What Am I Working On – Mind Mapping

Do you ever get random thoughts/ideas about things during the course of the day and then when you get the time to act on those thoughts you forget what they were? Lately I’ve been jotting down ideas as I go through the day to review later in the evenings when I have more time. These [...]

Tips on making your Home Based Business a Success

One of the benefits of operating a home based business is you can choose to work from the comfort of your home. You do no need to worry about what to wear for work, commute in rush hour traffic, you can sleep in a little later, all of which makes it easy to forget that [...]

What is your Niche and how to Market it?

One of the things to consider when going into a Virtual Assistant business is to decide if you want to go into a niche market. With the growing number of virtual assistant businesses emerging in the online marketplace it is getting harder to get your business to stand out from the crowd and for prospective [...]

How to Market your Virtual Assistant Business?

Anyone who owns a business will know that marketing is a necessity. We would all love to be able to advertise on television, radio, in newpapers, magazines, billboards, etc. The cost could easily add up and, let’s face it, small business owners don’t have the budgets that the big boys do.
This is not to [...]

How to Market Your Virtual Assistant Business Effectively on a Low Budget?

I thought it appropriate to post an article on what I’m currently working on which is how to market and promote my virtual assistant business in the most cost effectively manner. As a new business owner my financial resources are not limitless so I need to be wise in my choices.
I was thinking of doing email [...]

WAYS TO PROMOTE YOUR BUSINESS

Most virtual assistants at one time or another have signed up for job sites to bid on projects. I think some of these sites are useful to “connect” with prospective clients. However, I don’t believe it should be your main resource.
Another way of “connecting” with a prospective client is to have your own web [...]

When does one make the leap from freelance to full-time?

When does one make the leap from freelance to full-time? This is a question I’ve often heard being asked by novice virtual assistants or people who are thinking of entering the profession of virtual assistants. 
Those that are considering starting off as freelancers whilst still holding down a full-time regular 9 to 5 job, need to [...]

What spurred you to become a Virtual Assistant?

For me, I was unfulfilled and unhappy working the 9-5 grind, and felt I needed to do something. I knew that I had some really good skills to offer from the experiences I’ve gained in the corporate world over the last 20+ years, plus I needed to be challenged, and what could be more challenging [...]

Do you remember your very first client?

How did you feel when you landed your first client? Do you remember? I know I was excited and surprised at the same time that it didn’t take as long as I thought it would. It is said that it’s easy to find your first client, but the trick is to find your second and [...]

Hello world!

Hello world!
This is a new weblog dedicated to Virtual Assistants (VAs). It is my hope to create a virtual space where VAs such as myself can gather, chat, share thoughts and ideas, offer advice, post problems that others can offer assistance with. In general just be a fun place to collaborate and help promote the [...]