by Holly Patridge | Nov 16, 2023 | Getting clients, Starting a VA Business, VA Business Growth, VA Businesses, VA Life, Working with a VA
APVA Member Heather Warner is Founder of Engimatic Business solutions, based in Dunfermline, Scotland’s newest city. She specialises in business admin and her key strength is problem solving. She has been in business for over 5 years after a 25 year career as an...
by Holly Patridge | Oct 9, 2023 | Getting clients, Starting a VA Business, VA Business Growth, VA Businesses, VA Life, Working with a VA
APVA Member Kathy Soulsby is an expert on dealing with challenging clients and is also a best selling author, in this blog she shares her experiences of some of the challenges that come with taking on a new client and how you can approach them to ensure your working...
by Holly Patridge | Sep 19, 2023 | VA Business Growth, VA Businesses, VA Life
September is here and for those of us who are slaves to the academic year, it’s also full of that new start feeling. While January is the official start to the year, it’s always good to have a mid year check in and what better time than September? I’ll be honest with...
by Holly Patridge | Jul 30, 2023 | VA Business Growth, VA Businesses, VA Life
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...
by Holly Patridge | Apr 19, 2023 | Getting clients, Technical, VA Business Growth, VA Businesses, VA Life
The VA industry is incredibly lucky to have a range of skilled and talented business support professionals who offer a wide range of services to clients, from bookkeeping and transcription services to diary management and graphic design. Over the last few years, I...
by Holly Patridge | Apr 18, 2023 | Starting a VA Business, VA Business Growth, VA Businesses, VA Life
APVA Member Debbie Binnersley, shares her top tips for staying organised as a Virtual Assistant in her guest blog. Once you’ve made the decision to become a Virtual Assistant there are a whole host of things that you will need to keep on top of in order to be at...