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If you have set up your own business you may often suffer from impatience, wanting to get your name out there, wanting to grow your business.
Here are 5 great tips to help you set things up and bring you more business at low cost, before you start paying for pricey advertising campaigns.
Read MoreWe are a few days into 2020 and, energised by the holiday break, at this time of year our thoughts often turn to resolutions and goals for the coming twelve months. How will you make 2020 count? Could it be the year you launch your business or side gig? Will you undertake the entrepreneurial journey?
“Are you being held back by a lack of time or money? By fear, indecision, or a feeling of being selfish or an imposter?”
Read MoreAs we approach the end of the year many of you will be thinking whether 2020 will be the year you start a side gig or start your own business in earnest. In this post I interview Emily Woodhouse of Intrepid Magazine and we discuss business as a side gig, the motivation required, dealing with the biggest pain points, the importance of taking the first step, as well as plenty of good advice on starting your own business.
Read MoreThere is one giant hurdle which stops many an entrepreneur or small business owner from fulfilling potential. It halts progress, stalls the growth of business and can lead to the early demise of a good idea. That hurdle is often imagined but seldom attained. It is; perfection.
Read MoreCase studies are a great way to see how something can or could help you. I speak every day to prospective clients of ours about their business and how a virtual assistant can help them grow but there is nothing like peer reviews and in the case of business a good case study can really help you understand how something could also be applicable to your business.
Read MoreYou may know nothing about social media, you may not even care, and yet there is probably some part of you that feels like your business may be missing out on revenue if it does not have a well-curated presence on social media.
So here are a few tips on how to promote your business on Social Media.
Read MoreDo you have less time to market your brand (or yourself) than you would like? Most businesses cannot afford a “Marketing Team” so outsourcing provides the perfect way to get just what you need in each area of marketing and not a drop too much. This saves you money which you are better off using on your marketing spend.
Read MoreI am very happy to say that I will be a speaker at the forthcoming Casino Beats conference in which I will be part of a panel talking about mental health and the workplace.
I am passionate about finding a good balance and a positive working environment that allows people to flourish and work constructively even whilst under the natural stresses and strains of a high-paced industry
Read MoreIt doesn’t matter what you are doing, from a tech start-up to a vegan food site, it often all falls on you to do everything and your schedule can become crowded to say the least. All those time-consuming tasks, chores and admin that you may have never imagined… so here are 6 Tips to Manage a Hectic Schedule successfully and spend more time working ON your business and less time IN your business.
Read MoreAs HMOs have become less popular for investors and the challenges of managing serviced properties, especially on multiple locations, have come to the fore the need to outsource some of the associated processes and tasks has become paramount. A skilled Property Virtual Assistant can be the answer.
Read MoreThe biggest growth area for virtual assistant services has undoubtedly been in Social Media Strategy, content creation and management.
The most common request we get from clients is can we get a Social Media Virtual Assistant to help us manage our online presence, expand the channels we cover and optimise the way our brand is viewed… but, we have changed in the way we manage Social Media.
Read MoreIn the past I have suffered from burn out. I have been anxious, depressed, frustrated, overwhelmed by work. I have brought my work problems home which have had repercussions on my private life.
In the last 3 years I have found the way to manage this.
Read MoreAged 30, I was stacking shelves in a supermarket, having realised I had no interest in my original study path and subsequently failed to get anything else going. So what is the path to success?
Self-belief? Positivity? Planning?
Read MoreWhy are Social Media platforms always changing their image sizes?
It often feels like a chore to have to redo these things and, worst of all, often the networks themselves are not exactly forthcoming with the preferred dimensions.
So, in order to make your life slightly simpler we are offering you a simple clean guide to image sizes for the major social media platforms; Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube, LinkedIn (Business), LinkedIn (Personal) and Pinterest.
Read MoreIn the last video I gave some tips on working with remote staff but this time I am going to address directly working with a Virtual Assistant.
Again much (if not all) of this is transferable, so without further ado here are 5 mistakes to avoid when working with a VA.
Read MoreIn this week’s video I am going to talk about 10 tips for communicating with remote staff. Naturally these are relevant to our line of business - working with virtual assistants - but increasingly business is global and workforces are fragmented.
Many businesses are now not only feeling the benefits of working with VAs but also using outsourcing platforms such as Freelancer, People Per Hour and individuals and agencies across the globe to deliver tasks.
Read MoreBeing a small business owner has many perks. It puts you in charge of your destiny, gives you freedom, and can be more rewarding than any career you might have imagined for yourself. But what a lot of business owners will also admit is that this can come at a cost – pressure, responsibility, long hours that can all contribute to a lack of self care and potential mental health problems.
Read More"Oh being a photographer must be such a fun and cool job!". Sure, but when you get too immersed in doing boring tasks like meticulous post-editing or writing those marketing e-mails, a virtual assistant might just be the way for you to make life easier.
So here are 9 areas of work that a photographer can outsource to a VA.
Read MoreIn the last few weeks we have been working on differing social media and marketing strategies for 3 clients and given that Social Media was high on the list of New Year’s Resolutions I thought I would do a video with some quick tips.
As I mentioned I think there is a lot of angst around Social media in business because there is the perception that if you are not on every social media with your brand you are missing out on millions of clients. The truth is never that simple. So here are some tips on putting together a social media strategy.
Read MoreDo you feel like the only one who can complete your work? Do you think delegating is just more trouble than it’s worth?
If you answered yes to these, you are wrong. It is vital to growing your business and you can overcome your fear. In this week’s video I am giving 8 tips and strategies for delegating work more successfully.
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