Virtual Assistant Survival School

Virtual Assistants At the Top of the Freelancer.com’s Fast 50

T.Marie Hilton — Thu, 09 May 2013 20:02:02 +0000

I was extremely excited to see the following statement in an April 25th, 2013 press release from Freelancer.com: BPO jobs boom as virtual assistants become mainstream for SMEs and entrepreneurs. Outsourcing basic administration tasks is rapidly becoming the norm for western small business, as SMEs increasingly become comfortable with accessing an online workforce. No longer the exclusive [...]

Did You Catch Episode #10 of Biz Buddies?

T.Marie Hilton — Tue, 07 May 2013 16:46:24 +0000

Biz Buddies #10: April 25, 2013 Show Notes Do traditional business cards and direct snail mail have a place in the Virtual Professional’s marketing tool box? Should you abandon these old school marketing methods for the new high tech methods? That’s what Episode #10 is all about. Tina and Vicki discuss: How important are traditional [...]

Setting Rates- Have You Got it All Wrong

T.Marie Hilton — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 15:45:25 +0000

Setting rates. It’s probably the number one question I see virtual assistants asking about. Some are new startups, others are struggling to find clients and still others are serving clients but starting to feel like they’re underpaid and overworked. If there was one thing I could yell at the top of my lungs to the [...]

Biz Buddies Episode #9: Are Your Clients Utilizing Your Skills?

T.Marie Hilton — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 15:30:18 +0000

Show Notes: Do your clients know about all of your services? Is it possible they are turning to someone else for services you offer simply because they aren’t aware you provide them? Are there services that they aren’t taking advantage of that could be helping their businesses? This month’s episode of Biz Buddies explores the [...]

What if Your Cloud Based Service Blows Away?

T.Marie Hilton — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 20:36:50 +0000

I don’t know about you, but I was not only surprised by Google’s latest decision to discontinue Google Reader, so were several of my clients. If you’ve been using cloud based services for awhile, especially free ones, you know that these things happen. But that doesn’t keep it from being an inconvenience or even a [...]

Could Yahoo’s New Telecommuting Ban Affect Virtual Assistants?

T.Marie Hilton — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 16:29:45 +0000

I’m sure you’ve heard, seen or read about Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer’s decision to end telecommuting, requiring all Yahoo employees to start showing up in the company offices this summer. I’m also sure you’ve heard arguments both for and against her decision. But does this have anything to do with virtual assistants individually and/or the [...]

Help for Virtual Assistants & Virtual Professionals, All Under One Roof

T.Marie Hilton — Sat, 02 Feb 2013 19:32:06 +0000

Hi Virtual Professionals; it’s been a month since the launch of the new Virtual Assistant Survival School format, and it’s kept me super busy. I’ve had some questions as to why I moved from the individual purchase format to the membership format. There were two main reasons. 1. Improved access to more material for virtual [...]

We’re Back!

T.Marie Hilton — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 17:08:55 +0000

I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday season! Vicki and I both enjoyed our Biz Buddies show hiatus, but it’s January and we’re back! And since January is Get Organized! month, we thought the perfect topic for this month’s show was “How to Organize Your Day“. I’ll admit, I think Vicki is much better at [...]

I’m super-excited…

T.Marie Hilton — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 15:28:04 +0000

I just wanted to tell you that I’m only flipping through the first section of the course, and what an EXCELLENT job you did! I’m super-excited… ~ Virtual Assistant Survival School Student Adrianne

Only a Few Days Left to Purchase Individual Learning Modules

T.Marie Hilton — Wed, 26 Dec 2012 14:12:32 +0000

As I mentioned in our November newsletter, Virtual Assistant Survival School is moving to a membership format to better be able to deliver the learning modules and continually add new material. Due to that format switch, the current material will be unavailable as of December 29th, 2012. The new Student Entrance Membership Area is scheduled [...]