Guest Post: Screen Sharing Made Easy
Last year when I was starting out in the VA world , I met a wonderful VA over Twitter who was very encouraging. I would ask her general questions every once in awhile on Twitter and she always answered me with helpful information. She even offered to show me how to do a screen share […]
School’s Out: Kids are Home!
This summer is my first summer that I have projects and deadlines as a virtual assistant and my kids are home from summer. What does any entrepreneur do when she works at home and school’s out? 1. Get up Early With my kids being older, I can easily get up by 6 AM and have […]
Newbie Virtual Assistant Tips: Using Twitter
Are you a brand new virtual assistant and looking for helpful advice about using Twitter? Well, welcome! Here’s a super easy beginner lesson on Twitter: Quick Reasons Why You Should Use Twitter The businesses that you want to work for are online so as a virtual assistant, you need to participate on social media platforms. […]
Videos: Dancing Lessons at the Wedding
This first video is my son and his groomsmen dancing at the wedding. Then you see, our beloved Chris, Jon’s best man and a second son to us, ask “Where’s mama?” And that’s when I get a few dancing lessons. (And you can see my son laughing hysterically at me…) What can I say? […]
Sunday Quotes: Father’s Day
My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give another person, he believed in me. Jim Valvano We are taught you must blame your father, your sisters, your brothers, the school, the teachers – but never blame yourself. It’s never your fault. But it’s always your fault, because if you wanted to change […]
Need a Way to Make a Free Conference Call?
You have a big launch coming up and you, as the business owner, need to talk with your virtual assistant and your web designer at the same time. What are you going to do? I found a super resource to use and here are the simple steps to set up the call: Go to FreeConferenceCalling […]
Full of Gratitude Today
In my virtual assistant biz, I am grateful for each of my clients and their different businesses. Here are some of the reasons why I’m so grateful today for my clients: *They give me a variety of work. *They are careful with their choice of words. *They respect my time and ask me if I […]
Guest Post: Clear RFPs Help Your Business
Today I have Tess Strand, small business consultant and CEO of Virtual Assistant Forums and Virtual Assistantville as my guest. I asked her to share about the importance of a client writing a thorough RFP (request for proposal). Here she discusses what to consider when writing the virtual assistant title, job description, special skills required […]
How to Break Blogging Block
Today is Guest Post Exchange Day on the Blogathon and as my guest, I have a wonderful writer that I’ve known for a few years from the Blogathon. You’ll really enjoy Sara’s post. You know how blogger’s block goes. You sit down to write a post and the next thing you know you’ve spent […]
VA Tip of the Week: Grab That Water Bottle
Okay, so you already know it. Yep, You know you need to drink more water especially since summer is just a few days off. And with working at home, you need to take extra care of yourself because you don’t have other colleagues to share what their latest health habit is. You can’t have an […]
