I just found an excellent article about working from your home office written by Carolyn Kepcher, who was Donald Trump’s right-hand woman for a number of years, both in his company and on the Celebrity Apprentice television series until she left to start her own company. She started her new company by working virtually. We can all certainly relate to that!   Your Money columnist Carolyn Kepcher,...

As both a Web Developer and Virtual Assistant I am always on the lookout for automation tools. There are a couple of free tools that I use daily and want to share them with you.   The first one is a nifty little tool called “ShortKeys” which is intended for use with programs that allow text input such as a word processor, text editor, e-mail program, etc. It replaces a text string of up to 32...

Many of us are unintentionally lax with our personal information. Being lax with a client’s information can have devastating consequences for any Virtual Assistant. By being aware of personal and business personal information leaks, you can be proactive in protecting both yourself as well as your clients.   On a personal level, remember the last time you went to the doctor’s office and their...

Virtual Assistance is a fairly new administrative profession. Professional Virtual Assistants are micro business owners who provide administrative and personal support while working in a long-term relationship with a client or clients. The Virtual Assistance industry has gained so much traction in the past couple of years that the question these days is not “What is a virtual assistant, but rather,...