AZVAs Podcast 4: Professionalism In and Outside of the Office
June 2010 Podcast Program Notes
To listen, scroll to the bottom of this post. Just for you iPod users, AZVAs the Podcast is also found in the podcast directory at the iTunes Store (don’t worry, it’s free!). Here’s that link:
http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/blog-looseends-net/id355550315
This episode of AZVAs the Podcast is sponsored by Jeannine Clontz, owner of Accurate Business Services and Your Virtual Assistance Business Coach. (Scroll down to read more about our sponsor.).
Tara and I took this episode’s theme to heart and made sure that portions of it were recorded in numerous locations: her office, my office, a local restaurant, and in Phoenix Arizona. While we were out and about we had a terrific time and hope you’ll enjoy the varied locations, too. Contents:
- Discussion on the challenges and changing definition of professionalism whether in or outside the office.
- Our interviews with Jeannine Clontz, VA Biz Coach (and this month’s episode sponsor) and Jennifer Holstad of A Byte in Time.
- Our monthly listeners’ poll, asks: How do you cover your office when you are away?
- How to win coffee or tea on Tara and Katie: (a) comment on the show here (respond to our poll question, tell us something that helped, or didn’t, or what you’d like to hear next time), OR, (b) leave your comment over on the AZVAs FaceBook page, OR, (c) simply review the podcast when listening to it on iTunes)!
Episode Sponsor:
Jeannine Clontz, has owned her own successful virtual assistance practice since 1998. She’s an author, writer, speaker and VA Business Coach specializing in providing professional business coaching to established and start-up virtual assistants (VA’s).
After co-authoring the successful book, Entrepreneurial Freedom: How to Start & Grow a Profitable Virtual Assistance Practice, Clontz began focusing on mentoring VAs. In 2008, she established her VA Coaching practice to reach a larger number of VAs while sharing her valuable insights and coaching expertise to help VAs improve their business success.
She is an avid volunteer and has served the International Virtual Assistants Association for more than 10 years, including service as the Association’s Board President twice, initially in the 2005-2006 term and again in 2010-2011.
Her no-nonsense approach for helping virtual assistants be accountable to themselves and their businesses has been one of the milestones of her VA coaching success. Whether you’re looking for group coaching, one-on-one coaching, her 10-week training course (utilizing Entrepreneurial Freedom), or her products focusing on International business (Going Global) and setting up a Marketing Plan System, Jeannine Clontz, and Your Virtual Assistance Business Coach provide a ‘fresh perspective’ on your business.
She offers free information and resources through her website: www.VAbizcoach.com, a 2-month trial in her Elite Virtual Assistance Insiders group coaching program, a 1-month trial in her Virtual Assistance Coaching Club, and has an “Ask Your VA Business Coach” section on her blog, www.vabizcoach.com/blog/ask-your-virtual-assistance-business-coach, where you can get answers to those burning questions.
How you can be a part of AZVAs the Podcast!
Looking for a great way to get your business info in front of an audience of other small business owners, solopreneurs and VAs? You can be the subject of one of our interviews or sponsor an upcoming month of AZVAs newsletter & podcast? Click here to retrieve the details.
To receive an announcement by email when a new podcast is available, email ktcosmos@LooseEnds.net.
AZVAs the Podcast is produced by two VAs from Prescott Arizona.
- Tara Fort, owner of Versatility, provides “Virtual Assistance for the Real World,” and offers a complete range of deadline-driven, expert-level proofreading, copyediting, transcription and social networking services handled and delivered professionally and efficiently. With an eye for detail and a knack for consistency, Versatility will make your project one of perfection and pride.
- Katie Baird, owner of Loose Ends, harnesses her client’s particular talents and creative energies and provides web and social media support, layout and design services, and project management expertise. Katie is also skilled at bringing diverse groups together, think-tank style, to generate inspired solutions to challenges and discover new opportunities and directions.
Speaking of this, here are links to earlier AZVAs podcasts:
- Episode 3: Prepping to Attend Industry Events (April 2010)
- Episode 2: March 2010
- Episode 1: February 2010
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Comment // June 2nd, 2010 // 3:20 pm
When I leave my office on vacation in the summer, I tell my clients that I will be out of my office one day earlier then I really intend to leave because there is always that last minute project that a client absolutely has to have. When I do this, I can actually leave on the day and time I really wanted to. I also let them know that I have another VA that can handle their projects while I am gone and give them the contact information. Going to the IVAA Summit gives you the opportunity to meet other VAs in person and connect with them so you have more people that can be your backup person or help you with overflow work. I also leave a message on my phone that states the office is closed and will reopen on a certain date and that if their work cannot wait until the office reopens, they can contact the other VAs that I have lined up to handle my workload while I am gone. I may check my emails or phone messages while I am gone, but I will not do work as it is a family vacation. Thus, having other VAs lined up has helped with this.
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