โ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐„๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ ๐๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐จ ๐Œ๐š๐ฑ๐ข๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ž ๐„๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ฒโž

What is my greatest asset as a virtual or freelance assistant? My 25+ years of professional experience and my passion for what I do. One of my clients hired me…

Continue Readingโ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐„๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ ๐๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐จ ๐Œ๐š๐ฑ๐ข๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ž ๐„๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ฒโž

โ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐•๐ข๐ซ๐ญ๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ ๐€๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐ญ: ๐“๐ž๐ฆ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐’๐จ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐ซ ๐‹๐จ๐ง๐ -๐“๐ž๐ซ๐ฆ ๐’๐ฎ๐œ๐œ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌโž

Can a virtual assistant replace a permanent assistant? Some people think that it is not possible, because being in the same company for many years gives you the advantage of…

Continue Readingโ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐•๐ข๐ซ๐ญ๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ ๐€๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐ญ: ๐“๐ž๐ฆ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐’๐จ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐ซ ๐‹๐จ๐ง๐ -๐“๐ž๐ซ๐ฆ ๐’๐ฎ๐œ๐œ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌโž

โ๐๐š๐œ๐ค ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐คโž

...after almost three weeks of intense travel through Japan, the land of the rising sun. And it's true: the sun woke me up every morning. Germany greeted me with rain…

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โ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐œ๐ฅ๐จ๐œ๐ค ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ .โž

IMA International Annual Conference 2023 in Cape Town: A must-attend learning and networking opportunity. Connect with management support professionals from different industries, cultures and backgrounds - build valuable relationships that…

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โ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐๐ž๐ญ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ : ๐๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐’๐ฎ๐œ๐œ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌโž

Networking has always been very important to me. Networking is not a one-way street. It is a give and take. Involvement in my network was and is key for me.…

Continue Readingโ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐๐ž๐ญ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ : ๐๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐’๐ฎ๐œ๐œ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌโž

โ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ž๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฏ๐š๐ฅ๐ฎ๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ญ.โž

Says Sophie Bertin, CEO and founder of Serapy AG, who I am helping to build her start-up. Serapy has developed a cool gamification platform that offers customised compliance trainings that…

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โ๐ˆ ๐š๐ฆ ๐ฌ๐จ ๐ ๐ฅ๐š๐ ๐ฐ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐ž๐š๐œ๐ก ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ.โž

This is what my client wrote at the end of her email to me. She is a solopreneur and used to do everything herself. However, she is not happy becauseโ›”…

Continue Readingโ๐ˆ ๐š๐ฆ ๐ฌ๐จ ๐ ๐ฅ๐š๐ ๐ฐ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐ž๐š๐œ๐ก ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ.โž

โ๐”๐ง๐ฅ๐จ๐œ๐ค ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐›๐ฒ ๐Œ๐š๐ฑ๐ข๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐“๐ข๐ฆ๐žโž

Solopreneurs and start-up entrepreneurs: Do you spend hours on administrative tasks for your business? While these tasks are important, would you prefer to spend this time on strategic initiatives and…

Continue Readingโ๐”๐ง๐ฅ๐จ๐œ๐ค ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐›๐ฒ ๐Œ๐š๐ฑ๐ข๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐“๐ข๐ฆ๐žโž

โ๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ž๐ฌ ๐š ๐ฏ๐ข๐ซ๐ญ๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ ๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐ญ ๐๐จ?โž

That was the first question from a potential client. Her idea: administration.- Calendar management.- Send out documents.- Follow up on contracts. But there is much more a VA can help…

Continue Readingโ๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ž๐ฌ ๐š ๐ฏ๐ข๐ซ๐ญ๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ ๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐ญ ๐๐จ?โž