VA Newsday

One of the things I do on Twitter is share tips for having strong standards—moxie-filled standards, if you will. If we’re not connected there, please say hi! Last week, I shared this: Clients need to be able to run their own businesses. Don’t take on more than is yours. Pat tweeted back and asked this: “Can you elaborate on ‘don’t take on…

Last week, I said I was going to write about what you might want to consider before working in a multi-VA firm. In thinking about it, and in light of all the great comments that were posted as a result of that post, I don’t know that I need to. Those, my post from last week, and the post I linked to should probably give you more than enough food…

I was tweeting Sunday morning and Martin Allsop (@GloriousYou) posted a quote from Brian Tracy: “Set peace of mind as your highest goal, and organize your life around it.” A worthy goal, I immediately thought. And drawn to it, I quickly and deftly retweeted, then headed over to post it to Facebook. Once there, though, I stopped. I stopped to…

There’s a point (there are actually probably several, but I want to address just one today) at which a client’s need doesn’t fit well with the Virtual Assistant model. That’s when the client’s need for administrative help becomes so great that he really should, for financial and/or legal reasons, hire an employee. Where’s that line? It’s going to…

Last week, I wrote about at what point it’s appropriate to say yes, when someone wants your time and attention. Danielle asked if I had a gracious way for delivering a “no” response, and I promised to write about that this week. First, I want to say that saying no to what doesn’t fit for you is one of the absolute best ways to give yourself…

I’m teaching a class where I share an advanced consultation process to VAs so that they can spend more time doing billable work, and wasting less time talking with people they should never be talking with. What follows is something I shared with the class the other day as we talked about only working with fabulously ideal clients, and the need…

Last week, Tina/Cindy/Andrea (not sure which of them actually wrote it) posted this about hearing client complaints about the virtual assistants they’ve worked with, and suggested that we make them feel better/happier. Then Danielle wrote this about unhappy clients and suggested that we Virtual Assistants make sure we’re not letting clients have… [...]

Not your usual Bit O’, but certainly full of moxie! I wanted to let you know about two–ok three!–new things I’m up to this month that you can get involved with. The next of the 30 Days Projects, 30 Days of Organizing takes over after March’s 31 Days of Clearning. Especially if you’re into (or need) a bit of spring cleaning, this month is [...]

If you’re a Twitterer, you no doubt have heard of The Shorty Awards, given to the best producers of short content in 2008 (140 characters or less), on Twitter.  There are only five nominees in each category, and Stacy Brice’s AssistU

Stacy Brice, a longtime industry leader and Founder/President of AssistU, is now offering Virtual Assistance coaching to all VAs in a group format. Stacy’s many years of experience is shared via a choice of two  groups, one focused on experienced VAs, the other on VAs in the startup phase of their businesses:
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With our economy producing ever-more frightening headlines these days, it’s interesting to see how it’s affecting (or not) the Virtual Assistance industry. Most VAs I know are busy – and getting busier. Even VAs who focus on real estate clients seem to be doing ok. 

Stacy Brice, a leader in the VA community…