Back online
Our new internet connection didn’t happen when it was supposed to and, as a result, it’s nearly a week longer than I anticipated being fully back online.  Somewhat frustrating when you’re running an online business. Our move from the old home to the new one went relatively smoothly but I have no idea how we accumulated all that stuff.  The new place has heaps of storage but I don’t want to be filling it all up. 

Off air for a few days
As you read this I will be making last minute preparations to shift to a new home.  The last lot of packing will be taking place today and I probably won’t be near my computer desk much.  Later in the day my computer will be disconnected from the online world and it will be a few days before it’s reconnected. My husband and I have bought a home on a 2 acre property in the hills and we’ve been look

“You have given me so much confidence”
They were the words spoken to me by a client recently.  He’s writing his family memoirs and getting into a mess with trying to handle Table of Contents, indexing and even line spacing between paragraphs. We spoke on the phone a few days ago and he emailed me his document.  I could see right away there was much work to be done so I sent back an outline of what I thought needed to be

Why I prefer email
It was only 7.45am and I was catching up with emails and playing with some photos I wanted to edit. The business line rang and I wondered whether I should pick it up yet or not. After all I don’t usually start work till a bit later. I answered the phone and it was one of my clients.  A cheque he’d sent over a week ago still hadn’t arrived and he was ringing to say he’d only just now seen my email fro

Christmas is coming…
and that means so is the New Year.  If you’re a Virtual Assistant who needs some guidance or perhaps someone who wants to be a VA but doesn’t know where to start, then my VA Christmas special may be just what you need! What do you get? The 10 week training course, 1 year membership with the “A Clayton’s Secretary” team (providing you meet the criteria), 1 year webhosting for your website and