Archive for August, 2007



Are Men Happier People?

Published on August 31, 2007

I’m sorry I haven’t blogged lately. I’ve let life get in the way and this got pushed to the back burner.
I just received this from my husband in an email and I just had to share. I think my favorite one is “Wrinkles add character.” Why is that?
Are men happier than women? Can we be [...]


Coaching and Mentoring for New and Aspiring VAs

Published on August 22, 2007

My wonderful coach and friend, Suzanne Evans, and I were talking about where do I go from here? What’s next for me now that my client roster is full! We began to come up with some ideas and we have decided to collaborate on a new venture. I’m so excited to announce the formation of [...]


What’s Next When Your Business is Full?

Published on August 20, 2007

Well, I’ve had an amazing thing happen to me. My VA practice is full at this point. It’s a wonderful feeling, but brings up a whole new set of issues. What’s next?
As business owners, we want to continue growing and serving our clients to the best of our ability. As our practice fills, our next [...]


Havoc in your Life

Published on August 16, 2007

I wrote this a while back, but thought it bears repeating.
In today’s world, we are all busy, busy, busy. We work 60+ hours per week; we respond to our emails; we network; we market; we take the kids to soccer; we clean the house and do a load of laundry; we cook dinner; we read [...]


Change Your Focus, Multiply Sales – by Silver Rose

Published on August 13, 2007

As you know, I try to advertise the free teleseminars that the VACOC hosts each month. This month’s speaker had to cancel at the last minute, so they have had to scramble and find someone else to replace him. I think you’ll be pleasantly pleased with what they’ve come up with. Here is the [...]


Help to Shape the VA Industry

Published on August 10, 2007

If you are a VA, you don’t want to miss this amazing survey that the VACOC is conducting. By participating in this survey you become part of the VA history and play an instrumental role in helping us make Virtual Assistance a household term. Please pass [...]


Finding your Target Market

Published on August 8, 2007

We have been discussing our target market, how to find it, how to know who to target, etc. over at the VACOC recently. Here’s what I wrote about how it came about for me to be working with coaches and consultants.
I’m sure each person can tell their own story about how they found their target [...]


HyperOffice

Published on August 6, 2007

A while back, I had told you about a seminar that the VACOC was hosting for HyperOffice, a new program designed to help solve problems of sharing contacts, calendars and project management over various platforms and in virtual locations.
I am now in the process of testing this program out with some of my clients. If [...]


What Happens After you Reach your Goal?

Published on August 3, 2007

I’ve had an amazing thing happen to me. I have a full practice. I never thought it would happen this quickly and I’m overwhelmed by what it means.
When I decided to become a VA, and I started learning all I could about what it takes to be successful, one of the things I heard over [...]