Who doesn’t multi-task these days? In running your business, it’s either a gift you’re born with, or a demand you’ll have to delegate to an assistant. You may even be multi-tasking in areas you’ve never tackled before. While you may have hired many household tasks done in the past, more of us are repairing leaky [...]

Activities like sewing and knitting keep my design eye in tune. By spending some time daily on those pursuits, I believe I am keeping my instincts sharp. Then, when a client asks me to create a new web ad for them, I can tap into a creative process that I can rely on. I usually [...]

For 17 years I’ve been married to a wonderful man. Along with the marriage came some bonus kids, a house with no mortgage and innumerable other gifts. The yang to that yin is that we live next door to a very dilapidated, smelly mobile home. About ten years ago it was hauled away, only to [...]

I used to be a teacher; now I am a virtual professional. I used to be a runner and a backpacker; now I am a gramma who hikes a lot, camps in a popup camper rather than on the ground, and rides my bike with my grandkids. I used to sew most of my clothes. [...]

Most knitters strive for a balance within our works-in-progress (“WIPs”). This may reflect degree of difficulty or ease of transport, an important gift deadline… things like that. A large blanket which exceeds its project bag’s capacity, for example, has to stay at home. A pair of socks or a scarf, in particular those whose stitch [...]

Facebook just keeps changing. It can be very confusing to stay current with how things work and if you’re supporting clients who need help in this area, the onus is on you to spend considerable effort to stay on top of the latest changes to this ubiquitous social media. VAClassroom has made a big effort [...]

Brenna, my dear friend Christy’s little girl, uses this word for what you do on a backyard trampoline. You just go “boingy-boingy” for awhile and then you’re happy and life is good. These days we could all use a little more boingy-boingy. Or, in adult terms, a little more faith and optimism.

It’s a contemplative month for me. One child leaving home (for the second time), another well into adulthood and having a birthday, the holidays over, snow on the ground, work AND life to consider… So, enjoying a few dear minutes or so of absolute alone time today, I got a new client’s project proposal sent [...]

Found a quiet moment today to a. Meet up with AZVAs cohort Tara Fort for a coffee break with recent podcast contest winner Will Hepburn, owner of Hepburn Capital Management. (See our smiling faces below, during our lively conversation about business strategies over coffee at the Raven Cafe here in Prescott AZ.) b. Finish up [...]

My colleagues at VAClassroom are doing their own product launch right now: they have created a great new certification course for Virtual Assistants who’d like to work into the product launch arena. Here’s how to get on board: If you try it, I’d like to know how it works for you.