Tag Archives: Administrative Support

Do You Understand the Difference?

Sometimes I’ll read things from other Virtual Assistants and I have to wonder whether they understand the difference between a project and providing support. In case you’re confused, I thought I’d talk about it here…
A project is something that is basically one-off, one-time work. It has a start and a finish. Web design is a [...]

You are Not a Generalist

I frequently hear Virtual Assistants refer to themselves as “generalists” and I always wonder why they denigrate themselves like that. It’s like saying “I’m just a mom” or “I’m just the help.”
It’s certainly not attractive marketing-wise. It portrays what you do as unimportant and of less value or consequence. It implies that there is no [...]

Who Are You Attracting?

Way back in the beginning days of my practice, I fell into the niche of providing administrative support to the local small retail biz scene, which was fine for then, but after a few years I realized I didn’t enjoy the niche. Too many of the biz owners were too new, too green, too flaky. [...]

This Cracks Me Up

Have you been catching any of the flame wars between the two offshoring companies, GetFriday and CatchFriday? I had a Google alert come in over the weekend and the latest just cracked me up:
http://www.officialwire.com/main.php?action=posted_news&rid=1390&catid=120
See, GetFriday is the Indian company mentioned in Tim Ferriss’ book, “The 4-Hour Work Week.” Well, you know how a lot of [...]

What Frustrates You in your Virtual Assistant Business?

I’m very much interested in hearing about some of your very real and valid frustrations as a Virtual Assistant business owner. I’d love to hear from you by email or, even better, by leaving your comments here.
Some of the things I’m curious about:
How many of you are still trading hours for dollars? How hard are [...]