Author Archives: caroline

Digital Product Creation

Posted on May 1, 2012 by caroline

A client asked me the other day how she could leverage her time by creating e-products rather than doing one-on-one training with her clients.  She thought it would take a lot of time, effort and money to create digital products, … Continue reading →

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Survival rates – improve your chances!

Posted on December 15, 2011 by caroline

Out of every 10 small businesses, 7 will survive their first year, 3 will still be going after 3 years, and only 2 will remain after 5 years. Most people going into business for themselves do so because are very … Continue reading →

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Why Offshore VAs have their place

Posted on November 15, 2011 by caroline

The world is getting smaller – it’s official.  Technology makes it possible for me to work from Glasgow and yet I am able to answer your phone calls as if I was sitting right next to you in the office. … Continue reading →

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For Halloween: Virtual Assistant Horror stories…

Posted on October 30, 2011 by caroline

Okay so it’s not quite as spooky as ghosts and ghouls, but we’ve heard some pretty terrifying stories about virtual assistants over the years… Without naming names: There’s the VA who thought that having a computer or answering telephone calls/emails … Continue reading →

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Where did the time go?

Posted on October 5, 2011 by caroline

I met another VA for coffee a few weeks back and she was bemoaning the fact that despite putting hours and hours into her marketing she gets very little return – in fact, she admitted that per week she spends … Continue reading →

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The Follow Up Sandwich

Posted on September 5, 2011 by caroline

This week I had a new client ask about our marketing services – basically as a new business he needed to generate leads from scratch and wasn’t very sure where to start! For a small business getting cost effective marketing … Continue reading →

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The main challenges of being a Virtual Assistant

Posted on July 11, 2011 by caroline

Last week I got asked to comment on where the secretarial industry is heading for a magazine.  I decided to ask round the team about the main challenges of being a virtual assistant.  It served me right when Emma piped … Continue reading →

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This week’s deals: The Entrepreneur’s Escape Kit

Posted on May 11, 2011 by caroline

Where are you spending your summer holiday? If you haven’t booked your Summer holiday yet, let us help. Our friendly virtual assistants will look after everything else whilst you lie on the beach.  Taking a break from the business is … Continue reading →

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FREE Virtual Assistant

Posted on January 1, 2011 by caroline

Every so often we open the floodgates to the people who want to use a virtual assistant, but just aren’t sure what we could do for them with our “FREE VA For The Day” programme.

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