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, entrepreneaur, entrepreneaurs, small business owner, virtual assistant, wahm, tagged organization, servicing clients, time management, virtual assistant on April 8, 2008 | 1 Comment »
When I started writing my blog, I started off full of enthusiasm, bound and determined to make sure I post regularly, but that enthusiasm waned quickly. Not because I didn’t have the desire, but because I just could not find the time to do it.
What this told me really was I really needed to [...]
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Posted in Consulting, V.A. Resources, V.A. Tips, authors, authors assistant, entrepreneaur, small business owner, transcription, virtual assistant, wahm, tagged author, authors assistant, consutlants, transcriber, transcription, typing, typist, virtual assistant, word processing on February 19, 2008 | 1 Comment »
If you have the skills and experience, transcribing is a great niche, or a great area to focus on while building your clientèle in other areas of virtual assisting.
Contrary to popular belief a transcriptionist is more than just a “typist.” We have to be excellent spellers, be patient, be able to decipher various accents [...]
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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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Seven months ago, I was unemployed-but very employable-and praying for a way that I could earn a living and have the flexibility I desperately needed at that time in my life.
My husband had suffered a major stroke (at 38…listen to your body folks!) and is on dialysis, which necessitates my being available to take [...]
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