Comments for "The Emackulate V.A."

Comment on About Emackulate Assistants by Shawna

Shawna — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 18:37:59 +0000

I tried clicking on your website but it takes me to go daddy. My mother in law referred me to your site as I am looking at getting into the VA field too. Has your web address changed? I would love to get an idea of all you offer. Thank you so much!

Comment on Where Did All The Time Go? Virtual Assisting and the Time Management Monster by Nina

Nina — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 13:00:02 +0000

Hi Evelyn - Time management is my biggest problem also, as I sit typing on Sunday morning and still have not completed my to-do list for Saturday. My goal is the same as yours - to have Friday through Sunday off. I’ll keep hoping…. Enjoy your blog, Nina

Comment on Virtual Assisting-The Great Offshore Debate by frank

frank — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 04:04:30 +0000

Life is Good Guys!

Comment on Virtual Assisting-The Great Offshore Debate by Rita Cartwright

Rita Cartwright — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 23:58:38 +0000

Evelyn,

Thank you for mentioning my blog post. Actually, here is the link to the article you mentioned:
http://rjswordprocessing.wordpress.com/2008/04/27/disadvantages-of-outsourcing-to-offshore-virtual-assistants-2/trackback/

I totally agree with you regarding being able to outsource to offshore VAs but rather not. When I wrote this article, I never thought it would generate so much interest. My website stats show that it is being read around the globe. Once again, thank you for mentioning my article.

Comment on Virtual Assisting-The Transcription Niche by JK

JK — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 20:42:43 +0000

Regardless of your current typing ability, it is possible to more than DOUBLE your effective typing speed and reduce the number of mistakes that you make (and the time/keystrokes needed to correct them).

You can do this by learning typing shorthand.

Think of ‘tv’ (2 characters) for example. We all know that the full English word for that is ‘television’ (10 characters). Now anyone who would read ‘tv’ would automatically know that what is being referred to is in fact ‘television’. How about we look at an abbreviation that may be less widely recognized like ‘IBM’ for example? That abbreviation actually stands for ‘International Business Machines’ (in case you didn’t know). A three (3) character abbreviation (IBM) is used to replace thirty-three (33) characters. That’s a 92% savings.

With shorthand typing, it’s possible to uniquely identify words and phrases that we all type on a regular basis and develop shorthand abbreviations for them. Then we can type the abbreviations and have a software program automatically replace the abbreviations with the expanded words/phrases that they represent. Correctly spelled and capitalized. This will save a significant number of keystrokes and time.

I would like to invite you to check out my website (www.typeless.biz) and see how it’s possible to actually do LESS typing and to produce more output in less time. Also, you can lessen the likelihood of ever developing Carpal Tunnel Syndrome which can put ALL of you typing out of commission for a long time.

Thanks

Comment on About Emackulate Assistants by bibomedia

bibomedia — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 15:46:08 +0000

Have a nice day !

Comment on Virtual Assisting? The Answer to My Prayers by Chris

Chris — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 20:43:49 +0000

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Comment on Virtual Assistant Fees-What Do I Charge as a New V.A.? by Outsourcing Updates

Outsourcing Updates — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 14:31:22 +0000

Tell your clients, “If you pay with peanuts, you’ll have monkeys working for you! Good luck!

Comment on Virtual Assistant Fees-What Do I Charge as a New V.A.? by cowgirlc

cowgirlc — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 00:35:41 +0000

Hi Evelyn, thank you for stopping by my blog. I see we are not alone in our quest to stan firm. The client that told me that he cound not afford me actually re-contacted me. Waisted some more of my time, and then went away. Being a newbie, when you get that first response, you are filled with a level of excitement thats like no other.

And after months of research, networking, chatting and so on, we tend to want to jump at the very first prospect. After all, we gotta find a way to generate some kind of income. I am so very glad that I choose to seek the guidence of veteran VA’s when it came to dealing with this gentleman. And I just stood my gorund.

The right client is just up the street, so I am going to walk just a little bit further and meet him/her half way.

Cynthia Clark
http://cowgirlc.wordpress.com/2008/01/14/what-do-you-do-if/

Comment on Virtual Assistant Fees-What Do I Charge as a New V.A.? by lbelan

lbelan — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 16:23:41 +0000

Hi Evelyn,
I’ve been following your blog and just want you to know how much I look forward to your posts! I’ve added your blog to my blogroll!

I totally agree with you about not selling yourself short. I am a member of both oDesk and eLance and am shocked as well as to how low the bidders are coming in. I even saw the other day a bid coming in from India for as low as $2 per hour!!!

Kellie also has a good marketing point about offering services at a reduced rate to clients making sure they understand that it’s a “deal” they’re getting and not the norm.

If we share ideas with each other in our blogs, I believe we can come up with the right formula that will eventually work for all of us.

Virtually yours,
Linda Belan
Your Outsource Solutions
http://www.youroutsourcesolutions.com