From Lawyer’s Weekly, an article about Marion McDonald and how she supports lawyers from her home-based virtual assistant business. READ THE FULL ARTICLE HERE
As a Virtual Assistant, you will need some general skills that will apply across all niches. Once you have the basics covered, specialization becomes much easier. Here are the top 5 skills you will need as a VA. (1) Computer savvy – You must be comfortable using a computer as your computer is your life [...]
In both gas sucking vehicles, and Virtual Assistant businesses, bigger does NOT always equal better.
The client with whom I parted ways over communications & work styles (I wanted to do the work, she wanted to change project parameters 1000 times per project) is now apparently working with a VA team. And unfortunately for her, she finds that they are mired in administration and her projects are taking 10x as long to get done as when she worked with me.
Any small business owner, Virtual Assistant or otherwise, knows that having a 24/7 web presence acting as your virtual storefront is a great idea. But the upkeep on a straight HTML site can be daunting for new VA’s, or experienced VA’s who do not handle the more technical aspects of the own, or their clients’, [...]
I created a page for a new site in WP and in the text was a numbered list with a close bracket after each number – ie. 1) 2) etc. When I was proofing and arrived at number 8, I had a huge LOL moment.
Be careful what you say via email, because your tone, intent and content are all received by people whose filters will give them an impression of your words that is wrought with feeling and emotion. Even if that is NOT what you intended. Your statement of fact in an email may appear to be an [...]
I’ve started a new Virtual Assistant forum called the VA Watercooler – a place where Virtual Assistants can hang out, crack some jokes and generally have some fun Join the VA Watercooler at vawatercooler-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
I came across this beautiful font on one of the blogs I regularly read and I was captivated immediately.
Yes, it’s THAT time of year again – the time of Christmas, Hannukah and Kwanzaa – and the time for holiday stress to smack you right in the middle of your chest at the exact moment you don’t need it! So how can your Virtual Assistant ease your stress?
A client and I have parted ways recently, all owing to a complete clash of our communication styles.
