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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1. Be sure to always completely shut down Windows before turning off your computer. Don’t cheat by just hitting the power button because you are in a hurry. You can do a lot of damage to your hard drive.
2. Never unplug peripherals (printer, scanners, etc.) while they are powered up. Select remove hardware or unplug them when [...]
In case you haven’t heard, Office 2010 is in production and slated for release early next year. I was interested to read that there is a web-based version planned. I suppose Microsoft has finally heard about Cloud Computing.
So here we go again. How much will this upgrade cost, not only in cold, hard cash but [...]
One of the big buzz terms in the virtual world today is Cloud Computing. I saw a video on YouTube with a bunch of “people in the know” at the 2008 Web 2.0 conference talking about Cloud Computing. I came away with the feeling I had just been to a political convention listening to [...]
I’m going to make today’s post short and sweet – go check out Google Docs.
Ok, so let me elaborate a little:
1. It’s free
2. It allows me to easily manage documents with my clients
3. It allows me to easily access my work if I’m on a different computer.
4. It’s simple to use and fairly user friendly.
5. [...]
Only three you say? But that can’t be right, Contracts need to be long, detailed and steeped in legalese, don’t they?
Look, you are providing professional services, not buying the Brooklyn Bridge.
Grab the original work description that your client provided and the proposal that you prepared. Have any emails or notes from phone calls and any [...]
A relatively new technology buzz term is CMS - Content Management System. There actually isn’t anything new about CMS in terms of results. Content Management Systems are just new formats for things like office memos, brochures and other formats for sharing information.
CMS - A Beginner’s Definition
A relatively new technology buzz term is CMS - Content Management System. There actually isn’t anything new about CMS in terms of results. Content Management Systems are just new formats for things like office memos, brochures and other formats for sharing information.
Have you seen the movie The Italian Job? Ok, so you know the guy that hacks into the traffic light system so he can control the red and green lights? Yea, that’s what I always thought a hacker was - a bad guy who “hacks” into computer systems.
Well, it turns out - and maybe I’m [...]
I have been using computers since the first Commodore 64 hit the market. So that’s about 23 years. I went from that computer to a PC using DOS and then to Windows 3.0. My first Internet experience was via Prodigy and WordStar was the first Word Processing program I used. I never looked at a [...]
Article Marketing is a great way to inexpensively market your services. Sign up for my free Mini-Course -
Article Marketing - Your Virtual Handshake. Feel free to use it as a marketing piece with your own clients and prospects, too!
