We have three laptops, all with a zillion browsers and OSs for design and programming...it seems you can never have enough perspective

I guess, what I was trying to say before is that in your text, when you're writing about your practice, services etc. try to use the longer version. It makes perfect sense to use 'VA' in your business name and I don't think it will harm anything in terms of SEO. Just use 'Virtual Assistant' anywhere else you can.

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