As sophisticated as the Internet community undoubtedly is, it’s still amazing to see that online file sharing is in its relative infancy. Think about it for a moment. Unless you’re actively involved in using some of the latest solutions and tools to share files with others, you might immediately think of “e-mail” whenever it’s time to forward a particular data file, photos or some other material to somebody else. Yet e-mail is a notoriously inefficient way to send files and ...
Read MoreHow To Collaborate On Documents Over The Internet With Your Virtual Assistant
Posted by: Alison Cooper
Technological developments have been fast and furious in the past few years. We are seeing an unrivalled ability to communicate effectively and to collaborate in order to make sure that projects are completed on time and with great efficiency. It’s not too much of an overstatement to say that the world has shrunk before our eyes. Not that many years ago it would be inconceivable to think about actively collaborating with a Virtual Assistant who may be half ...
Read MoreHow To Collaborate On Projects With Your Virtual Assistant Over The Internet Using Project Management
Posted by: Alison Cooper
The success of any business is almost always based on an element of collaboration. While every small business owner will attest to the fact that they are occasionally called upon to be the ‘head cook and bottle washer’ at the same time, you can only achieve real success if you delegate and rely on people who are competent and skilled at their particular vocation. Whenever a project kicks off it’s important that everybody is on the same page and understands ...
Read MoreWhen You Finally Realise That You Are Wasting Your Time, What Are You Going To Do?
Posted by: Alison Cooper
We are seeing an explosive growth in the number of people who want to take their own future in their hands and set out on their own, to become an entrepreneur. Undoubtedly, this has been fuelled in large part by the recent economic downturn and the huge number of layoffs in supposedly “cast-iron” industries. No longer could you rely on a job for life and the slow realisation that nobody’s job was secure anymore prompted many to sit up and ...
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There is scarcely a business task that cannot be outsourced to a virtual assistant. This is particularly true when it comes to marketing and promoting a business. Marketing is of course the lifeblood of any organisation and cannot be ignored, even when times are lean. The company that is not focusing on marketing is essentially falling backward when compared to its peers and opponents.
There are so many different facets to marketing, yet it’s essentially about that all-important USP, ...
Read MoreAt one time, less than 50% of typical business owners maintained an online presence, but this situation is rapidly changing. In most recent times the financial downturn forced business owners to look into alternative ways of enticing customers to consider their products and services. Conventional methods of marketing didn’t seem to be working as well anymore, if at all. Yet those who kept a keen eye on business trends soon realised that online marketing by itself was not showing anywhere ...
Read MoreIn virtually any business the cost of manpower is dominant. Did you know that it could represent as much as 80% in some cases? Yet business owners are often faced with a quandary. They know that taking on manpower is a considerable challenge and that there are many added costs, yet they understand that skilled labour is absolutely essential if they are to expand as they want. Quite simply, they cannot achieve what they need to achieve without the “right ...
Read MoreMy days usually start early. Right now it’s 0752 and I’ve had an idea for a blog post (this one!). I’ve a busy day today. I’ve a mixture of client work and I need to ‘work on the business’.
At the moment I’m thinking of changing my website. The last change must have been, oh, all of six months ago, but I’m bored of it already. My site is WordPress, and the beauty of WordPress is that ...
Read MoreIt’s no secret that we have been embroiled in one of the most difficult business climates in history. Although we had, prior to that, prided ourselves in our ability to be competitive, technologically astute and ready to take on the business world, we all learned some very swift and harsh lessons. No sector of the business environment was spared and we all found that we had to practice a little bit more of that essential business attribute, being able to ...
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