Today marks the last day for my Virtual Assistant Giveaways spree to celebrate 14 years in business. There have been offers of books, web hosting and VA Coaching. This applies to VAs in any country so don't make the mistake of thinking you are not eligible. If you are operating as a Virtual Assistant, or are in the process of setting up to operate as one, then all you need to do is subscribe to my blog and follow any other requirements on the various blog posts of the past week, and you could … [Read more...]
Archives for March 2008
Virtual Assistant Giveaways
If you've been watching my blog this past week you'll have read that I'm celebrating 14 years in business. But if you are reading this post via Google Alert or other means, you may have missed the excitement! I have gifts for subscribers to my blog - you have till 31st March to subscribe. I'll be going through the subscription list after 31st March to pick out the lucky recipients. To see what you could be eligible for, check out these posts: My Anniversary but I have a Gift For You More … [Read more...]
My Anniversary Week – one more gift
I thought it would be good to finish off this week of anniversary posts with one more gift from me. Some of you will be aware that I also provide web hosting services. This grew out of a client's need for support a few years ago - the host I was using at the time offered me a dedicated VDS so I could administer my client hosting accounts and maintain them on my own without having to wait for him to respond to support calls to set up new accounts. This was a good working partnership for me and … [Read more...]
Are you a subscriber?
Don't forget that this week I'm celebrating my 14th anniversary in business as a Virtual Assistant. If you're not yet a subscriber to my blog you could be missing out on gifts! All you have to do is enter your email address into the subscription box on the left of my blog. I'll be checking the list after 31st March and picking out recipients for the various gifts I've been offering this week. … [Read more...]
More Anniversary gifts – I’m in a generous mood
Readers will know that this week marks the 14th anniversary of my Virtual Assistant business. And a couple of days ago I announced that 6 of my readers will receive a free printed copy of one of my books. Well, I decided that wasn't enough and I thought it would be good if I gifted someone the 10 week VA Trainer course. The course is ideal for anyone planning to become a VA, or perhaps have only been in the industry a year or two and need to fill in some gaps about how a VA business is run. … [Read more...]
My Anniversary but I have a Gift For You
Today (24th March) marks the 14th anniversary of my business "A Clayton's Secretary". I have no idea where that time has gone. In some ways it just feels like last year I got started but when I look at all of my achievements, and some failings too, I can see I've come a long way in that time. So has technology. What a privilege it has been to be part of the history making of the Virtual Assistant industry - that wasn't in my original business plan :-) . My intention was to start a small … [Read more...]
VAs Canvassing For Work
I get concerned when I learn that VAs are seeking work in areas that might not really be the right source for them. What am I talking about? One of my forum members advised that a new VA was contacting senior VAs from the forum canvassing for work. I suppose I can understand their mindset - that some VAs are probably so busy they have work to spare to hand over to someone else. But their thinking is all wrong and I'll tell you why. 1. Other VAs are not your prospective clients - they're … [Read more...]
Supporting the Client
Through my years as a VA I've had lots of wonderful opportunities and have learnt lots of new skills in the process. Often a client asking me to investigate something can lead to a new service I start providing - it's expanded my horizons. But there are times when we (VAs) need to know when we can't do something for a client and that they must do it themselves. Networking for the client is one of those things. I know that some clients are so busy that they just want to hand everything over to … [Read more...]
Shifting Your Mindset
On so many of the forums I see new VAs wanting to get their businesses up and running as quickly as possible. And on these same forums I see promotions for this course, or that event, or lists to sign up with and so on. When we are in the corporate world we are so used to being told what we need to do, which courses we should attend, the events that would benefit the business the most and we're just automatically put on mailing lists for staff. But what about when we work for ourselves? How … [Read more...]