Virtual Assistant Training Blog
12 Days of Virtual Assistance
On the first day after the holiday my VA prepared for me: an SEO ready website On the second day after the holiday my VA prepared for me: two ghostwritten articles and an SEO ready website On the third day after the holiday my VA prepared for me: three personalized...
The Christmas Season – and burnt cookies:
Mmm Christmas morning: Time to watch our kids open the presents we have purchased for them, and basking in the glow of praise when they eat the special Christmas morning breakfast we have lovingly prepared. For so many of us, Christmas brings feelings of warmth, happiness and love – but what happens when you are an entrepreneur, and all of a sudden Christmas now includes a business struggling in a downturned economy, or client deadlines that have crept up on you and loom now dangling timelines right in front of the sugarplums that should be dancing in your head? What happens when the feeling of being overwhelmed turns the Christmas season from a glorious meal – into dry burnt toast?
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...
Monitor Your Stats with A Google Analytics Assistant
Here's a recent email I received from a client. "I think it is very important now to monitor our visitors and the habits of our visitors to our new website and blog. As my Virtual Assistant, I would love to hear your input about how we can go ahead creating such a...
Membership Sites Made Easy
Many online business owners just dream about the idea of creating their own membership site but are stopped in their tracks with the complexity, cost and chaos involved in implementing such a task. However, if you have the content and plans for the make-up of your...
Outsourcing Brain Teaser: Where Does Virtual Assistance Go On the Financials?
As the virtual assistance industry evolves so are the service portfolios being offered by VAs. That is, today's veteran virtual assistant is much more than a task master; she is an efficiency expert possessing specialized skills and knowledge that enable her clients...
Sometimes a Business Needs a Booster Shot
Taking a cue from the healthcare services who are preparing for flu season, ask yourself if enough preventative measures have been put into place to ensure you have a healthy thriving business? Does your business show a few signs and symptoms that operations aren't...
What’s the “To Do” about Split Testing
When I say the word split test it reminds me of my high school days watching my older sister do the splits on the wall outside the school office with throngs of onlookers (mostly teenage boys) cringed with agony at the thought. It was the splits and it was a test,...
Who Can Ya Trust? Lessons in Virtual Outsourcing and Pizza.
Perhaps the biggest obstacle to outsourcing is the trust factor. I know this because I myself have outsourced to a virtual assistant who gave me numerous reasons to distrust her. In the end I cut ties with that VA and replaced her with someone that didn't leave me in...
You Have to Spend Money to Make Money …
So we are in the middle of a recession, but as a business owner we have one step up on those that are employed by others ... we are in control of our destiny. If you truly want to create a thriving business you need to invest in your business. Even though many of us...
