Tag: #businessowner
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Dear Client – Please allow me to help you
When I started out as Virtual Assistant the only thing I could think of was how to keep my clients. Many times I wondered if they saw my value, understood my mindset, appreciated the multiple hours not billed for. I was just happy to have work, not recognising my feeling of unworthiness. Now being more…
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My Top 4 Reads for 2020
The most influential and successful people in the business world are – reading. To quote one of my favourite investors of all times, Warren Buffett, ‘the key to success is reading, as much as 500 pages per day (yikes!)’ According to Buffett knowledge builds up like compound interest over time. Makes sense if you think…
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Hashtag I’m staying
With all the negative news in the media, and there is a lot of it – it is easy to become despondent, hopeless, fearful, angry, frustrated… the list could go on. One episode of Carte Blanche and you are guaranteed to see something to add to the gloom feeling a Sunday night can bring. …
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The Best of Online Shopping Now
“Just Google it” – a phrase most of us use multiple times in a day, maybe even utter to ourselves when going through the many thoughts we have in one day. In need of a red top, “just Google it”, looking for the chocolate covered pretzels, “just Google it”, in need of some new Christmas…
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What every Virtual Assistant really wants for Christmas
They say hard work pays off and I thought about what I need that can make the “pay off” so much sweeter. As VA I realised I need a gift registry to make my life easier, and why not for Christmas. Family and Friends, please look up and take notes! As the holidays are getting…
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What to Expect When Working with a Virtual Assistant
What to Expect When Working with a Virtual Assistant A Virtual Assistant (VA) is a person who works remotely – she can sit in an office down the street or across the world. Working with a VA is very different from having an employee sitting in your office. Most Virtual Assistants work for more than…
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How to build strong relationships with your difficult clients
I’ve got a very useful talent – I know how to read people. It’s something I’ve discovered over the years whilst working with people in different industries and different places in the corporate hierarchy. How does this tie in with what I promised you in my headline? Well it’s the only thing you need to…
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Tips for clients on how to best work with your Virtual Assistant
As a Virtual Assistant (VA), we receive regular training and guidance on how to work remotely and how to work with clients that we don’t see day to day, if ever. There is quite a difference in how we work as opposed to a member of staff located in your office. The most important aspect…
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How a Virtual Assistant can help you prevent burnout in your business
How a Virtual Assistant can help you prevent burnout in your business We’ve heard countless times about business owners reaching burnout. Why do you think it happens so often? It’s because they’re trying to do everything themselves. You know the saying about if you want it done… Yeah that one. That’s why. Sadly in some…
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This is why you should regularly move the goal posts
This is why you should regularly move the goal posts Are you moving the goal posts? Mention the word Goalpost and immediately a sport comes to mind. A total play on words, because even though it is termed sport or a game, it is still taken seriously. No matter what game you think of, there…
