Just back from a very relaxing holiday, my batteries are recharged ready for the dark nights and cold weather. Having delegated my work to the team before I left, I could relax and chill without having to be constantly on electronic gadgets which so many other people...
Who has a Virtual PA?
You’d be surprised. The use of virtual assistants for everything from call answering to power point presentations is on the increase. It’s an exploding industry in terms of growth and the benefits to businesses of all shapes and sizes are huge. At Virtual PA Co some...
I’m A Hopeless Delegator
Delegation and Cleaning Too often I hear this when I talk to - often the most successful - entrepreneurs and executives. 'I'm a control freak' or 'I'm a perfectionist', or 'I can't bear to let go', or 'It's just too complicated to hand over to anyone else', usually...
Afternoon Delegation
That afternoon tea on the tiered cake stand made me think of the layers of a business, from the bottom to the top all very individual, mixing and blending together to make the perfect partners. The Victoria sandwich is placed together - the top then the jam, the cream...
Kerinder – My Virtual PA
My challenge is to grow my business by 20% by the end of November 2013 through the art of delegation. I've always delegated, it's why I set up my first business in the first place: I needed a PA and couldn't afford one without sharing the cost. I've always believed...
Precious Time
There it was, lying on the mat, that little red envelope with the familiar hand writing, how lovely after all these years, amazing that we still make the effort, never take anything for granted. Such a horrible dull morning but off to The Holiday Inn for lunch with...
Top Tips to get the best from your Call Answering
If you have engaged or you’re thinking of engaging a call answering service to support your business, our Top Tips to get the best from your Call Answering/VA/Virtual PA service may help: Make sure the same few people answer your calls – your business needs to be...
Control Freak?
Probably a master delegator in the making After 11 years of my business - Virtual PA Co - receiving the results of delegation, I think we can safely conclude that the best delegators, somewhat ironically, are the control freaks. By their own admission, control freaks...
Share a secretary, free up your time!
We share secretaries with busy people. We've done this for eleven years, we started because our founder needed a PA, couldn't afford a whole one and decided to share one. With a business idea looming she bit the bullet and recruited three secretaries, to cover...
A service for the discerning client…
That's what we're seeing... a shift in the typical client interested in our service. In 2001 there wasn't even a name for what we do, we called it 'secretarial support for small and growing businesses nationwide'. Not a bad description even today. But we now know our...