Practical Tips To Streamline Your Business….

Get Out & Get Clients!

6 Reasons why Face-to-Face Marketing can Land you Clients With all the talk of social networking, Facebook, Twitter, blogs and having an on-line presence, I think we as VAs sometimes forget that one of the most effective ways to find new clients is to have some...

Is a Virtual Assistant Contract needed?

Why not Just Make a Verbal ‘Gentleman’s Agreement’? Any business owner who has burned her fingers over a verbal gentleman’s agreement will tell you why you need proper Virtual Assistant contracts. And it is actually not really rocket science to see the reasons. Why is...

Choose The Right Companion

What is your reaction when your alarm goes off in the morning?  Is it ...  "Oh no!!  Not now!!  I don't want to get up.  It's going to be another horrible day." or What comes to your mind when you have to meet with a new client?  Is it ... “What are the odds of me...

Imagine this …

  Imagine if you had a chance to build a business without spending ALOT of money on recourses.  Wouldn’t it be wonderful? Well ... why don’t you do just that? It’s no secret that forums are one of the most powerful business-building tools on the planet, yet we...

Network Like the “King of Rock and Roll”

33 Years after his death, Elvis Presley is still alive. Although he lives only in our hearts and for those old enough to have been part of his “era” in our memories, Elvis will always be the Icon of Rock and Roll! Apart from his pure love for music Elvis was also a...

4 Ways to….Stretch Your Pay Check

Pricing your services correctly will help you stretch your pay check. According to Wikipedia “price is the quantity of payment or compensation for something.” In Virtual Assistant terms, I would like to rephrase it to “price is the quantity of payment or compensation...

Choose Mastery

One of the inevitable aspects of life is that we are bombarded with millions of choices each day. It starts early morning with choices of; will you snooze the alarm another 5 min, what you will wear, what you will make for breakfast, what road to take to work, what...

Virtual Assistant Success Secrets

How do you define Virtual Assistant success and what (if any) is the secret of successful VAs? Well, Virtual Assistant success can be defined in many different ways. For some, it can mean financial riches. For others, it mean reaching the top in their field. Some...

Technology Trends and Virtual Assistants

Don’t Stay Behind – The World is Moving! Internet technology changes at an alarming pace and these changes have a profound impact on the Virtual Assistant industry. The technology boom gives clients so many new services that they can demand and Virtual Assistants so...

Clients Are Looking Online For YOU Right Now

Do you own a Virtual Assistant website, or are you considering getting one? Well, most VAs, at some point in their business, realise that a website is just the marketing tool they need to skyrocket their VA business. Some then take the bold step, opt for a free...

5 Dynamic Marketing Tips

“Marketing is not an event, it is a process . . . It has a beginning, a middle, but never an end. You improve it, perfect it, change it, even pause it, but you never stop it completely” You may deliver the best virtual administrative services and support in the world,...

Love Marketing And Your Market Will Love You

Marketing is all about growth and growth normally happens through planning and action. When you’ve found your passion, marketing will be something you “love to do” and not something you have to do.   You will look at marketing from a different perspective and it will...

How To Stop Marketing To “Unprofitable” Customers

Do you see marketing as a “trip to the dentist” obligation? or Do you see it as a powerful tool to reach your ideal client and to grow your business? If the latter is your answer, why then do most Virtual Assistants use the “shotgun” approach when doing their...

How To Market Yourself Like Never Before

Are You Tired To Do Marketing Without Reaping The Rewards? For most home based business owners and entrepreneurs, marketing is and should always be a priority but often they are so tired of using the same methods over and over again that neglecting this all important...

If it is Important – Make an Appointment

Making appointments are part of everyday life. If something is important, we normally schedule some time in our daily calendar to fit it in. These appointments can be anything from a business meeting with an important client or that dreaded appointment at the dentist...

Effective Time Management – Deal with Time-Wasters

We all know that “Time” is one of the most precious commodities these days, and still a lot of it goes to waste each day. Do you also get those days or sometimes weeks where time just goes by? You are busy the whole day, but in the end, it felt you haven’t...

As a Virtual Assistant, the World is Your Office

Today is the first day that I am working in my new home office in Doha Qatar. Our family will be living in the Middle East for the next couple of years as my husband was offered a position with an Engineering company in Qatar. We have a beautiful villa with large sun...

A Virtual Assistant’s Most Powerful Secret to Time Management

Time Management is an important aspect in building a successful Virtual Assistant business.  But it is and continues to be a difficult thing for business owners in many industries, not just the Virtual Assistant profession. Yet it's vital to ensure your time is spend...

The SMART Way to Keep New Year’s Resolutions

It’s not exactly breaking news that many Virtual Assistants fail to keep their New Year’s resolutions. But should that stop us from promising ourselves to get better each year? Of course not! With January already good on its way … I’m wondering, how many of you have...

Today’s Tips for Tomorrow’s Success

Wow, this year flew by and everyone is running around, wrapping up, reviewing and planning for the year ahead... ... and South Africa is ‘kicking the ball’ and ‘blowing the vuvuzela’ to get everything in order for the Soccer World Cup. Francis and I are also having...

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