When I first started my virtual assistant practice, administration was a tricky business. I had to create an agreement in Microsoft Word, save it as a PDF, and email it to my new client. The client would then have to print ...
Virtual Assistant, Website Designer, and Blogger
Category Archives: VA Vitals
Interested in Becoming a Virtual Assistant – or Hiring One?
I know I promised that my next post would describe the WordPress plug-ins I learned about at WordCamp Toronto, but a couple of other things have come up and I'm too excited to save the news until next week!
Book Review: How to Open & Operate a Financially Successful Web Site Design Business
Before establishing my own business, I'd received some basic training in website design and had used my skills to create a site ...
The Wonderful World of WordPress
It's been many weeks since FoVA, and I just realized I haven't told you about the last workshop I attended! I know quite a bit about WordPress, but I want to learn as much as I can, so I was ...
Developing Standard Operating Procedures
According to Wikipedia, a standard operating procedure is "a set of instructions having the force of a directive, covering those features of operations that lend themselves to a definite or standardized procedure without ...
An Interview with Vanessa Andruz, Virtual Assistant
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...