by alisonbell1 | Apr 30, 2020 | business development, Business Support Services, Freelance PA and Business Support Services, PA Support, Self Employed
Who is going to help you? Theoretically most of the panic that set in when “Lock-Down” was announced is now over. Some of us have been furloughed and I guess are doing OK, I am going to use the word “OK” loosely, as I don’t think any of us are really “OK”, but given...
by alisonbell1 | Mar 17, 2020 | Business Support Services, Freelance PA and Business Support Services, PA Support, Self Employed, Top Tips for working from home, Virtual PA Services, Working from home
Ali’s home-grown TOP TIPS for working from home. In this current economic climate, a lot more of us will now have to work from home: and…. it’s actually harder than you think to self-motivate, ignore those household chores, not turn on the TV for a quick...
by alisonbell1 | Feb 4, 2020 | Believe in what you do, Believe in yourself, business development, Business Support Services, Freelanc PA and Business Support Services, Modern aspirations
A new year will always make us question what we are doing, are we doing it correctly, are we making the best of ourselves in business, are we enjoying what we do, are we meeting our budgets, do we want to do something different? The questions can be endless and, at...
by alisonbell1 | Jul 29, 2019 | Uncategorized
Well it has been a while since I have put pen (well type) to paper. However, I thought I would write today about the power of Social Media and Networking. Quite simply, I have been astounded by its impact on my little new venture. I am an old school marketer, where...
by alisonbell1 | Feb 11, 2019 | Award Writing, Business Support Services
Who’d have thought it? I must say when I was asked to write several award nominations for a client, my first thought was “Me, really?”. Then I thought, “Well ok, why not.” I write content and blogs and this simply required me to write an appraisal about...
by alisonbell1 | Jan 16, 2019 | Believe in what you do, Freelance PA and Business Support Services, Modern aspirations, Self Employed, Virtual PA Services, Work Life Balance
Self-Employed – We really don’t now how good we have it until it is gone! It’s true. Last year, having been a self employed, Freelance PA and Business Services provider since 2011, I decided that perhaps I needed a change and that returning to a full time job,...
by alisonbell1 | Jun 12, 2018 | Burma, Modern aspirations, PA Support, rat race, Work Life Balance
Enjoying Life, Isn’t that what it’s all about? I became a freelance PA so that I could meet different people, work in varying business sectors (a PA doesn’t really need to be confined to one business sector as the skills are quite transient), with the flexibility to...
by alisonbell1 | Nov 5, 2017 | Social Media, Virtual PA Services
You need to use it too! A Virtual Assistant (VA) can help you manage your Social Media In my blog, “Email Management” I mentioned that I would write about how a VA could help with Social Media for SMEs, Entrepreneurs and other smaller businesses. Normally the bigger...
by alisonbell1 | Oct 21, 2017 | Virtual PA Services, Work Life Balance
How outsourcing email management can improve your work life balance As we set out on the venture of a new business, we are confident with our concept and ideas, have a business plan and budget in place and are happy with our decision to work from home, thereby giving...
by alisonbell1 | Oct 9, 2017 | Virtual PA Services
Virtual PA become Chauffeur to Client’s Dog When I set up my business in 2011 as a Virtual PA never in my wildest dreams did I expect one of my tasks to be driving a Client's Dog. I expected small and large businesses, entrepreneurs, consultants or anyone who had set...
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