Posted by execva on April 29, 2010
As a virtual assistant you have to be on your toes and ready for the changes that are constantly occurring in our industry. Whether you are a VA just getting your feet wet or one that has “been there, done that” and been serving clients virtually even before the term “Virtual Assistant” existed, the Online [...]
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Posted by execva on March 20, 2010
We have had some local press coverage here of late – which kind of went viral and national quickly – about a couple of local high school teachers who learned the hard way that Facebook profiles are not the best places to put your ‘better-kept-private” pics. It has led to some pretty heated discussions around [...]
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Posted by execva on February 3, 2010
February marks the 10th Anniversary of Executive Stress Office Support and I’m very excited to have reached such a big milestone. When statistically so many small – and micro – businesses fail in the first five years I’m very proud of the accomplishment.
But I could not have done it alone! Getting here has been dependent [...]
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Posted by execva on January 14, 2010
I haven’t really noticed any change to my practice since the beginning of the economic downturn but I have heard a number of small business owners and Virtual Assistants of late saying that work is dropping off and/or they’ve ‘lost’ clients, blaming in part the economic downturn.
This is a good reminder for us all that [...]
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Posted by execva on July 13, 2009
With the economic downturn I’ve noticed of late more and more discussion on various networks about worry about work dropping off, finding part time jobs and so on.
I think it’s important to remember this: as virtual assistants we are in business. We are business owners. This means we are responsible for our work/cash flow and [...]
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