For the Home Office crowd

The Home Office Warrior has gotten a new look and feel .  The on-line magazine for businesspeople who work from a home office has been given a face-lift to better fit its web magazine designation.  The new streamlined look and specialized departments are designed to better help the reader find exactly what they are looking for.  The [...]

How to ‘Hunker Down’; Business-Style

According to a USA Today article, small businesses in the U.S. are vulnerable should we encounter a recession.  The article states that small businesses are less able to weather a difficult economy than larger businesses due to a lack of financial reserves.  In order to combat the weakened economy, smart small businesses are streamlining their [...]

Dream Job

I had an appointment with my optometrist this morning.  His secretary began asking me the normal questions associated with a yearly visit.  Same address? Insurance?  Same employer?  At this last question of course I explained that I now owned my own business.  Being a polite woman, she asked what I was doing.  Her initial reaction [...]

Scam Artists and the Virtual Assistant

I suppose this post would apply to any freelance business owner, not just virtual assistants.  Taking on freelance jobs we open ourselves up to being targeting by scam artists.  Since we are generally contacted by potential clients asking us for more information, they tend to view us as easy targets. Take my experience this week [...]

Going Virtual: Sharing the Adventure- Part Four

I’ve spent the last three posts in this series explaining how I took a job that I used to do in the ‘traditional’ business world and made it work virtually. It was a lot easier than I originally thought it was going to be, thanks in large part to an open-minded, flexible client. If you [...]

The U.S. Military Embraces Virtual Assistance

If the US government sees the wisdom in Virtual Assistance,  don’t you think your business should too?   The unique, nomadic employment needs of military spouses has prompted the US military to provide training to spouses of enlisted persons to help them become Virtual Assistants.  The courses,  entitled Portable Career & Virtual Assistant Training Program™,  is [...]

Going Virtual: Sharing the Adventure- Part Three

I’m bringing you part three of my series sharing just how the client/virtual assistant relationship works in real life situation…my own.  If you missed Part One and Part Two go ahead and check them out to see how it all began.
In my prior business life, starting a new job always required a learning curve. Now as [...]