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 with [...]

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, [...]

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 like [...]

Insourcing the Outsourcing

Thank you Warwick Merry, guest blogger, for sharing your experiences of outsourcing versus insourcing. For VAs, Warwick also shares his tips on promoting your value as opposed to getting into an ‘Us v Them’ war.
Really, offshore providers as I’ve said before service an end of the market many of us don’t really want. And understand [...]

What’s a Virtual Assistant?

And the discussion continues…. regular readers of the blog will recall my What’s in a Name and Confusion Continues posts.
Recently the Sunday Life’s Sarah Wilson blogged about hiring ‘a virtual assistant in India’.  *sigh*
Yet again an Australian reporter encourages Australian business to head offshore for their ‘virtual assistant’ needs. Again, a professional virtual assistant is [...]