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Category: Virtual Assistants

August 9, 2019June 23, 2025AMF Typing Services, Typing Services, Virtual Assistants

Barbara Blackburn, the World’s Fastest Typist

Barbara Blackburn, the World’s Fastest Typist http://rcranger.mysite.syr.edu/famhist/blackburn.htm What is the secret as to how Barbara Blackburn could type so fast? The key, so to speak, is in the keyboard design. […]

May 4, 2023May 4, 2023AMF Typing Services, My Services, Typing Services, Virtual Assistants

Largest typewriter company in the world

2 NE natives run the largest typewriter company in the world By Mark Zimmaro May 4, 2023 Full credit NorthEast Times https://northeasttimes.com/  https://northeasttimes.com/2023/05/04/2-ne-natives-run-the-largest-typewriter-company-in-the-world/ Philly Typewriter co-owners Bill Rhoda (left) and […]

July 11, 2023April 3, 2024ABF Radio & Handyman, AMF Typing Services, Dog Diaries, How to be a VA, Tavasa, Typing Services, Virtual Assistants

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November 23, 2022April 3, 2024ABF Radio & Handyman, AMF Typing Services, Dog Diaries, How to be a VA, My Services, Office Administration, Social Media, Student Assistance, Tavasa, Typing Services, Uncategorized, Virtual Assistants, WordPress Website Design

Is it important to do Marketing?

Is it important to do marketing? What do you think! Without marketing we may have no businesses at all. Businesses thrive with good marketing and advertising. Marketing should not be […]

November 23, 2022November 23, 2022AMF Typing Services, How to be a VA, Virtual Assistants

TAVASA

TAVASA • The Transcribers and Virtual Assistants Association of South Africa, http://tavasa.blogspot.com/ foundered August 2008 and run by Alison Fourie and Gayner Paynter. What is TAVASA: We are a support […]

November 22, 2022November 23, 2022AMF Typing Services, How to be a VA, My Services, Tavasa, Uncategorized, Virtual Assistants

VA Mindset

New VAs NEED to realize that they are no longer employees working for companies. As a VA you are a business owner and are running a real business. Too often […]

November 1, 2022November 23, 2022AMF Typing Services, How to be a VA, Social Media, Tavasa, Virtual Assistants

Confidence or no confidence!

One of the things I find over and over is a lack of confidence in new VAs.  I know you have not run a business before, but you do have […]

July 11, 2023July 13, 2023ABF Radio & Handyman, AMF Typing Services, Dog Diairies, Dog Diaries, Doggie Journals, My Childhood Memories, Virtual Assistants

Ziggy’s the Border Collie Gallery

Ziggy Gallery:

July 11, 2023July 11, 2023ABF Radio & Handyman, AMF Typing Services, Dog Diairies, Dog Diaries, Doggie Journals, My Childhood Memories, Virtual Assistants

Ziggy the Border at 2 years old

This is our Ziggy: The noisiest dog we have ever had, loves to bark and have a conversation and argue with you. She wakes up first with yawning as loud […]

November 23, 2022November 23, 2022AMF Typing Services, How to be a VA, Social Media, Tavasa, Virtual Assistants

Social Media

  All VAs needs to have some of the following for advertising, marketing and networking on Social Media: A profile on the most popular social media platforms which are LinkedIn, […]

November 21, 2022November 23, 2022AMF Typing Services, How to be a VA, OIVAC, Tavasa, Uncategorized, Virtual Assistants

How do I get clients?

The words I hear the most from new VAs are “How do I get clients”. I often get the feeling new VA’s expect clients to just appear out of thin […]

October 21, 2022November 23, 2022How to be a VA, OIVAC, Tavasa, Virtual Assistants

Dealing with Clients

Clients are all different, no two are the same. I prefer working for men rather than women. I find that men are more easy going, with women I have found […]

July 6, 2020July 9, 2020AMF Typing Services, How to be a VA, My Services, Student Assistance, Tavasa, Typing Services, Virtual Assistants

Typing and what it involves

  Copy Typing Copy Typing is when you are just typing what is written, this can be hand-written or from PDF. Examples of copy typing are: Books (small books) Contracts […]

October 9, 2019October 9, 2019AMF Typing Services, My Services, Student Assistance, Typing Services, Uncategorized, Virtual Assistants

Confusion over Typing!

  A lot of people seem to be very confused when it comes to typing. Typing is copying what you see from a document, could be handwriting, could be a […]

August 16, 2019August 16, 2019AMF Typing Services, How to be a VA, My Services, Social Media, Student Assistance, Tavasa, Typing Services, Virtual Assistants, WordPress Website Design

Why are VAs charging low rates?

  Why are VAs charging low rates? This is just my opinion, many might disagree with me but we are all allowed our own opinions, comments and discussions are always […]

March 8, 2019July 6, 2019AMF Typing Services, How to be a VA, My Services, Typing Services, Virtual Assistants

To Quote or not

My procedure for submitting a Quotation to a potential Client When a client contacts you and asks for a quotation, please do not simply email back with a price/rate. Firstly […]

January 25, 2019January 25, 2019AMF Typing Services, Virtual Assistants

The 1st VA on Mars

I was thinking maybe I should have applied to go to Mars (http://www.mars-one.com/) after all as a VA I can work anywhere. Trouble is if I go to Mars I […]

January 5, 2019August 24, 2020AMF Typing Services, How to be a VA, My Services, Office Administration, Student Assistance, Tavasa, Typing Services, Virtual Assistants

Document Formatting

  Definitions of document formatting: Formatted text: is any text that contains special formatting such as font size, font colour, bold, italic, styles, etc. When copying text, formatted text is […]

January 4, 2019September 5, 2019AMF Typing Services, How to be a VA, My Services, Tavasa, Typing Services, Virtual Assistants

Book Typing

  I get lots of contacts requiring Books to be typed. This is the process that I have found after many years of providing typing services. Deadline: All authors have […]

October 10, 2018September 9, 2019ABF Radio & Handyman, AMF Typing Services, My Services, Virtual Assistants, WordPress Website Design

Do you need a Website?

  I don’t think it matters how big or small your company is, a website is your best marketing tool to have. Your website is one of the most important […]

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