Posts belonging to Category business building

Client Purchasing Decisions

When we work in a competitive business environment it goes without saying that there are times you will not win a job. Sometimes this can lead to second-guessing your abilities – especially for solopreneurs who don’t have a team working with them. Well – I say this is one of the advantages of working with [...]

Be Mindful of Your Brand

It’s not often you get to meet someone who’s Googled you! But I did… yesterday and of all places at a school graduation. Still not 100% clear how it happened but apparently he was looking for my husband, knew I ran a business and ‘vaguely’ what it was about and voila! Actually, I just tried [...]

The Virtual Business Show is Launched!

ANNOUNCING AUSTRALIA’S VERY FIRST PODCAST/INTERNET RADIO TALK SHOW: THE VIRTUAL BUSINESS SHOW – WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW That’s right! I have now started up our very own internet radio show which will cover topics of interest to VAs, virtual business owners, small businesses, those wanting to become VAs and those who want to work [...]

OIVAC Blog Hop Tour Stop 2: Q&A!

We welcome the Blog Hopping VA, Sharon Williams, President of The 24 Hour Secretary and chair of the OIVAC steering committee, who is here answering your questions on the virtual assistant industry and OIVAC! Here are Sharon’s answers to the questions posed over the last couple of days. If you have further questions or would [...]

Facebook – Keeping it Private

Following on from my earlier post on Facebook, I had an interesting chat with a colleague who indicated he had removed his Facebook profile because of the people who he had ‘friended’… Not because they weren’t friends (in this instance it was someone he’d known for over 20 years) but because of the profile picture [...]