How Many Clients Do You Have?
A business broker I know suggested I write about the danger of a virtual assistant having only one client. Many virtual assistants would agree that they want more than one client. However I do know of VAs that only have one client because they get 20-40 hours work each week from that one client. That’s [...]

Virtual Assistants Meetup
We live in a virtual world. As virtual assistants, for the most part, it is not necessary to leave our home office to do our work. Yet there are some cons to working solo in this environment. It can be lonely not to have the comaraderie we once had in an office setting. We no [...]

Our Virtual Book Tour Continues
Several bloggers have already hosted interviews of our book, The Commonsense Entrepreneur- Becoming an Entrepreneur, Not an Employee and we greatly appreciate that. We’re being hosted today, October 15, 2009, at this blog (thank you Lee): http://myofficeassist.org/blog/2009/10/15/the-commonsense-virtual-assistant-becoming-an-entrepreneur-not-an-employee/ Other dates are: 10/23 – Rachel Rasmussen http://rescuedeskblog.com 10/27 – Janine Gregor http://yourvirtualwizard.com/Blog.aspx Come join us on the tour and leave a comment. Posted in Daily [...]

Writing Your Business Plan for 2010 to Increase Productivity
It’s time to start thinking about the New Year. Are you just starting out in business or have you been in business a while? Either way, each year you should consider writing a new business plan. Your business plan does not need to be lengthy and complicated. It should include specific goals, strategies and actions you [...]

The Adventures of Vanessa Andruz, Virtual Assistant
Today I have a visitor. I’ve interviewed Vanessa Andruz, Virtual Assistant. Tell me about yourself I was an Executive Assistant for many years, but when I turned 50, I realized I was so tired of corporate politics…you know what I mean…so I decided it was time for a change. I researched different career paths, but none [...]