What’s The Worst Question You Can Ask a Virtual Assistant?

Easy… “Can you send me a resume?” Even though people ask this question to VAs all the time, as a general group, we don’t like it. I think it’s because it means we’re being thought of as employees. Remember, administrative assistants...

Make a Plan Before Working With a Virtual Assistant

When you think you’re ready to choose a Virtual Assistant to start taking care of your administrative headaches, there are some things you should do on your end to make things a bit easier for everyone. The most important thing you can do before you get into a...

What Did You Waste Energy On Today?

I’m willing to bet you did at least one thing today that you either rolled your eyes over or had to take a deep breath to get through. Could have been faxing an email, organizing your receipts, typing up a letter or coming up with content for a newsletter. Maybe...

Please Don’t Paint Us All With The Same Brush!

Because Virtual Assistants are a relatively new concept to many people with this industry being so young, there are a lot of challenges we face on a pretty regular basis. Let me share a story with you. I attended a small tradeshow about a year ago which was sponsored...

VAs and Training

It shouldn’t be up to you to train your VA. The VA you choose to work with should already be experienced in the work you want them to do. That’s one of the big benefits of partnering with a Virtual Assistant. If you find someone great who hasn’t any...