Category Archives: VA Survival

Hints, Tips and Helps for virtual assistants

Virtual Assistant Survival info has moved!

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If you’re a virtual assistant who has come to view Clerical Advantage as a favorite resource site for the industry, you may have been a bit baffled lately.  On Black Friday, not only did the VA Survival Guide become unavailable for purchase, the VA Survival section of the blog was inaccessible as well.  What the…

Do You Have What It Takes to Be a Virtual Assistant?

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Have you ever wondered if you could start your own virtual assistant business? Or maybe you’re just curious about what type of requirements or skills are required to be one.  I know it’s one of the top ten questions I see hit my e-mail inbox on a regular basis. Which made me think.  Maybe I…

Give Your Business a Boost with Continuing Education

  There are many careers that require continuing education. Those in the legal or health care fields come to mind first, but teachers, real estate professionals and even beauticians are required to take classes to keep abreast of their industries and keep their certifications.  The reason for this requirement is simple but important; it ensures…

Social Media Time Savers for Virtual Assistants

If  you follow me on Twitter you’ll have noticed that for the past week or so I’ve sent out a tweet that looks like the one below every day: The virtual-assistants Daily is a compilation of tweets, links, RT’s and information shared on Twitter by the other virtual assistants I follow there.  I started it…

Did you Resolve to Grow a Successful Business?

Today is the first Monday of the New Year.  I think any of us whom own and operate our own business would say that we always resolve to be more successful in the coming year.  In an effort to assist you with that task, I’ve worked hard over the past few weeks in order to…