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October 11, 2017

What Every Client Needs Support With

By Ali Rittenhouse As a Virtual Assistant, you work in an ever changing online world that tries to keep you on your toes and your knowledge sharp. But there’s one secret service that will never go away, no matter what path that technology decides to take next. It’s been around longer than the first Virtual […]

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August 31, 2017

Never Underestimate the Power of 5 Minutes

Time is an interesting thing. There’s too much, there’s not enough, it can be wasted, it can be treasured, it can go fast, it can go slow and last week we even ‘lost an hour’. All of these statements illustrate how powerful our perception is and demonstrates how we have the ability to put meaning […]

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July 25, 2017

Using Asana for Your Online Business

I want to talk to you today about tools that run your online business. It can get really overwhelming because there is a constant stream of new tools and software we can use. I have to admit, at times I’ve been tempted to try new tools that may just work better than the last in […]

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March 19, 2017

How Are You Managing?

Time management – do you really know what that term means? “The ability to use one’s time effectively or productively, especially at work.” The idea of time management is an often-discussed topic among VAs. There always seems like there is so much to do and not enough time to do it. But there is always enough […]

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October 2, 2016

How to find Time and Balance with a Time Audit

The biggest struggle we all face is a lack of time. We know what it is we want to be doing; maybe we wish for time to exercise or time to read. We may crave more time with loved ones or the time to really focus on a new project. What we don’t know is […]

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August 31, 2015

How do you take a break when you ARE the business?

We all know the signs. In fact our close family & friends probably know them better than ourselves. The signs you need to step away for a break. For a variety of reasons, business owners & entrepreneurs often are the last to take a break from the business they love so much. Usually because they […]

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February 28, 2015

Determining the best time management tools for you

I love gadgets, widgets, apps and anything that promises to streamline my processes and improve my quality of life. Embarrassingly enough, it took me some time to realize that more is not always better when it comes to using technology for time management. I can’t even remember all of the different software I’ve used over […]

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March 12, 2014

Getting Things Done – 20 Minutes at a Time

The best app on my phone is the timer. I use it daily. And the setting I use most frequently is 20 minutes. I started this routine after my surgery for colon cancer last year. The discharge instructions from my doctor included making sure I kept moving. He told me to forget about how long […]

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November 29, 2013

BURNOUT: Plan Ahead And Take A Break!

Are idle hands really the devil’s workshop? While still at the university, I came across a proverb in my American Studies class that quite shocked me. It went “idle hands are the devil’s workshop” (one who is idle will likely come to do evil) and it goes back to the very old times (Chaucer’s ‘Tale […]

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September 9, 2013

What do clients want from you besides your expertise and pricing that fits their budget? Results!!

Boost your client’s or your own confidence and rule the world with project management! We’re in the ‘get it done’ business and always interested to hear how other online businesses are managing their workload or client projects. Because whether you realize it or not, you ARE a project manager – that’s just the way most […]