From the monthly archives:

August 2010

What’s Your Eat, Pray, Love Marketing Strategy? – Guest Blogger Laura West (@JoyfulBiz)

One of my favorite books is Eat, Pray, Love, and I was so excited to see the movie, which just came out. What made it a real treat was that I went to the opening day with a group of women from Ladies Who Launch. Afterward, we gathered together to discuss the movie and what it [...]

August 27, 2010 Continue Reading →

You Have Hired a Virtual Assistant and Delegated All Those Unwanted Tasks…..Now What?

You have finally taken the leap to hire a VA and delegate all your unwanted tasks. Now what do you do? It’s actually very simple. First, you sit down and enjoy the relief you feel from getting those things off your plate. Then, you get a pen and paper and begin asking yourself these questions: [...]

August 24, 2010 Continue Reading →

3 Ways Outsourcing Can Grow Your Business – Guest Blogger Kim DeYoung (@TheMetroMom)

When I’ve run my business completely solo, the stress I felt was palpable. I’d wake up in the middle of the night thinking about the small details of my business, and wondering how I’d get through them to make a dent in the more meaningful fun and revenue-generating projects . One of the biggest reasons [...]

August 20, 2010 Continue Reading →

How To Utilize Your Website To Build Credibility – Guest Blogger Jodi Crosby (@SmartVAforU)

Do visitors to your website feel they can trust you based on a visit to your site? Do you even have a website?  If the answer to either of these questions is “No”, then you need to focus on this aspect of your business immediately.  An effective website is the backbone of any small business [...]

August 18, 2010 Continue Reading →

4 Steps to Stay Cutting Edge – Guest Blogger Heather McMillan (@va_resource)

As a virtual assistant, it’s important for you to remember that there are thousands of us out there. So you need to make sure you are on the cutting edge of all the most in demand skills out there in order to attract successful clients (you want successful clients so they pay you long-term!). So [...]

August 14, 2010 Continue Reading →

Your Virtual Assistant Can Be Your Motivator and Daily Butt Kicker

Are there days you don’t feel motivated to take care of your business? Do you get stuck in a rut and need help pulling yourself together? Do you wish you had someone to consistently kick your butt into gear? Guess what? Your Virtual Assistant can do that even if you have a mentor, coach or [...]

August 10, 2010 Continue Reading →

If You Build it, Will They Come? Two Different Team Building Tactics – Guest Blogger Melanie Benson Strick (@melcoach)

Should you build your team now for the business you want later, or grow the business first and then add the team later? There are two schools of thought on how to get your team started.  Both have pros and cons. You have to decide what is most important to you based on your values [...]

August 5, 2010 Continue Reading →

The Joy of Exercising….Are You Kidding Me?

As many of you well know, I am a big advocate of self-care, which happens to include regular exercise. Regular exercise? Yuck! Well, I have to tell you a little story about my own self-care which includes regular and not-so-regular exercise. Over the past 2 or 3 years, I have been in and out of [...]

August 2, 2010 Continue Reading →