Trust Your Gut – Obey the Spidey Sense

Sweaty palms, a gnawing nagging feeling deep in the pit of your gut that keeps eating at you, and that ‘something doesn’t feel right’ feeling are happening. It’s okay that you can’t put your finger on exactly why the alarm bells are sounding. The fact that they are sounding is enough. Your Spidey Sense has been activated – you have a strong sense that something is wrong, dangerous, or suspicious, all rooted in intuition; a security situation as Peter Parker would explain it.

Diversification: Fishing with a Bigger Net

Diversification in business is good and shouldn’t be overlooked or taken lightly. Businesses just starting out are encouraged to find their place, or niche, in the business world. For some, that’s as easy as determining the types of services to be offered or products to be sold. The diversification comes into play with how we operate in a chosen niche.

Ready, Set, Market!

Marketing is easy when you have a plan.
A marketing plan that is. It’s hard to showcase your business if you don’t have a clue what to do or when so let’s talk about creating a marketing calendar. The beginning of a new year is the perfect time to create your own personal marketing road map [...]

Twas the Week After Christmas

We all enjoy the Clement Clark Moore version of ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas. I thought it would be fun to take a look at the Week After Christmas from a Virtual Assistant’s point of view. I hope you enjoy this interesting twist.
‘Twas the week after Christmas, when all through my office, No [...]

To Gift . . . or Not

It’s in the air. Feel it? The holiday magic, the endless wish lists, growing paper mounds of Black Friday holiday sales ads, and the escalating anxiety of whether to business gift . . . or not. Who makes the cut when giving business gifts? Is there a clear cut way to decide?
If you have a [...]

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