It’s no secret that I’m a huge fan of WordPress, as a content management system as well as a blogging platform. You don’t have to be very tech savvy to be able to post to a blog or update a WordPress website, but if you’re a geek like me, you like to get into the…
Virtual Assistant, Website Designer, and Blogger
Monthly Archives: April 2009
Seven Dreams that Have Come and Gone
I know I’ve already done a post called 7 Things You Probably Don’t Know About Me, but these blog memes keep coming around, and after reading Alex Fayle’s twist on it, Seven Little Somedays You Didn’t Know About Me, I couldn’t resist giving it another go. 1. As a young child, I wanted to become…
Unleashing Your Creativity
We generally associate creativity with producing works of art, literature, music, architecture, or other activities linked to right-brain thinking, and left-brained people like myself don’t generally consider ourselves as creative. However, I attended a workshop several years ago on Creativity and Personality Type, which was quite eye-opening. The workshop facilitator, Marci Segal, believes that we…
Introducing "Your Organizing Business"
As you probably know, I just love to blog! Wanting to improve my blogging skills, I’ve been doing a lot of reading, and decided I’d like to try what the experts refer to as a “niche blog.” It can be tricky to find a niche, because if it’s a really popular subject, there’s a good…
Stress Management Strategies
It’s no secret that managing stress is critical to staying healthy, both physically and mentally. It has been well documented that many illnesses are caused, either directly or indirectly, by stress. Those of us who are self-employed need to be especially concerned about being in good health, since we don’t get paid for sick days…
Facebook Revisited
It doesn’t seem so very long ago that I was singing the praises of Facebook for both personal and professional use, does it? How quickly things change in our high tech world! At a BizLaunch seminar earlier this year, the facilitator quoted some interesting statistics. He said that during the first half of 2008, Facebook…
Blog Hopping & Podcast VA visits Janet Barclay on US Tax Day to Spread Word about Upcoming VA Convention
As I promised on Monday, Sharon Williams, the president of The 24 Hour Secretary and founder of OIVAC, has stopped by to answer a few questions. Hi Janet, it’s nice to stop by and spend a few moments talking about the upcoming VA Industry convention. Just think, we’re helping late filers take their minds off…
Exciting Announcements
I’m thrilled to announce that I’ve been nominated for the Thomas Leonard International Virtual Assistant of Distinction Award! I’m very honoured, and would like to thank my loyal clients for their support. The award will be presented at the International Virtual Assistants Day Celebration (IVAD) on Friday, May 15, 2009, between 5:15 and 7:00 pm…
