Virtual Assistant Tips Archives

[VA Tip] Are you really the boss?

May 24, 2019 | Business Tools, Relationships, Virtual Assistant Tips

When I think about what sort of person I would most like to have on a retainer, I think it would be a boss. A boss who could tell me what to do, because that makes everything easy when you’re working.” – Andy Warhol, The Philosophy of Andy Warhol Reading...

[VA Tip] How to avoid business suicide

Feb 12, 2019 | Efficiency, Virtual Assistant Tips

I actually took this photo last year! When I found myself at the door with this sign, I was shocked. Why would anyone with a business post a sign like that; why write the words that were written here? This is not the way to run a business! It doesn’t matter what...

[VA Tip] How do you evaluate the past year and plan for the new Year

Jan 3, 2019 | Business Tools, Virtual Assistance, Virtual Assistant Tips

2018 has ended and the New Year started. If you haven’t yet, this is a good time to give yourself some feedback and evaluate what went well; what didn’t go well? How can you improve the areas that didn’t go well? My typical year-end thoughts!!...

[VA Tip] Are you afraid of losing control?

Aug 29, 2018 | Business Tools, Efficiency, Virtual Assistant Tips

Today, I want to talk about a sensitive subject: Are you afraid of losing control? In my 8 years of being a Virtual Assistant, I have seen this fear often. As business owners we know how our business operates, we know what to do and when. But, we don’t...

[VA Tip] Trust Means full transparency

Jun 11, 2018 | Relationships, Virtual Assistant Tips

In today’s world business is done very differently from the “good old days.” We build relationships, get to know and trust each other and the people we have relationships with create referrals or become clients themselves. Ads no longer work well...

[VA Tip] – Why your VAs business needs to be in community

May 3, 2018 | AssistU, Business Tools, Efficiency, Virtual Assistance, Virtual Assistant Tips

Darn, where was that recipe hiding?? I wanted to bake my Mom’s amazing cake and needed the instructions. Having searched everywhere I could think of I declared defeat – I couldn’t bake the cake that was to be a Birthday surprise. In business, you don’t want to be in...