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TAVASA

Posted Jul 6, 2019Jul 6, 2019 Alison FourieLeave a commentPosted in AMF Typing Services, How to be a VA, Virtual Assistants

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 […]

To Quote or not

Posted Mar 8, 2019Jul 6, 2019 Alison FourieLeave a commentPosted in AMF Typing Services, How to be a VA, My Services, Typing Services, Virtual Assistants

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 […]

Document Formatting

Posted Jan 5, 2019Jul 13, 2019 Alison FourieLeave a commentPosted in AMF Typing Services, How to be a VA, My Services, Office Administration, Student Assistance, Tavasa, Typing Services, Virtual Assistants

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 […]

Book Typing

Posted Jan 4, 2019Jan 25, 2019 Alison FourieLeave a commentPosted in AMF Typing Services, How to be a VA, My Services, Tavasa, Typing Services, Virtual Assistants

I get lots of contacts requiring Books to be typed. There is a process that is involved in typing these books and I would like to tell you what that […]

Confidence or no confidence!

Posted Nov 1, 2018Jul 19, 2019 Alison FourieLeave a commentPosted in AMF Typing Services, How to be a VA, Social Media, Tavasa, Virtual Assistants

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 […]

VA Mindset

Posted Oct 23, 2018Dec 27, 2018 Alison Fourie1 CommentPosted in AMF Typing Services, How to be a VA, My Services, Tavasa, Uncategorized, Virtual Assistants

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 […]

The maid RETIRED!!! NOW WHAT???????????

Posted Aug 22, 2018Oct 10, 2018 Alison FourieLeave a commentPosted in AMF Typing Services, How to be a VA, My Childhood Memories, My Services, Tavasa, Typing Services, Virtual Assistants

I run a full time Virtual Assistant business with many clients. I do not have time for housework, but recently the maid has retired. I now have to do my […]

What makes a great Presentation

Posted Jun 12, 2018Aug 16, 2018 Alison FourieLeave a commentPosted in AMF Typing Services, How to be a VA, My Services, Virtual Assistants

Published on March 19, 2018 Robynne Shields Solopreneur, PowerPoint Presentation Guru, Virtual Assistant, Gig Freelancer 5 articles Well, a great speaker! True. Having said that, even a great speaker needs […]

How I became a Virtual Assistant

Posted Mar 27, 2018Jul 24, 2018 Alison FourieLeave a commentPosted in AMF Typing Services, How to be a VA, Tavasa, Virtual Assistants

When I left the corporate world my aim was to start up a Typing business from home. I had no idea how to do this. The Internet was new, […]

Dealing with Clients

Posted Feb 21, 2018Jul 24, 2018 Alison Fourie10 CommentsPosted in How to be a VA, OIVAC, Tavasa, Virtual Assistants

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 […]

WhatsApp Communication

Posted Feb 12, 2018Aug 16, 2018 Alison FourieLeave a commentPosted in AMF Typing Services, How to be a VA, My Services, Tavasa, Virtual Assistants

Communication with Clients and Sub-Contractors is so important and today, it is made easier by social media technology. Most people have access to Facebook, Twitter, Linked In, WhatsApp etc, so […]

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