by Amanda Faramus | Apr 15, 2024 | Admin assistant, business growth, Business Support, Give back time, How to, How to work with a VA, Manage time, Remote VA, team member, time management, Uncategorized, VA, Virtual Assistant, Work practices
Global events have made everything feel overwhelming over the last few years, and it’s a small wonder we’re not all curled up in a ball under our desks hiding from the world. For a lot of people, a coping mechanism has been to throw themselves into work – especially...
by Amanda Faramus | Feb 28, 2022 | Admin assistant, Business Support, Give back time, How to, Manage time, Remote VA, time management, Uncategorized, VA, Virtual Assistant, Work practices, Working practice
Multi-tasking – it’s a popular myth. For too long it’s been perpetuated that the only way to get things done is by trying to do them all at once. Take it from me: it doesn’t work. More than once I’ve found myself counselling colleagues and associates who are...
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 | Dec 7, 2021 | Admin assistant, remote team, Remote VA, team member, Uncategorized, VA, Virtual Assistant
Well, we’re firmly into the festive season! Everywhere you look there are teams celebrating their Christmas parties, but how do you have a Christmas party when you’re a virtual office of one? When you’re a virtual assistant it can sometimes feel like the outside world...
by Amanda Faramus | Nov 15, 2021 | Admin assistant, Business Support, Remote Assistance, remote team, Remote VA, team member, Uncategorized, VA, Virtual Assistant, Work practices, Working practice
A couple of weeks ago, one of my worst (business) nightmares came true: my website went down, taking my email with it. This wasn’t just a small technical gremlin: my domain had expired, and reminder emails had been sent to an address I no longer had access to. The...
by Amanda Faramus | Oct 25, 2021 | Admin assistant, Remote Assistance, Remote VA, team member, VA, Virtual Assistant
We’ve all got a horror story, haven’t we? That nightmare client or employee, the thought of whom still brings you out in a cold sweat. In the spirit of Hallowe’en we thought we’d go around the fire and share our favourite chilling tales from the world of work… names...
