Hello, my name is Sandra and I am proud to be a Professional Virtual Assistant! I have worked in the Virtual Assisting Industry as an independent VA and through a Virtual Staffing Agency (VSA). I have done Sales and Customer Service for a VSA and I have been a client with a VA Team of my own. I've seen it from every angle! I have developed a passion not only for this industry but also for mentoring and training women who want to have successful VA Businesses.
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On New Year’s Eve I posted my first video on this site.
Why?
Because video is an excellent bridge between the “real” world of business and the “virtual” world of the internet.
Because video brings your business (and you) to life.
Because video makes it real.
I firmly believe that businesses that use video not to sell, but to build [...]
The case against office hours, answering the phone, checking email and instant messaging.
I’m willing to bet that most entrepreneurs go into business so they can do what they want when they want. It’s not the only one but I’m sure it’s in the top 10. I’m also willing to bet that you are one of [...]
A little humor to start off the week!
Kevin Spacey teaches David Letterman about Twitter
Flutter - the new Twitter
Or - The Reinvention of Zig Ziglar’s Automobile University
I am a life-long learner. Are you? You should be. Everyone should be. And in this age of rapidly evolving playing fields you can’t afford not to be.
I’m a big fan of Zig Ziglar. Zig is “the man” as far as I’m concerned. The quintessential motivator. One [...]
The internet has leveled the playing field in many ways - the barriers to entry are nearly non-existent, allowing anyone with a computer and a thought to find an audience. There are a lot of good things about this but of course, there are some precautions that you need to take to protect those thoughts.
I [...]
Should Your Clients Outsource Their Social Media Networking?
There is a lot of discussion regarding outsourcing social media work on both Virtual Assistant forums and blogs as well as Internet Marketing and Entrepreneurial sites. I’ve been mulling this topic over for awhile and here is my take on it.
What helped me to sort it all out [...]
This article on Fast Company raises so many important issues:
What are your whys?
Is it necessary to work 8 hours a week to get ahead?
Do you get more (productive) work done in less time when you only work 40 hours (or less)?
Are you working to make a living or working to make a life?
I was [...]
Ah, a new year! A time for reflection upon the last and looking forward to the new. This year I’m keeping my resolutions and goals simple.
Several years ago I stumbled across this poem. I used to read it every morning but somehow got out of the habit. This year I’m getting back in that habit. [...]
WooHoo! I followed Eleanor Roosevelt’s advice and I did the thing I feared - I made a video.
What a great way to end 2009 and here’s to a wonderful, fun and prosperous 2010 - for all of us!
~Sandra
Movie Mogul in the Making!
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This article was inspired by Jon Morrow’s post, On Dying, Mothers, and Fighting for Your Ideas, on Copyblogger - thank you Jon and Jon’s Mom for your courage and determination.
It’s been 10 days since my furnace thermostat shot sparks and smoke at me and the furnace breathed it’s [...]
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