by Francis | May 22, 2011 | General
It is that time of the year again when we as African Virtual Assistants can shine and make or fellow VAs shine by applying for, or nominating someone deserving for the 2011 African VAImpact Awards. The VAImpact Award is about acknowledging you as a small business...
by Francis | May 19, 2011 | VA Business
OK, I want to tell you a story that actually happened and that inspired this post about telephone etiquette. For a while now I am struggling with some technical integrations on my website and at last decided I need some help. So I phoned a lady who came highly...
by Francis | May 3, 2011 | Virtual Assistant
Sometimes we are confronted with roadblocks in our business path – things that seem so huge at the time, we wonder if we’ll ever be able to overcome them. When you are at such a roadblock you normally have 2 choices. Either … Take action to get over the...
by Francis | Apr 5, 2011 | VA Business
There are literally hundreds of different tools for Virtual Assistants to use in their business. For me however, these tools should comply to one or both of the following criteria. It should allow VAs to be more productive and enable them to collaborate easily with...
by Francis | Mar 22, 2011 | VA Marketing
Every Virtual Assistant can sometime use some help in the marketing department, because constantly finding new, cost-effective and innovative ways to promote your business often proves to be a difficult thing. Furthermore, you don’t have a six-figure marketing budget...