Virtual assistants are everywhere these days. More and more people are turning to them and it looks like they’re here to stay. Here’s why you should hire one yourself. Better Use of Your Employees Say a mid-level or senior-level employee had to choose between these...
As a virtual assistant, we are often asked to manage big projects for a client. It might be migrating them to a new email system, building a new website, or moving them to a cloud-based solution to manage their business. While big projects can be fun and exciting,...
When people say, “Experience is the best teacher,” they generally mean one’s own experience. Maybe no lesson is learned so well as the one you learn yourself — the hard way — but I prefer to learn as much as possible from someone else’s experiences. It’s...
Do you cringe when someone asks, “What goals have you set for your business?” Setting business goals can be challenging, but is necessary for all successful businesses. When goals are clearly written and communicated, commitment between your business partners will be...
Every year, we close the “doors” for the last two weeks of the year. I send an email to clients saying that I will be checking email twice a day and will be back in January. Not much is happening at this time of year anyway, so what do we really miss? I’m a...
We tell our clients a lot about us and our business when and how we follow up! Do you send messages, emails, notes to potential clients? Do you send notes after discovery calls or even weekly meetings? Responding to RFPs Ever submit a response to an RFP and never...
