Category: VA Industry
Podcast About the Virtual Assistance Industry – Is it for YOU?
Last week I had the honor of joining Carmen Carrozza of Carrozza Associates on his Forward Motion podcast. Carmen and I talked about the Virtual Assistance industry, how I got into the business, what CyberCletch does, most importantly, how a virtual assistant can benefit you. You can download Carmen’s podcasts straight from his @MyForwardMotion twitter [...]
10+ Lessons from Vegas
This month I attended the Accelerate Live Workshops in Las Vegas. We stayed at the Stratosphere Hotel where I learned I have no desire to jump from 855 feet, even with safety lines. I was also reminded that spending several days with other business owners exchanging ideas and discussing solutions to struggles is a great [...]
Accelerate Live! Contest & Workshop in Las Vegas
Accelerate Live is a new conference imagined and brought to reality by two experienced entrepreneurs who have operated multi-Virtual Assistant companies for years. Pam Ivey and Kristi Pavlik are women who I consider friends and confidants. If I have business issues or problems, they are two of the first few people I would turn to [...]
The Many Faces of MIVA 2010
I just came back from the Michigan Virtual Assistance Conference held in Ann Arbor this year. It’s the third annual and the third gathering I’ve attended. A few of us met for dinner the night before and then the entire group gathered the following day to share information and learn from each other. There was [...]
Weekend Retreat
I am excited, overwhelmed and exhausted because my usual busy schedule is much more demanding since I am also trying to clean and prepare for a weekend of guests. I’ve invited my team for a weekend retreat at my house. My hope is that they walk away from their personal responsibilities for 24 hours and [...]
MIVA Conference 2009
I attended my second Michigan Virtual Assistants conference this month in Ann Arbor. I love this gathering because it’s small and intimate, we really have the opportunity to get to know the others in attendance. I spent the evening before and after in a suite with four women I got to know last June during [...]
Still Available: VA Blitz
Although the official VA Blitz day has come and gone, all three participating entities are still available to you. Yesterday several members from the Michigan Virtual Assistant Association (MIVA) spent the day in BIGGBY Coffee locations throughout Southeast Michigan. For a suggested donation to Operation Kid Equip (OKE) patrons could request a free 25 minute [...]
Desperately Seeking Susan or George or Annie or Marj…
I need a VA! Looking for a Virtual Assistant’s Virtual Assistant. The ideal candidate will be familiar with and have current programs where applicable: Real Estate Sites/drip email campaigns Constant Contact The Adobe Suite, particularly photoshop, indesign, dreamweaver, Acrobat (pdf creator) Microsoft Office Professional, particularly Publisher Familiar with Central Desktop and FreshBooks or at the [...]
FoVA: FUN o’ Virtual Assistants
The Forum on Virtual Assistance (FoVA) was a VA industry conference held at the Niagara Fallsview Marriott. It was several days of great information and networking with the best Virtual Assistants in the business. The video includes some fun outtakes from my flip camera taken during a wine tasting event at the Hilton. Since we [...]
Falling into FoVA
Last year I attended my first virtual assistant networking conference. I’ve been working in this industry a long time but never felt the need to connect with other Virtual Assistants. My business was successful, I had no time to spend on frivolous networking activities that would surely focus on how to get more business… which [...]
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