by Charlotte Wibberley | May 29, 2020 | Client Businesses, Getting clients, Technical, VA Business Growth, VA Businesses
The ‘new normal’ – it’s a strange new phrase that conjures images of people touching elbows instead of shaking hands, of people wearing foam pool noodles on their heads in cafés to maintain social distancing, and the ability to turn up to a work meeting on Microsoft...
by Charlotte Wibberley | Apr 23, 2020 | Starting a VA Business, VA Business Growth, VA Businesses
You may have noticed that our popular VA Foundation Course – a programme designed specifically by APVA to help people gain the knowledge and skills necessary to build a successful and sustainable VA business – is now accredited by the CPD Group. CPD accreditation...
by Charlotte Wibberley | Mar 11, 2020 | VA Business Growth, VA Businesses, VA Life
Having associates or staff is a great way to share the workload when you are a VA, OBM or freelancer, but every so often it can cause more problems than it fixes! If a potential team member doesn’t have the required skillset to perform the tasks required of them,...
by Charlotte Wibberley | Mar 4, 2020 | Starting a VA Business, VA Business Growth, VA Life
If you know how to switch on a computer, open up emails, use Word and can navigate a few other office programmes, and can connect to a reasonable WiFi connection, you could be a virtual assistant. However, just because you can, doesn’t mean you should! In...
by Charlotte Wibberley | Feb 27, 2020 | Starting a VA Business, VA Business Growth
When you set up your own business, or have a dramatic change of career, many people feel the need to put themselves on a course or training programme in order to improve their knowledge and skillset so that they can carry out their new role more effectively; you...
by Charlotte Wibberley | Nov 20, 2019 | VA Business Growth, VA Businesses
When you are self-employed or run a small business, it’s terribly easy to get into the ‘more work, more money’ mindset, as it does seem reasonable to assume that if you charge £25 per hour and want to make £100 more per week, that you need to work at least 4 more...
