Posts Tagged ‘VA’
North West VA Conference 2019
NW VA Conference North West VA Conference 2019 Thursday 20th and Friday 21st June 2019 Village Hotel Warrington Centre Park, Warrington, WA1 1QA
Read MoreThe UK Virtual Assistant Survey
Ever wanted to know what goes on behind the doors of the UK’s virtual assistant businesses? Well now you can find out, without going undercover or utilising subterfuge… Each year Society of Virtual Assistants collates a series of questions that build into a snapshot of the VA industry. The report itself is full of info…
Read MoreVirtual Assistant Scam
Every virtual assistant’s nightmare – a con artist for a client, stiffing you on payment or (worse) ripping you off by emptying your bank account! Some of these virtual assistant scams have been around for years, some are more modern – as Emma’s story below shows. Emma’s Case Study: Don’t get hit by frauds &…
Read MoreCompetition – Guess the number of Forum Messages
So our forum is undergoing a long overdue facelift… Up until this point, we’ve not been able to move onto updated software without losing all those years of useful content and posts. But it has meant that we’ve had to spend a big chunk of cash on doing it – please do DONATE HERE if…
Read MoreOnline International Virtual Assistant Convention – OIVAC 2018
OIVAC is the original and best Virtual Assistant Online International Virtual Assistant Convention – times are given in US, but UK based VAs will be able to ask questions in advance and download recordings later if you can’t stay up late (Get The Schedule With Time Conversions Here). Log on from the comfort of…
Read MoreCongratulations To Kerry Seymour For Winning A Virtual Assistant Award
Congratulations to Kerry Seymour for winning a virtual assistant award at the 2017 Maximise Business of the year award. Kerry runs her own VA business which she started up at the end of January 2017, providing a bespoke service to her clients. She works from home, successfully juggling work and family life. The awards…
Read MoreVirtual Assistant Awards
One of the highlights of my year is judging the outstanding Virtual Assistant Awards. It gives me a chance to see the wide range of highly skilled and professional virtual assistants on show. I also get to meet many of the other people in our industry. Unfortunately, because of the really bad snow…
Read MoreWhy working on site is not being a Virtual Assistant
What are the differences between being a VA and temping on site?
Read MoreA VA Abroad – How Does Being a Virtual Assistant Differ between UK and France?
There may only be a few miles of Channel separating us, yet the differences between being a VA in France and UK are worlds apart. In her 2nd blog on the subject Rachel discusses these differences.
Read MoreNew Beginnings For A Bilingual Virtual Assistant
Hello fellow VAs, My name is Rachel (or “Retch-all” as I am called in England) and I am the newest VA on the blog. Being French, I decided to specialise in providing bilingual services. So HOW did I get there? Well it all started with my husband when he decided to start his own business…
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