Are you an entrepreneur, small business owner or independent consultant in the Golden Horseshoe area? There’s a networking opportunity this month that you shouldn’t miss! (If you’re from outside the area, please keep reading, as you’ll find some tips for organizing your own local event below.) The Golden Horseshoe Virtual Assistants Group will be hosting…
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Category Archives: VA Vitals
Fall Schedule of Events
It’s a sure sign that summer’s drawing to a close when my calendar starts to fill up with speaking engagements. I’ve got one scheduled each month from September to November, which is often enough that I stay fairly comfortable with it, yet not so often that it infringes on my regular workload. Here’s what I’ll…
Global Meets Local at Business Networking Event in Burlington
The Golden Horseshoe Virtual Assistants Group sure has grown since four local VAs decided to get together for lunch in March 2007! We now have regular monthly meetings and 16 members with a variety of skills and specialties who collectively support hundreds of businesses, so when we learned that the third week of May had…
How to Streamline Operations without Breaking the Bank
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 it, sign it, and either fax it back to me or scan it and…
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! Several months ago, I answered a few questions for someone who was writing an e-book about…
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 I called “Jan’s Helpful Home Page” where I posted household management tips and invited people to send me their challenges, as well as a website for my sister, author Kathy Stinson. I was…
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 pretty thrilled to learn that Frances Palaschuk was going to be doing a workshop on…
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 loss of effectiveness.” Exciting stuff, eh? Maybe not, but it’s something we need to know about. It’s been two years since I…
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 your e-book series? V: I’d love to! The Adventures…
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…