It’s no secret that this past year has brought on dramatic change for many businesses of all sizes. From standard operating procedures to personnel needs, customer service to supply chain management, it’s safe to say that, moving forward, everything will be different. To make matters more challenging, many businesses have experienced significant loss, which they’ll need to recover from now …
You’re a busy business owner. You’ve got sales calls, R&D, and hands-on work to get done. You don’t always have time to handle every aspect of your organization. Because of this, you know you need an assistant and good people in place to handle the day-to-day, brick-and-mortar operations. However, what you might not consider is having a team of experts …
As a small business owner competing with Amazon, it can be difficult to keep up with everything. To avoid burnout and to ensure you stay on track, turn to virtual assistant Katherine Curry to help with social media management, administrative support and event planning. Photo via Pexels. E-commerce is both one of the easiest ways to make money online and …
If you’re thinking of launching a home-based business as a virtual assistant, freelance writer or editor, photographer, web designer, or online tutor, there are some steps you’ll need to take early on to set yourself up for the most success. You’ll need to use the best tech tools for your profession, for instance, and create a private office space that …
If you’ve been following this Collaboration vs Competition mini series, you will have by now, caught on to my passion for supporting like-minded, hard working small business owners. It’s easy to fall into the trap of viewing people in a similar field as competition but I truly believe that if we set the fears and insecurities aside and work together, …
If I had a £1 for every time I was asked this question, I’d be retiring at the age of 35! It is such a common thing amongst small business owners to know they need help but not have a clue as to what they want help with, what they can hand over and what a Virtual Assistant can actually …
Welcome to part 2 of this mini blog series. During this series I was delving into the concept of collaboration vs competition. If you missed the first entry, you can check it out here. To ensure you don’t miss out on future episodes complete the enquiry form at the bottom of any page on the website and state ‘Blog Posts’ …
Over the last few months, conversations on Facebook seem to be surrounding the idea of collaboration. Maybe I’ve been quite naive in my thinking previously or maybe I can blame my upbringing but I started this business with the view that other Virtual Assistants or Service Based Providers were my competition. People that I had to compete against to get …
In the interest of being completely transparent I can confirm that I have no affiliation with any of the products I am going to be talking about today… I just LOVE using these five apps for my business. I recently read an article that explained in 2011 there were approximately 150 technology based support programmes for businesses to use to …
So, when it comes to deciding whether or not to hire a virtual assistant, I often hear people say, ‘I know I need help, I’m just not sure I’m there yet!’ So how do you know when you’re ‘there yet’? When is the right time to make that extra commitment? Why wait? Well, for me, there are 3 clear signs …