Why you need a Virtual Assistant

If you are a freelancer or a small company, you often work 12-15 hour days to ensure that everything gets done.  Phone calls have to be made, bills have to be paid and the customers have be located to keep things going. Bob is working 12 hours a day to make a living for his wife, his children, and to afford shelter and food for his family.  He’s working hard because he loves his family and wants to make them happy.  Yet, his relationship with them is suffering because he’s working so hard he rarely gets to share a conversation or he’s missing the snuggle in bed for last story before bedtime. Enter a virtual[.....]

Review: PageOnce

PageOnce is an online personal assistant that let’s you input your contact information and then manage your financial, shopping, social media (yes, even Twitter) and email from one screen.  I signed up to give it a try yesterday after reading Mashable’s positive review.   Here’s a few points that are sticking with me thus far. First off, PageOnce doesn’t want to play nice with Firefox 3.  While I realize that FF 3 is beta, it is my choice of browser. It’s slowing down performance a great deal and beach balling when I attempt to open the tab that hosts PageOnce.  I’ve reported this as a bug. After I log in and get the tab working[.....]

Interview for Small Biz Survival

Becky McCray, known to me as a small town gal, interviewed me on how to find a virtual assistant that fits and what makes it work from a distance.  I had a lot of fun doing the interview and giving her readers some insight on how it all works. Be sure to read the followup post in Becky’s Small Biz 100 by Liz Strauss. Becky is an awesome person who likes to help others feel appreciated, thus she has Brag Basket on Fridays on her website.  It’s a great way to let someone know that they’ve helped you, give them a special shoutout or thank you. Thank you Becky for taking the time to talk[.....]