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How Can VAs Help you with Twitter?

Are you wanting to get on Twitter but are not sure if you have the time, energy or ability to use it effectively? A virtual assistant can help you get started – and keep going – on Twitter. This is a perfect ‘back office’ function you can outsource to your VA. Here are some of [...]

Serviced Offices a Good Idea?

I had a comment on my OIVAC post below asking whether Virtual Offices were a good idea. The poster was actually referring to a serviced office. The person commenting said it seemed they could get very expensive. He’s right. Serviced offices can get very expensive. A professional virtual assistant offers you a cost effective alternative. [...]

OIVAC 2009

The Online International VA Convention is set for three information packed days in May (14 to 16 US Eastern from 8.00am to 12.00 midnight daily). The committee is currently looking for speakers and volunteers. If you’re interested in getting involved do so at the following links: Volunteer Speaker As more info becomes available on this [...]

Selection of a VA

There was a comment posted on my recent “Can your business survive a recession?” blog which I didn’t publish primarily because it sent the reader off to a site that purported to be the place to “know more about outsourcing the best vendor” but I couldn’t tell who the site belonged to and couldn’t find [...]

What’s a VA? Let’s get it right!

On 10 November 2007 the Spectrum section of the Sydney Morning Herald re-ran an article by UK-based Sandy Mitchell (which also ran in the London Telegraph) titled “With a Virtual Assistant You Can Outsource Your Life“.This misrepresentation of virtual assistants prompted a letter from me to the Editor of the SMH which has not as [...]