Getting Packaged – Top Tips
I was all ready to write this great article for you but then I stumbled on a great article that says everything I'd love to say and more! So I recommend you head on over to http://blog.cloudpeeps.com/package-freelance-services/ and have a read. Some really awesome information about packaging your services. This article looks at "service based business [...]
What makes an established VA so successful?
You all know them – those Virtual Assistants who have been going for years and totally know their stuff. They have excess clients, subcontractors, a regular income and they don’t even seem to advertise for work. They post photos of themselves working in exotic locations, pool or beachside, with their feet up and a coffee [...]
GET LOUD, PEOPLE!
Did you know that the VA Industry has existed in Australia since before we got Internet? Yes, people ran businesses before we had the world wide web that we now rely so heavily on every single day. *gasp!* They either posted or delivered work to be completed – an activity which some people still utilize [...]
Feel the fear and do it anyway®…
Here’s how to face your fear of outsourcing to a Virtual Assistant I totally get it. Business back-ends can be super messy. It’s the last thing on your mind at the end of the day. You can’t really be bothered to make sure your books are in order, to make sure all those emails have [...]
When I asked my Psychiatrist for his resume, he knew I was nuts!
ré·su·mé n. “A brief account of one’s professional or work experience and qualifications, often submitted with an employment application”. One of the biggest things I see from new VAs is their need to hang onto their ‘resume’. And yes, especially when you start a business, it can be hard for a Virtual Assistant to see [...]
Why Australian businesses are full of shit
In the Virtual Assistant Industry, there are thousands of mums across Australia who ease the pressure on the childcare system, and who put food on the table by running their business from home. They don’t rely on Centrelink for unemployment benefits, because they’ve created their own solution. They are amazing! They are valuable to our economy! But wait! Why would businesses want to work with them when they can pay $5 per hour for business support services from India or the Philippines?
What on earth is a Virtual Assistant anyway?
There are so many business owners who are really unsure about what a Virtual Assistant (VA) is or how a VA could help them in their business. And I think it’s because the VA Industry has grown so fast (alongside technology) that it’s been hard for everyone to keep up. When the VA Industry began, [...]
Can you get this from a $5 VA?
As a speaker I have had many opportunities to talk to wonderful business owners about working with Virtual Assistants. We talk about what services VAs offer, how to plan for using a VA so you make the most of the relationship and also the difference between onshore and offshore VAs. As all of the attendees [...]
Are backyard Virtual Assistants damaging our reputation?
Just like our tattooists, builders, and hairdressers have, Virtual Assistants are seeing an influx of ‘backyard VAs’ who are forgoing any training or skill development to set up an ‘admin support’ business from home. You would think that by now people would realise the importance of quality administration in a business – reception and [...]