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Life as a web developer can be tricky. When most of your time is spent sitting in front of a computer, good habits such as eating nutritiously, keeping up with a fitness routine, and even taking care of your mental health can fall by the wayside. However, making an effort to eat well, stay in …

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25 Nov 2019

6 Professional Development Resources for WordPress

No matter what job you have, there is always room for improvement. This is particularly true for WordPress professionals. Web development and design are constantly-changing fields, and the second you learn one method of doing things, another technique is introduced. This type of ever-evolving environment is exciting, but it can also be challenging and, at …

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30 Oct 2019

What to Do When a Client Leaves You Negative Feedback (5 Key Tips)

You work hard to deliver products and services your customers will be happy with. So it can be frustrating when a client voices their dissatisfaction. More importantly, negative comments could make other potential customers reconsider working with you. However, there are appropriate ways you can go about handling this feedback. With a few simple strategies, …

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14 Oct 2019

Freelancer vs. Agency Developer: Which Path Is Best for You?

As a web developer, your skills are in high demand in today’s job market. More companies are making e-commerce and mobile marketing a priority, and it’s creating an abundance of work opportunities. However, the more career options you have, the more difficult it can be to decide which is right for you. Two of the …

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8 Oct 2019

How to Use Image Processing to Optimize Your Photos and Maximize Performance

In this post, we’ll help you get acquainted with image processing and how it can benefit your website’s performance

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5 Jun 2017

Essential WordPress Plugins for Virtual Assistants

Our team at assisted.by specialise in WordPress development. This means we spend a lot of time with WordPress plugins, when we can’t find what we need we’ll build our own. When setting out to develop your own Virtual Assistant website you want to ensure you are using well coded, efficient, secure and maintained plugins. Over the …

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19 Apr 2017

The UK Virtual Assistant Slack Team

Slack: Be less busy. The Slack tagline, it’s short and sweet but wow is it a bold statement. The incredible part….it’s actually true (at least that’s our experience but don’t just take our word for it there’s this too). For those of you that haven’t met Slack before, let me introduce you. Slack is an open communication …

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6 Jan 2017

MailChimp Subscriber Popup

How to help build your email list with MailChimp Subscriber Popup. We’ve been looking at list building, specifically subscribers to our online Virtual Assistant magazine; VA Life. So I thought I’d share a MailChimp tip that we use to help grow our subscription list. You will have noticed a popup when you visited this site inviting you …

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15 Dec 2016

13 Easy Ways To Speed Up WordPress

WordPress is a great platform. Having said that without proper care and attention it can become quite slow. If you don’t take the right precautions, you could end up with a site that’s not only a hassle for visitors but will cause you to lose subscribers and customers. In this post, I’ll cover some of …

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10 Sept 2016

Smarter Networking Without Business Cards

So you walk into the room, within the first five minutes you’ve collected half a dozen business cards already, and they all came with the promise of something great! The issue is; the humble business card is a tool, and a simple one at that, for sales / marketing, and, like any tool, it should be used …

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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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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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How to Stay Healthy as a Web Developer (6 Tips and Tricks)

6 Professional Development Resources for WordPress

What to Do When a Client Leaves You Negative Feedback (5 Key Tips)

Freelancer vs. Agency Developer: Which Path Is Best for You?

How to Use Image Processing to Optimize Your Photos and Maximize Performance

Essential WordPress Plugins for Virtual Assistants

The UK Virtual Assistant Slack Team

MailChimp Subscriber Popup

13 Easy Ways To Speed Up WordPress

Smarter Networking Without Business Cards

UK Virtual Assistant National Survey v7

The Little Black Book of Virtual Assistants