With COVID-19 lockdowns ending in many areas, executive and administrative assistants are questioning if they want to return to an office environment. Most professionals have always dreamt of leaving their corporate job and being their own boss. The pandemic has...
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 starting their business, many Virtual Assistants think that taking training for an in-demand service is the first thing they need to do before they can get clients. But you should always start with what you know first. Selling yourself to clients is a challenge...
As a business owner, you know you have to sell something in order to become profitable. After all, you’re not a business if you aren’t making and spending money! There is no doubt you are great at the services you sell. Maybe you’re even one of the...
All the authoritative sources that I turned to in learning about the legal set-up of a business have one common message and that is to select the best legal structure for your business after consulting an attorney and accountant. You are invited to listen to my...
I was encouraged to write about how I came to know my IVAA family by several of my VA peers for a while now. I started writing this last year after being awarded IVAA Member of the Year for 2015 but I didn’t submit it. I recently came back from another successful...