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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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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A new Virtual Assistant over on Virtual Assistant Forums posed these questions to experienced VAs and I thought I would share my answers with you. Even though I’ve been a VA for a few years and worked at home for a lot of years, I found this exercise very thought provoking. Whether you are an [...]
I’m a big fan of Copyblogger. I enjoy reading it and have learned a lot. One of my favorite contributing writers is James Chartrand of Men with Pens.
Yesterday James published one of the most thought provoking articles I’ve read in a long time - Why James Chartrand Wears Women’s Underpants.
It clearly struck a cord with [...]
I use Facebook more for fun than business but in today’s Social Media world it is sometimes difficult to separate the two. I think this makes Facebook’s new privacy settings even more important - don’t just take the default’s for granted.
For more on this, check out this article on Fast Company:
Facebook Privacy Update - Don’t [...]
I studied International Relations in College. And became a news junkie. When CNN was born, (did I just date myself or what?) I was thrilled! I could get all the bad news any time I wanted it. Drama on Demand.
Then some stuff happened.
9/11
The war in Iraq
And the Drama on Demand features of the Internet
And I [...]
If you have a blog, work on a client’s blog, or do any kind of affiliate marketing - here is the lowdown on the FTC’s new regulations.
The best description I have read was on Web2.0 Blog:
“Under the new rules, bloggers who endorse a product or service and fail to disclose to readers that they were [...]
I saw a commercial for a TV special about Sheryl Crow. It showed a snippet of an interview she had done and her words caught my attention. She started by saying something about people not remembering what you wore or what you said but then she said, “What’s important is that you make music you [...]
I’ve been following a discussion on Virtual Assistant Forums about meeting clients Face to Face. The consensus has been positive but I think we need to look at the negatives as well. Candy over on 2 Minutes with a VA did a post that focused on how to respond to clients who want you [...]
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Article Marketing - Your Virtual Handshake. Feel free to use it as a marketing piece with your own clients and prospects, too!
