at PA Expo in Liverpool, as promised here are the resources for my session which I said I’d pop up…
Read MoreVirtual Assistant Business For Sale
VIRTUAL ASSISTANT BUSINESS FOR SALE: A small, but established business trading for 11 years with a variety of regular B2B clients and occasional private clients. Turnover: £1,900/month (£23,000 annually 2015-2016) 1 x .co.uk domain with Google Page Rank of 2 Wix website Approx. 12 related domain names .co.uk, incl. 3 x .com 1 x Parked…
Read MoreData Protection and the Virtual Assistant
Data Protection is one of those areas where if you ask 10 different people “Do I need to be registered?” you’ll get 10 different answers. So we wanted to clear this one up: As a UK VA, you DO need to be registered. Already registered? Click here to find yourself on the list and to…
Read MoreVote for which questions you’d like in the UK VA summary…
Back late last year, we asked you to take part in our massive UK VA survey – the results are in and the numbers have been crunched! It’s all ready to go. But to say thank you we’re giving a freebie summary to everyone who took part – and every year we ask what 5…
Read MoreWant featured?
If you’d like to see your name on our blog, drop us a line! Articles need to be aimed at UK VAs, 350-500 words long, and original… Other than that, get creative! You might have a rant about people devaluing what we do, or you might have a really good way of dealing with client…
Read MoreVirtual assistant insurance claims: what can go wrong?
Jack of all trades, master of some? Anyone running their own business will agree it’s not a typical 9 to 5 job by any stretch. It takes a lot of elbow grease and the work can be long, arduous and time-consuming. Resources are sometimes scarce, and finding an extra pair of hands isn’t always easy.…
Read MorePitman Entrepreneur of the Year
Pitman are searching for their Entrepreneur of the Year… And they may very well be amongst the ranks of our members… They are looking for a self-employed secretary who embodies the spirit of the industry – so it sounds right up our street! You can either nominate yourself, or someone you know: http://superachievers.pitman-training.com/
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