Outsourcing For Growth

April 18, 2011

What can be gained from outsourcing?  You would be right in thinking there must be many benefits with outsourcing appearing in the business pages again recently, and on and off for the past year or so. But is it just a way to save money, or can it bring so much more? It seems whatever [...]

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The BIG Jelly

April 3, 2011

It has been just over a week since I attended the inaugural BIG Jelly organised by the team at UK Jelly.  For those of you who aren’t familiar with the concept of Jelly it is an informal co-working event where freelance, home-workers, small and micro businesses can come and work together, chat, and get out of [...]

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Should Your Niche Be Your Best Friend?

April 1, 2011

Niche. It seems to be the magic word in business. “What is your niche market?”, “You’ve found a niche there”, “Great niche!”. If you are a service provider as opposed to a retailer, have you a niche, and if so where did you find it, and actually, do you think you need it? Throughout a phase [...]

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Le Manoir Aux Quat’Saisons

March 22, 2011

In September 2009 a friend and I treated ourselves to Lunch at Raymond Blanc’s Le Manoir. It was absolutely fantastic.  After visiting I wrote this post for an old blog I once had, but watching Raymond cooking in the kitchens of Le Manoir on Kitchen Secrets has reminded me of this special occasion so I [...]

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Feeling The Squeeze

March 7, 2011

In these current economic times, it can be the small businesses that suffer the most. Letting permanent staff go can leave a huge gap that a lot of work can fall down very quickly. Working with a virtual assistant (or VA) can help by keeping the administrative and office management side of your business ticking along [...]

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Spring Into Action!

March 1, 2011

Thinking about business support but not sure it’s right for you or your business? Unsure how virtual assistance works in practice, and don’t need the extra hassle to you, or your clients, if it doesn’t work? Do you have lots of questions, but don’t want to bother me? Throughout March I am offering a FREE [...]

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Do Virtual Miles Matter?

February 21, 2011

“Virtual Assistants can work with anyone, anywhere” is something you will often hear if you’re researching virtual assistance. Indeed this statement is true. I know fellow VAs who work with clients as far a field as Australia and America, and others who support a business a stones-throw from their home office. With so much talk [...]

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Helping Businesses Blossom

February 13, 2011

Emma Jones at Enterprise Nation has started Business in Bloom. A new initiative to give budding entrepreneurs the chance to start and grow successful businesses (500,000 in fact!).  Emma and her team have been a great inspiration to many new business owners (including me) by offering help, support and opportunity, and this is just another [...]

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Virtually Inaccessible?

February 12, 2011

One of the barriers I am breaking down as I market Virtually Does It is one of accessibility. There seems to be a hesitation that because a VA will not be sat in the same office as their client (like a traditional PA would with their boss), they will be inaccessible. I’d like to quash [...]

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Working 5-9: How to Start a Business in your Spare Time (May 2010)

February 2, 2011

Enterprise Nation’s book focuses on building a business in parallel with a ‘day job’.  The book profiles a range of ’5-9ers’ and their businesses from homemade gifts, to pig farmers, and of course virtual assistants!  I was honoured to be featured in the book. The book is available here and is a great inspiration to [...]

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