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 [...]
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Tags: business, business building, Clients, grow your business
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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 [...]
Categories: convention, oivac, online training, virtual assistant
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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 [...]
Categories: business building, facebook, linkedin, networking, online networking, social networking
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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 [...]
Categories: virtual assistant
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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 [...]
Categories: business, business development, business start up, home based business, networking, online networking, social networking
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