by Amanda Faramus | May 4, 2021 | A day in the life, Admin assistant, Business Support, Getting started, How to work with a VA, Manage time, Remote Assistance, Remote VA, VA, Virtual Assistant
When we’re on a Discovery Call with a new client, one question we’re asked most often is how time booked with a VA looks. It’s a great point – if you’re a small business trying to look after your pennies, how do you know whether you’re buying too much time, or...
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...
by Amanda Faramus | Feb 12, 2021 | Business Support, VA, Virtual Assistant
2021 marks 13 years since the doors opened at VA Agency, and what a ride it’s been! We’ve been getting some strange looks about celebrating being 13 (officially a teenager!) and thought we’d take a look at how and why a number can have such a bad reputation. Unlucky...
by Amanda Faramus | Jan 23, 2021 | Admin assistant, Business Support, outsourcing, Remote Assistance, remote team, Remote VA, team member, VA, Virtual Assistant
You’d think that we are all into the Working from Home groove by now, wouldn’t you? However, a straw poll of friends and acquaintances has made us realise that not everyone has it quite sussed out yet. Without wanting to sound smug, we’ve been working from home since...
by Amanda Faramus | Jan 14, 2021 | A day in the life, Admin assistant, business growth, Business Support, growth, outsourcing, Remote Assistance, team member, VA, Virtual Assistant
Have you ever wondered just what your VA gets up to when they’re not beavering away for you? It’s easy to imagine them sitting at their desk (rather like a robot), waiting to be assigned their next task, but the reality is really very different. We asked one of our...
