Archive for Virtual Business

Free Web Hosting, I think not.

I often see many new and emerging virtual assistants who use free hosted services such as WordPress.com, Weebly or Microsoft Live to run their websites. Stop Now! I will give you my thoughts on why this should not be acceptable for you business website then you decide. They own you content. They own and control [...]

Meet Caroline Mills

How many times have you stared at a blank page trying to find the words to express exactly what your business can do for others? And wouldn’t it be nice to have someone else manage your blog and fill it with fresh content on a regular basis? Well, let me introduce to you a colleague [...]

3 Questions Your Website Should Answer.

I am often asked to review new websites for business owners.  When reviewing a site for content these are the three questions that I always revert to for the evaluation. What you do?  First let me start by saying this is not a definition of your industry.  Many new VA’s will put the Wikipedia definition [...]

Tech Tuesday: Quote Roller

I came across Quote Roller quite by accident and boy was that a happy accident.  Quote Roller states it is “super easy to use,  saves you time and helps to close deals faster. You will find that creating proposals is now a fun and enjoyable process.”  Boy are they right.  Here are the three things [...]

Book Review: Become a Virtual Assistant – The Virtual Assistant Forums Guide to Success.

When I formally started my business in 2008 I would have given anything for a comprehensive business blueprint to get me started.  Actually I should have followed a blueprint but I just could not find the right resource for me.  So I spent hours upon hours of research to find the information I needed only [...]