Posts Tagged ‘outsourcing’

New Year planning with a Virtual Assistant

People are on the wind down to Christmas and many aren’t planning as far forward as the return to work in the New Year.  Now is the ideal time to be looking ahead and getting a jump on their competitors. Here are my top tips for planning ahead and entering 2010 ahead of the game: [...]

What is a Virtual Assistant?

If you are struggling under the weight of an untidy desk, client or customer paperwork is becoming unruly, you don’t have a system in place to record important information and your “to-do” list is ever expanding then you should consider employing a Virtual Assistant. A Virtual Assistant or VA works pretty much in the same [...]

Virtual Assistant vs Temp?

I was recently approached by a potential client to carry out some work for his business.  He gave me an example of the tasks and requested a quotation.  I didn’t get the work as he felt that my prices were extortionate compared to him hiring a temp.  I tried to explain why but he was [...]

Is your list overwhelming?

You had this great idea, turned it into a business and now you make money from it. Well done! In reality though, a lot more hard work goes into making any business successful and the behind the scenes work can often get overwhelming but money is tight and you just can’t afford to take anyone [...]

First Impressions

Receptionists and secretaries form the front line of any business.It is usually they who send out letters, answer the telephones, greet any visitors and communicates throughout the company. They play a massive part in how well information flows between people. As they say, ” first impressions last”, and the largest of corporations spend a lot [...]