Steps to Create Your VA Business Mission and Vision

by Tawnya Sutherland | Apr 19, 2016 | Getting Started as a VA

There are different reasons to create a business or mission statement for your service based Virtual Assistant business. Sometimes you are creating it to motivate yourself, your business partners and/or your stakeholders like your family. Other times you create a...

Do You Know Who Your Competition Is?

by Tawnya Sutherland | Mar 24, 2016 | Marketing

In order to create a better service based business you really need to know who your audience is and what they are all about. One of the easiest ways to find that out is by studying your competition since they deliver the same or similar services as you do. This due...

Outsourcing Strategies for the Virtual Assistant

by Tawnya Sutherland | Mar 9, 2016 | Tips & Goodies

You may have heard about outsourcing done by big companies. The same principles can work for smaller home-based businesses like a Virtual Assistant business that is in need of help. Outsourcing can be of great benefit when you are working by yourself. It is nearly...

When Should a Virtual Assistant Outsource?

by Tawnya Sutherland | Feb 17, 2016 | Tips & Goodies

In order to create a successful Virtual Assistant business, you must learn to outsource. By doing that, you can have your outsourcers to do the things you don’t do well, don’t want to do or who can simply do whatever you need done cheaper thereby saving you money....

Finding it Hard to Juggle Multiple Client Projects?

by Tawnya Sutherland | Dec 15, 2015 | Tips & Goodies

There are times when you will need to juggle many small client projects all at once. But, it’s not really that hard if you develop a system to keep organized, use the right technology for the job, and manage your time well. Know How Much Time You Really Have It’s very...