Archive for July, 2007

Relocating Your Business: Interview with Amber Drake

Monday, July 30th, 2007

Amber Drake (caricature seen at right), owner of Essential Admin, and I became acquainted several years ago and have enjoyed a strictly email-based friendship since then. It was a great pleasure to meet up with Amber and some other Idaho VAs in person recently in Spokane.
Amber first captured my imagination when she took her business [...]

Making Your Business EcoFriendly Has Become Trendy

Friday, July 20th, 2007

Unlike some other faddish turns, this is a good trend.
IVAA pal Jill Chongva of Jill Chongva Design has launched a place to share and learn about how you can green up your work place. It just debuted this afternoon, so you can be among the first to contribute over at www.ecosavvybiz.com/. So, pull on [...]

Long Term, Low Volume Clients in Your VA Practice: A Conversation

Friday, July 20th, 2007

What do you do about the clients in your practice who don’t generate a significant volume of work?
When I opened up my Virtual Assistance practice in 1996, I admit I had no client screening instincts. I was just thrilled to land that first client, ANY client.
Years later, when I began envisioning my ideal client [...]

Client Spotlight Blogalogue: Larry and Julie Beaumont

Monday, July 16th, 2007

A few years ago while on vacation in Mexico, I conceived of a new, organic approach to finding clients. I decided to approach businesses that were doing things that really interested me and get acquainted with the owners or management.
No advertising, no direct mail, just a phone call or email to begin a conversation.
As a [...]

Relocating Your Business: Interview with Paula Williams

Saturday, July 14th, 2007

Some of us dream of packing up and moving somewhere new and different. I have a friend who lives and works on an island in the Carolinas and I sometimes envision myself there happily toiling away and being far more creatively productive just because I’m enjoying ocean breezes from my office window…
For those who actually [...]

Virtual Assistant Connections (VACs)

Thursday, July 12th, 2007

How about getting together for a latté?
In the Virtual Assistance community, members are encouraged to schedule meet-ups in their own region of the country or world.
Here in Arizona, a loose knit group of International Virtual Assistants Association members and non members hold informal gatherings every few months to exchange tips and just get [...]