Life can be busy and it can feel like there is never enough time to do everything. My friends think I am extremely organised but I am always trying to find new ways and ideas to make my life even more so. One of the reasons I became a Virtual Assistant was to offer my organisation skills to other businesses.
Read MoreWe all know the importance of social media but yet there are so many businesses not actively using it.
Recently, one of my clients gave me the task of finding information on local businesses and wanted to follow them on social media. I started on Google to establish what businesses were local to my client. However, in a short space of time, it became apparent that there were a lot of businesses not on social media at all or they hadn’t posted in months.
Read MoreWhen starting my business, I didn’t think in great depth about how I would market it or whether I had a niche or even a pricing structure. From the early days, I kept on hearing the words niche and ideal client. I started to have a disliking for those words as I felt like, as a Virtual Assistant, that I could work with any industry and undertake various types of admin tasks. If I wasn’t familiar or confident with a piece of software, I would be honest but say that I was happy to try it out.
Read MoreWhen I started my business just over 7 months ago, I wasn’t actively using social media; even for personal use. It was all new to me and it felt scary. I knew that by being a Virtual Assistant one of the best places to promote my business for free would be on social media.
Read MoreThe thought of home-schooling whilst trying to work is a new experience for me. I started my business in June 2020, by then my children were back to school, albeit part-time. I have thought a lot about how I will manage to support my children, whilst completing client work that I have committed to, on top of continuing to grow my business.
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Read MoreYou can lose a customer in a heartbeat if they don’t feel valued, with many rating customer service as the most important factor of their relationship with a business. But how can you ensure you always provide the highest level of customer service? Here are some things I always ensure I do:
Read MoreA Virtual Assistant is an independent contractor who provides administrative services to a client remotely. But it’s much more than that, read on to discover how hiring a Virtual Assistant works.
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