Are you a new Virtual Assistant?

If you are a new virtual assistant and a seasoned professional virtual assistant (VA) offered you overflow work, would you accept it? After reading my friends post I couldn’t believe that new VA’s would turn down the opportunity to work along the side of a VA who would even pay you to learn!
Having worked with a professional VA [...]

Mistakes New Virtual Assistants Make

Here is a list of some of the mistakes that new virtual assistants make:
(These are in no particular order)
1. Not having a business coach or mentor. This is a MUST for any home-based business, you can not put a value on a coach/mentor!
2. Not joining a mastermind group. The value of a like-minded group of [...]

Do you “Twitter”?

I’m new to Twitter but so far it’s so fun! http://www.twitter.com
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so.addVariable(“color1″,color1);
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Interviewed on a Podcast!

Hello! I’m so excited! I’ve been a virtual assistant (VA) since late November 2006 and business has consistently evolved for me. I have had my first Podcast interview with Michelle Waters from Watersweb Solutions LLC, to learn more about Michelle and her services visit her website at http://www.michellewatersonline.com
As all VA’s know, it’s really imperative for [...]

My other blogs

Here is a list of my other blogs, just incase you wanted to know more about me :0)
Stephanie Fish, Buckeye VA
www.buckeyeva.com
http://foreverintheheart.blogspot.com/

Virtual Assistant 101

This is my personal list of “must-have’s” when starting your own Virtual Assistant business. *please note, that I am not as experienced as a lot of VA’s but I’m learning everyday! So there is hope for me yet:0)
1. Forums: find as many VA forums as you can and read! Read as many posts you can [...]