by Amanda Faramus | Jun 13, 2024 | Admin assistant, business growth, Business Support, Give back time, growth, How to work with a VA, Manage time, outsourcing, time management, Uncategorized, VA, Virtual Assistant, Work practices, Working practice
…Have you ever told someone that something will only take five minutes, when the reality is that it’s actually a 4-hour job?! We’ve all been there, haven’t we? Completely underestimating how long something is going to take – whether that’s because we keep...
by Amanda Faramus | Mar 22, 2022 | business growth, Business Support, How to, Manage time, outsourcing, Procrastinating, remote team, team member, time management, VA, Virtual Assistant, Virtual Assistant Community, Work practices, Working practice
Have you ever sat down at your laptop, looked at your to-do list and just… frozen? And then looked at the clock, discovered it’s an hour later, and you’ve achieved nothing? You wouldn’t be alone. I don’t think there’s a person out there who hasn’t been a victim of...
by Amanda Faramus | Jan 18, 2022 | Admin assistant, business growth, Business Support, Getting started, Give back time, growth, How to, How to work with a VA, Manage time, outsourcing, Remote Assistance, remote team, Remote VA, team member, Uncategorized, VA, Virtual Assistant, Work practices, Working practice
If the idea of hiring a VA appeals to you, but you’re not sure how they could work with you, perhaps it’s time to reframe the question and think about what it is you actually want or need to achieve. I always encourage prospective clients to look at their to-do list...
by Amanda Faramus | May 25, 2021 | Admin assistant, Business Support, Getting started, growth, outsourcing, Remote Assistance, Remote VA, Uncategorized, VA, Virtual Assistant
If you follow us on Instagram, you’ll have ‘met’ some of our Associates already, in last year’s Meet the Team series. But whilst that gave you the ‘who’ of our team, it didn’t necessarily give you the ‘why’ – the reasons our team became VAs and love what they...
by Amanda Faramus | Mar 25, 2021 | Admin assistant, business growth, Business Support, Give back time, Manage time, outsourcing, Remote Assistance, remote team, Remote VA, team member, VA, Virtual Assistant
Congratulations! You’ve finally admitted that yes, actually, you might need some assistance, please. Quite possibly more than a bit. Your to-do list is now longer than War and Peace, you don’t know what a CRM is, but you know you need one, and you’ve switched off the...
by Amanda Faramus | Mar 5, 2021 | Admin assistant, Business Support, Give back time, Manage time, outsourcing, Remote Assistance, Remote VA, VA, Virtual Assistant
“Time is more valuable than money. You can get more money, but you cannot get more time.” – Jim Rohn. A few years ago, an acquaintance asked me if I would do some consultancy for his start-up, for free. Remembering how many people had helped me when my business...
