Scrappy’s day told from Scrappy’s Perspective
Scrappy’s Day told by me Scrappy: The washing machine is on, I gotta listen for it and tell mommy when it’s ready. Come on, come on, come on – go […]
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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Customer Service again…
Following on from another article I wrote about customer service. I am finding it lacking more and more. Here is an example. My fan in my all-in-one Dell computer started […]
Barbara Blackburn the World’s Fastest Typist
Barbara Blackburn, the World’s Fastest Typist http://rcranger.mysite.syr.edu/famhist/blackburn.htm Typing, Fastest. Mrs. Barbara Blackburn of Salem, Oregon maintained a speed of 150 wpm for 50 min (37,500 key strokes) and […]
How I became a Virtual Assistant
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, […]