Do you know who you’re meeting? Say hello to Crystal How often do you receive an email from someone and are unsure how formal or informal you should be in your reply? How often do you arrange to meet someone for the first time and would benefit from knowing the best way to communicate with…
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Why I LOVE Digital – and you should too! Let me tell you a story Once upon a time, well, not that long ago, 8 October 2015 to be precise, a lady called Elaine at the The Old Mill Accountancy received an email. Elaine shared it with one of their PA’s, Sophie. Sophie sent the…
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From Executive Assistant to Virtual Assistant I receive a lot of messages on LinkedIn from people thinking of taking the leap from Executive Assistant to Virtual Assistant, and asking how I did it and whether I have any tips. So, I thought it might be useful to write a blog on the subject! Included: Research…
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Many people who have a website will know about Google Analytics, but how many use it to its full advantage? If you are running your own business, it’s really important to know your numbers – that obviously applies to knowing whether you have a profitable business or not, but also applies to data such as…
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Managing your email folders Recently I visited a new client to work with her on business administration, and one area which I noticed pretty quickly was the number of emails in her inbox – over 5,000. This may be a lot to some people, or just scratching the surface for others – but I just…
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Trouble with managing your emails? As businesses and as individuals, the number of emails we send and receive daily is growing, infact Radicati.com says that over 100 billion emails are sent and received per day, set to increase to over 132 billion for business email alone by the end of 2017. More people are working…
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“ShouId I buy into a VA franchise?” I get contacted a lot of aspiring Virtual Assistants and regularly get asked for my advice and to share my experiences of the challenges and rewards of setting up with my own business. One question I am often asked is whether I would recommend someone to start up…
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Blogging & My Business According to the website ‘How to Start a Blog Online’ each day, about 172,800 blogs are created, roughly! So why would you want to start a blog and add to the thousands of people already writing about stuff? You are unique. Only you have experienced the things that you have –…
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Using Google Chrome Extensions I have recently discovered Google Chrome Extensions, and wanted to share this as if you haven’t you may missing out on something that can save you a lot of time and energy. I just get so excited about stuff like this! “Productivity is key” As a Virtual Assistant, productivity is key…
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Guest Blogs by Joanne Manville Blog for PA Life Magazine – January 2016 In January 2016, I had a guest blog published in PA Life Magazine, an award winning publication for personal and executive assistants. PA Life asked me about starting my business as a Virtual Assistant and I really enjoyed writing the article. Guest…
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