Janet: Thanks for stopping by, Vanessa. It’s great to meet you. Vanessa: Thank you, Janet! I’ve been a fan of yours for a long time. I’m honored to be here. J: Thank you. That’s nice to hear. Why don’t you give my readers an overview of your e-book series? V: I’d love to! The Adventures…
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Monthly Archives: June 2009
Introducing Vanessa Andruz
On June 29th, I’ll be hosting Vanessa Andruz as she travels through cyberspace on her Virtual E-book Tour. Vanessa Andruz is a Virtual Assistant and owner of Andruz Business Solutions LLC. She was an Executive Assistant for many years, but after turning 50, she became tired of corporate politics and decided it was time for…
Creating a Marketing Plan
The second workshop I attended at the Forum on Virtual Assistance (FoVA) was Creating a Marketing Budget & Plan to Help Your Business Grow. The session was presented by Jeannine Clontz, the recipient of this year’s Thomas Leonard International Virtual Assistant of Distinction Award. A week or so prior to the conference, I received a…
Learn About Personality Type and much much more
As I mentioned previously, I had the opportunity to give a Lunch & Learn session on Personality Type and Organizing Style to my peers at FoVA 2009, and one of the people who attended was Tawnya Sutherland, Founder of VAnetworking.com. I didn’t know it at the time, but Tawnya was making plans for another great…
Exploring Tolerations, Needs and Values
As promised last week, today I begin sharing some of the valuable information I learned at the recent Forum on Virtual Assistance. My first workshop was with Mary-Lou Ashton, a VA coach and trainer who has been part of the industry in Canada since 1997. Her session, Your Professional & Personal Foundation: Tolerations, Needs and…
FoVA 2009 in Review
Last Friday I had the pleasure of attending the Forum on Virtual Assistance (FoVA). Being my first live face-to-face conference since I went to the POC Conference in 2006, I’d forgotten what a thrill it is to be surrounded by others with similar interests! An even bigger thrill was finally meeting some of the VAs…
Introducing More Than Admin
It seems that more and more people are choosing WordPress, not just as a blogging platform, but as a powerful Content Management System that allows them to update their own site, without needing any specialized software or training. One of those people is Jacquie Grech, who is the founder of More Than Admin, a member…
Time Management Project, Step 1
It’s all well and good to say “I need a better way to manage my time,” but it’s not the kind of thing you can just wake up one day and start doing differently. To develop a time management strategy that will be effective over the long run, you have to first do an honest…