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 | 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...