Tag: #virtualassistanthomebasedsouthafrica
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Driving Value – is it time to hire a Sales VA?
There is an old saying that 80% of your sales revenue come from 20% of your clients. Also, another, not so great statistic, is that 80% of the work in your business is done by 20% of your staff. These statistics bring to light two of the main complaints of any business looking to add…
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How to Manage Production Remotely: Tips and Tricks
“Working remotely” is the new buzzword nowadays. It’s a new concept for many businesses to have their staff working from home. But virtual assistants have been doing this for many years. I have been a virtual production manager for the past ….. years. I have been asking myself the last couple of months “How is…
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Good habits to cultivate for working from home
Working remotely is fast becoming the norm. For those of us who have been doing this for several years we have mostly fallen into routine. Though even some veterans of virtual work are still not where they should be when it comes to mastering this dynamic. Due to the recent COVID-19 lockdowns more and more…
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Favro vs TeamGantt: which suits your virtual office best?
“Project management is the practice of initiating, planning, executing, controlling, and closing the work of a team to achieve specific goals and meet specific success criteria at the specified time. The primary challenge of project management is to achieve all of the project goals within the given constraints” Wikipedia I usually work on Bitrix…
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Running your business with Virtual Assistant know-how
The pandemic and the predictions of recession has small business owners worried about the future. Working remotely is a new model for many; and this has it’s challenges and complications. Did you have days where you just don’t get to everything you need to before Covid 19 put businesses at risk? Are you feeling overwhelmed…
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Are you listening to understand or listening to respond?
One of the greatest lessons in life is to listen with the intent to understand what is being said, instead of just listening to respond. The best way to listen is with your mouth shut. If you’re talking, you’re not listening! Think about it, the word listen and the word silent are spelled with the…
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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 Women in Power are Changing the World
How Women in Power are Changing the World Public holiday, who cares? We can rest….. But every single woman in South Africa needs to care. We need to understand why this is such an important month in the history of our country. Women’s Month in August is a tribute to the more than 20 000 women who marched to…
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What you can do to get great work ethic
What you can do to get great work ethic Setting boundaries and rules whilst maintaining good work ethic as a Virtual Assistant As a Virtual Assistant we are sometimes so hungry to get that next client and maintain the best working relationships with the ones we have that we sometimes forget that the key to…
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Social Media for Growing Traffic and Sales
Social Media for Growing Traffic and Sales “Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people don’t recognise them.” Ann Landers What is Social Media? Social media is the collective of online communications channels dedicated to community-based input, interaction, content-sharing and collaboration. Forms of Social Media There are many forms of social media, amongst these…
