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21 Jul 2016

EU-U.S. Privacy Shield

European Commission launches EU-U.S. Privacy Shield Finally, the European Commission launches the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield, which has gone through a lengthy process to replace Safe Harbour. What was Privacy Shield again? Privacy Shield is supposed to put transatlantic exchanges of personal data for commercial purposes from Europe to the US on a new legal framework …

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4 Jul 2016

Clare Clarke – My Journey as a VA… So Far!

I first entered the world of ‘virtual’ business support in 2010, having started employment as an administrative assistant, up to PA to an HR Director and then moving into Project Management, spending 3 years as a Consultant PRINCE II Project Manager implementing HR and Payroll software for the likes of Starbucks Coffee Company and Whitbread …

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4 Jul 2016

UK Virtual Assistant National Survey v7

The latest UK VA survey launched this week – this contains all the data you need to write a new business plan or expand your existing business. Compiled by Society of Virtual Assistants, it acts as a snapshot of the industry, which is looking very healthy! With over 1,600 VAs currently working in the UK, …

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24 Jun 2016

What does Brexit mean for Virtual Assistants?

With the news breaking that the UK will leave the European Union what impact will this have on individuals providing freelance, remote and virtual assistant services? Ed Molyneux, the CEO and co-founder of FreeAgent (an accounting service for freelancers, so on the pulse of not just startup culture, but also those with less secure incomes) …

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22 Jun 2016

The Little Black Book of Virtual Assistants

I’m a VA and I’m looking for a Virtual Assistant who specialises in _______ to work with me on this latest project. A very similar statement to the one above was the subject of a recent discussion in our Virtual Assistant Facebook Group. The conversation continued with people adding to a ‘wish list’ of ways …

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2 Jun 2016

The 60 Second Content Marketing Quiz

So what’s this ‘content marketing’ buzz anyway? How do you rank in the Content Marketing world? Are you a Newbie, a Rookie, maybe a Ninja or even a Content Superhero? Take our 60 second quiz to see how your company measures up in the content stakes. Still a little unsure where to start with your …

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24 May 2016

Building an Inclusive VA Community

We’re a social bunch here at my VA company, we love meeting new and interesting people. We go out of our way to make sure we are continually growing both our personal and business networks. We make sure we’re at networking events, conferences, local, national (and even international) meetups. Heck, we even run some events …

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16 May 2016

my VA company Officially Launched

It’s happened… my VA company officially launched! Providing tools and services to help new and existing Virtual Assistants; launch, manage and maintain their company. At the recent Office* 2016 event held at Excel in London the team exhibited these tools and services. The exhibition stand was met with overwhelmingly positive responses from visiting delegates. The team chatted with …

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15 May 2016

North West VA Conference 2016

After the success of the inaugural NWVA Conference earlier this year and all the amazing feedback the organisers received, they are delighted to provide confirmed times and prices for the 2016 NWVA Conference. This years theme is #getconnected and the organisers will be providing speakers who can help you connect via all platforms including social …

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20 Apr 2016

VA Phone to Launch May 11 at Office* 2016

Many of us in the past, at one time or another have handed out our own personal number when starting up a business, because it was easy and quick. But now with the amount of sales calls bombarding people on a regular basis, an individual is more reluctant to hand out their direct number, unless …

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18 Apr 2016

Driving Traffic to your Virtual Assistant Website

Like anything new, getting the word out about your new company takes time. Fortunately with the way technology and the internet have evolved we are able to speed up the process by using platforms like; Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest and other social media networking sites. It’s important to build up your social media awareness early on, to …

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15 Apr 2016

VA Vouchers; promoting your VA company

VA Vouchers is a promotional website offering discounted codes on VA products and related services. It is also a great way to build inbound links to help boost traffic to your site or blog, increasing your SEO. It is part of the my VA company family, providing services and products for the virtual assistant industry. …

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