The #1 Quality I Value in a Virtual Assistant
I was doing a Wise Help Session last week to help a realtor get clear on his needs for working with a VA, and he asked me a terrific question that, I was stunned to realize, I’d never been asked before. He wanted to know what I consider to be the most important...Systems, Processes, and Automation: Your New Biz Besties
I was talking last month with one of my newer clients, discussing arrangements for a teleseminar he was preparing. He uses one application to manage the registrations, another to facilitate the delivery of his program, and an email marketing program to do the...Virtues of Laziness: Confessions of a Reformed Worker Bee
Like many of us, I grew up with the virtue of hard work extolled endlessly in a never-ending refrain. I come from an immigrant family so the classic narrative of starting from nothing and toiling away in order to claw one’s way up the ladder of success is practically...Bookkeeping Tools That Help You Budget Your Biz!
It’s beyond important to understand the importance of a budget and why you need one. If you don’t feel clear about that, or if you have one and hate the thought of doing a review, reading this should help. Clear now? Great. Because I want to talk about some tools to...Collaborating and Communicating With Your Virtual Assistant
When you decide to partner with a virtual assistant, you’re likely to already feel overwhelmed. Along with that, often comes a tendency to feel vulnerable about sharing your “stuff” with someone you barely know. It can be scary to admit that you don’t have it all...Gift-giving 2016: Fresh Ideas to Wow A Special Client
With Thanksgiving behind us, many of us will turn our attention today to finding and sending gifts to clients and valued business contacts. Because it can be a challenge to find things that are different and special, easy to order, and allow us to stay within a...You Can Put Family First and Still Have an Amazing Business
To an outsider, owning your own business can seem like a dream. You can set your own hours. You don’t have a boss to whom you must answer. You have unlimited abilities to earn income, to provide a better way of life for yourself and for your family. Furthermore, you...Big Benefit: A VA Who Stands for You
An important thing to know about working with an AssistU VA is that we’re all taught the concept of “standing for the client.” Let’s define that. Who wouldn’t want someone on the team with that attitude? When you’re the client, this might...Financial Advisors: Why Doing it all is Doing a Disservice
I’ve always wanted to help people. After working a number of years in retail and banking, I spent 18 years working for a financial planner who was also a registered investment advisor, and loved the way he made a difference in the lives of his clients. Wanting to do...
Welcome! Whether about relationships, or productivity, if it has to do with some aspect of working with VAs, we're writing about it.
And, if you have a question you'd like to see us write about, feel free to email it to us: hq@assistu.com.
If we're not able to use it for the blog, we'll be sure to send you the answer to your question privately!
We hope you visit often!