Finding the perfect customers
I'll be honest with you: finding customers who want to work with you can be a challenge. But it doesn't have to be! If you're interested in discovering how to find the right type of customer for your business, then this blog is for you! If you’re struggling to find...
Building a team
Building a team of business support professionals is hard work. You can't be the master of everything in terms of remote business support - it's important to delegate tasks that fall outside of your zone of genius to other professionals who specialise in those...
Networking for VAs
Do you find networking difficult? Do you want to build positive relationships with potential customers and network confidently in order to convey yourself (and your business) as professional and capable? You are not alone. After 2 years of lockdowns and socially...
Building Relationships On Social Media
Social Media should do exactly what it says on the tin: Be Social. I’ve seen many business owners using it only to broadcast their wares, which can be helpful at times but often leaves them feel like they are shouting into the void, with little in the way of...
The Truth About Virtual Assistant Life
Virtual Assistant Life. We’ve all seen the newspaper articles that make it seem like a straightforward job that anyone, regardless of skills and/or experience, can do as long as they have some kind of internet connection, and make thousands of pounds a month...
So You Want To Become A VA?
The VA industry is BOOMING right now. One of the only good things to come out of the Covid-19 pandemic is that more and more business owners are realising the benefits of outsourcing work and more and more people have had a taste of flexible working and working from...
EleVAte 2021 conference Q&A session: Insurance health check
On the 1st of July, we were proud to be EleVAte's headline sponsor for a second year. Our insurance experts, Kerri-Ann and Lisa, hosted a roundtable discussion to talk about all things VA insurance-related. Here's a round-up of what we discussed. Has your business...
Who Is Your Second Brain?
Everyone needs a second brain. Sometimes, no matter how focused you are or how highly skilled and experienced you might be, you need someone else in your life – a trusted and respected individual (or group!) – to help you work through problems and solutions so that...
Get Your House In Order
Business systems and processes – in some cases, these are things that we do really well for other businesses (our customers!), helping them work more efficiently and effectively, but often find challenging in our own business due to the fact that the investment of...
Pivoting In Business
How has your business fared over the last 14 months? I have the privilege of speaking to VAs and OBMs from all over the world on a daily basis, and I know that it’s affected each and every one of you differently. Some VAs have been able to help other, non-remote...