When starting out it's often easy to get so excited when a new client comes along, that we forget to ask for all the information. Sometimes it's simply a case of not knowing what information we need - till we start the job, or perhaps until it's delivered, assumed finished. A discussion recently on my forum was about transcription work for a client. Some felt transcription was simply a typed copy of a voice recording, others felt it should have some formatting. Some talked about it being … [Read more...]
Transcriptions – Get all the details I
My next post will talk about getting all the details about the required format of a typed transcription but what about receiving the job in the first place? I often get people filling out a job request on my site or phoning me to find out about the cost of getting a transcription done. However they give me little other information initially and I have to ask questions. There are a number of things that needs to be known when organising a quote for transcription work: What format is the … [Read more...]
The lucky winners of my anniversary giveaway
Well, just what you've been waiting for. Here are the list of winners for the 14th anniversary giveaway of last week. I don't have names for most, just email addresses so if the owners would like to contact me via email with their postal addresses I'll post the book of their choice (from my bookshop) to them. To protect their email addresses I'm not putting them in full. They are: beautystop at iprimus lorna_sue at hotmail rome69 at sbcglobal janica at adminismith stolenkiss at … [Read more...]
Last chance giveaways for Virtual Assistants
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...]
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...]
