Posted in Consulting, entrepreneaur, small business owner, virtual assistant, tagged economics, economy, job loss, va offshore, va outsourcing, virtual assistants on May 31, 2008 | 2 Comments »
While reading fellow VA Rita Cartwright ’s blog, I came across an article she wrote speaking about outsourcing to offshore Virtual Assistants (link found below). Needless to say, this topic sparks lots of emotions on both sides of the debate.
Below are my comments posted in response. I would love to hear what your thoughts [...]
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Posted in Consulting, V.A. Tips, entrepreneaur, small business owner, virtual assistant, tagged consulting fees, entrepreneaur, small business, virtual, virtual assistance, virtual assisting on February 7, 2008 | 4 Comments »
When starting my virtual assistant business, the dilemma of what to charge literally kept me up at night. I had done my research, so I knew what the ballpark figures were that professional virtual assistants were charging. I also knew my value, but I’m just starting out. How could I possibly demand [...]
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Do not panic! Houston, we’ve got a problem! But thankfully Google had the answer. I was in the middle of a transcription job; on my last hour of six hours of transcription, when low and behold I pressed some odd combination of keys and my screen turned sideways! What [...]
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