The Virtual Assistant Blog
Helping business owners run a successful business
How virtual admin support can streamline your business processes
Managing the admin for a small business can take up so many hours that you’re left wondering when you can actually fit in winning clients and doing the work you need to. Streamlining your processes and bringing in virtual admin support could help you to be more...
11 ways small businesses can improve task time management and productivity
mall businesses often have to juggle lots of tasks with limited resources, making time management a critical factor in achieving productivity and success. By understanding how to improve task time management, small business owners can streamline operations, reduce...
Social media strategy planning – our guide to success
Having a social media strategy plan is particularly helpful for small businesses, who don't have the resources to launch traditional (and extremely expensive) advertising campaigns. Advertising online has become an excellent and very simple way to reach a huge...
Bookkeeping help for small business – which solution is best for you?
Bookkeeping is an essential business task, helping you to keep track of your finances and support good business operation. In this blog, we look at the need and various options for finding bookkeeping help for small business success. What's in this blog? Why do you...
Blog content for marketing – Things to do before you write
Blogs are an extremely valuable way to demonstrate your skill and capability, helping you to drive traffic to your website and establish your business as a credible option for customers. But in order to really make this content for marketing your business work hard...
10 everyday tasks that a virtual assistant for entrepreneurs knows will slow your growth
 In today's fast-paced world, entrepreneurs wear many hats. You juggle business development, operations and a large number of administrative tasks that can often seem endless. Time, your most valuable asset, becomes stretched, leading to an inevitable compromise on...
Why blog for your business?
This isn’t the first article you’ll read about why you should blog for your business, and it probably won’t be the last. But it might be the one that makes you think about it all a bit differently. There’s certainly no shortage of blog content online. It’s the way...
What’s the true cost of employing experienced support staff?
If you’re thinking about recruiting experienced support staff for your business, take a step back first. Why? Because the cost is probably far higher than you expect. Only if it’s worth the cost to your business should you forge ahead with bringing someone on board –...
Air travel tips from a travel planning virtual assistant
Whether you’re a regular flyer, or an occasional business traveller, you’ll benefit from a few hints and tips on how to fly with less hassle. The airport environment can be pressurised, so if you have a few tricks from a seasoned travel planning virtual assistant up...
Running a small business from home – 6 top virtual assistant tips
Home working has grown in popularity over the past 10 years, with an estimated 3 million people running a full-time business from home – more when you include people who run part-time online businesses. Here, we share our top virtual assistant tips on how to be...
How to run an effective time management diary
Time is money, and for no one is that more true than time starved entrepreneurs. Creating and maintaining an effective time management diary can be the difference between success and failure. As an entrepreneur, from the moment you step out of bed, how you spend your...