When I started my Virtual Assistant business I researched it day and night, luckily at the time I was living alone and didn’t have anyone wanting my attention (apart from the cat). So I spent a lot of time online looking at how I could start my business and to get lots of advice and tips, ideally for free.

I wasn’t disappointed, the longer I looked the more resources I found, and even now nearly 6 months down the line I still come across some great websites that I wish I had found when I started.

As an avid reader in my spare time I immediately went to Amazon to see if there were any books that were aimed at virtual assistants, there weren’t many, but one book did stand out and I immediately put an order in, so...

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I just want to express my appreciation to everyone who shares on this forum. I am a big believer in "Give and You Shall Receive". I am a new VA and still learning, from all of you. I feel that anything I need to know about being a successful VA is right here. I love it that we can unabashedly call out for help on this forum, knowing there will be many who will rush to give assistance. When we focus on helping others, help will be there for us when we need it, also. I am so happy to have found this forum of great people. Many thanks to all!

Jacqulyn

If you use MS Publisher in your business, what do you create with this software?

Jacqulyn

A good article from INC.com. Does this describe you?
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Jacqulyn

I get excited about new apps on my iPhone, or I used to until I started my own business. I still make an effort to check out the new apps available on iTunes, but I’m now interested in what apps can help my business grow and I’ve come across a few recently that are excellent. I thought I would share some of them with you, and if you want to have a go at installing them and letting me know what you think, even better!

Buffer

I’ve been using Buffer for a few weeks now, there are three different plans, I have the free plan at the moment. This offers 10 posts in your Buffer, 1 Twitter account, 1 Facebook account, free browser extensions, free mobile apps and you can use your Bit.ly details. The other plans offer...

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Whether you have a blog or are creating one, WordPress is one of the most popular blogging tools available. However most people do not know that it is also a powerful (CMS) Content Management System that is used for more than just blogging. With WordPress, you can create a blog, a website or both.

Web Content Management systems are tools that allow you to manage creation and updates to pages on your website. WordPress is an incredible content management system that is free which makes it prefect for that small business looking to manage its own website. As a small business owner, it is important to have a site that allows you to update content quickly and easily.
WordPress was originally created as a blogging platform, however...

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I don’t suppose a day in the life of a Virtual Assistant will be that interesting to a lot of people, but I thought it might be nice for those of you that are interested to get an idea of why I love my job!

Background

Having taken voluntary redundancy back in July I decided I wanted to work from home, utilise my skills but not be tied to a 9 – 5 job anymore. The commute alone was taking nearly 4 hours out of every working day so to work from home would benefit me not only because I would be at home, but I would gain more time to get the jobs done I needed to.

I started my business almost immediately, I hadn’t planned it that way, I thought I’d take a couple of months ‘off’, but I was so excited...

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So you’re new to Twitter, or you’re new to creating a Twitter account for your business. So who do you follow? Who do you want to follow you?

These are some of the questions I have been thinking about lately. Since starting my business back in August my Twitter following has gradually grown, I think on average around 2 – 4 new followers per day. It doesn’t sound much, but compared to when I was just using Twitter for personal tweets it was a lot less.

Who to follow?

For me in particular I tend to follow people who have interesting things to say. Some I follow because I am interested in the subject, such as books, food and France. But as Twitter is where I promote my Virtual Assistant business...

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