Happy Mother’s Day from OIVAC

Happy Mothers Day!
In honor of Mothers Day, celebrate your Mom or Grandmom, your aunties and sisters or special lady friends (and let’s not forget the men) or just YOURSELF by taking advantage of the OIVAC Mothers Day Special! That’s right, if you register for ANY track package or the ENTIRE convention, [...]

Don’t miss out…Virtual Assistant training and growth opportunities through OIVAC in May

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 [...]

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 [...]

Business Peaks & Troughs

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 [...]

OIVAC 2009 – 5 Tips for Newbie VAs

Virtual Assistants and business owners from around the globe participate in the upcoming 4th Annual International Virtual Assistants Convention (OIVAC), May 14-16, 2009; and it’s a completely online event. The three day, 100% virtual meet-up perfectly blends industry leading educational sessions with open to the public networking and exhibitor halls through easy to access and [...]