This blog was originally published on the International Virtual Assistants Association website on March 17, 2014 at http://blog.ivaa.org/working-with-a-va/optimize-time-outsourcing-to-a-virtual-assistant Do you know you need help around the office, but aren’t sure where to start? Are you wasting time on tasks that consume valuable time when you could be meeting prospective clients, devising new marketing strategies, or developing…
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Dropbox
Dropbox is a great tool to increase productivity. Dropbox allows you to save and share files with your clients online. When you sign up you instantly get up to 2GB of free space (you can also buy additional space). I use Dropbox on my computer as well as my iPhone. The iPhone app helps you…
5 Things You Can Outsource to a VA
Do you know you need help around the office, but aren’t sure where to start? Are you wasting time on tasks that consume valuable time better spent meeting prospective clients, devising new marketing strategies, or developing new products? Stop wasting time! Your virtual assistant (VA), Invisible Business Solutions, is here to help. How? Here are…
Virtual Assistants Benefit Small Business
Companies have become more accepting of remote and mobile workers in recent years as online tools have made it easier to keep in touch with the home office and do clerical work remotely. Virtual assistants are a small but growing phenomenon at companies looking to minimize overhead. Because they are contractors, virtual assistants are paid…
Content Management Systems: Part 2
WordPress was our first venture into Content Management Systems (CMS), and it was a good introduction to the potential of a CMS. The main value of WordPress lies in its blogging features, because that is essentially its main function. Out of the box, WordPress comes with all the tools you need to get started with…
Content Managment Systems: Part 1
Content Management Systems (CMS) are some of the most commonly used web development tools. The value of a CMS is that it can put together a functioning, dynamic website in a few days. It writes code (e.g., HTML) and takes care of most of the heavy lifting involved in building a website. This can give…
Year End 2011
As we count down 2011, everyone is thinking about what is going to happen in 2012. I am definitely one of those people. Sometimes my mind just won’t shut off. I go to bed thinking about my business, my family, my friends, my dog :), and I wake up still thinking. I’m sure it’s…
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Be Prepared Posted on September 7, 2011 Over the last few days I’ve been around people who were not prepared for the events that were set to happen to them. They knew ahead of time what was coming, but were still not prepared for what was about to happen to their lives. They didn’t have…