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Could you work without a staff?
The Internet has made working, collaborating and sharing down right simple. With it many businesses are living the dream of running multi-million dollar business without any permanent staff. This magic is done increasingly at the hands of a growing world of workers known as virtual assistants. A virtual assistant is someone who is set-up to complete tasks remotely for a fee
The Top 50 Ways you can utilize your Virtual Assistant (you’d be surprised!)
Think a Virtual Assistant should only be used to help you with administrative tasks? Think again. Virtual Assistants are all-around hands. Meaning a good Virtual Assistant is a master multi-tasker; skilled and knowledgeable in all tasks he or she accomplishes.
Sales Management Training Tips: Sales Coaching vs. Admin?
After my last blog 5 Ways to Gauge Your Sales Managers’ Coaching, I heard from several clients. One VP of Sales loved the article and asked for copies for his Directors of Sales. Two heads of sales from different companies liked the post but did not want to send it out to their frontline sales managers because of my comment (see below) that coaching was more important than administration. Neither wants their sales managers to feel that it is OK to spend time in the field and avoid administration.

5 Ways to Gauge Sales Management Coaching
Most sales leaders would agree that coaching is the most impactful activity a sales manager can do to drive sales team performance. Studies reinforce this by showing that above-average coaches deliver 20 percent more sales. The challenge? Sales management coaching is the weakest-performing activity among managers. How do you know if your managers are effective coaches? Here are five ways to find out.

Promotional Marketing Tips for Small Businesses
One of the most important things when starting a new business is to get yourself known in the market place so that you can hopefully start getting some customers. Many companies attack this front on and start putting all their money into marketing and advertising. Unfortunately, this sort of spending in the early stages would probably be one of the reasons that many small business find it difficult to survive. There is just too much initial outlay with little immediate return. While it is important to get your business known it is also important to ensure the longevity of your business by spending wisely. Your priority should be on getting the most bang for your buck, which means making sure that you use advertising and marketing mediums that won’t cost you a fortune and that will generate positive results.
How to Outsource to Free Up Your Time and Increase Your Income
How many tasks do you take on in your business? Do you pride yourself on doing the bookkeeping, reacting to email, preparing your own proposals and presentations, attending networking events, making appointments, keeping on top of the paperwork, providing your service, packaging and delivering your products, running around doing all your errands, looking after children, taking the dog for a walk...and then fitting in time to take care of yourself? How about marketing and developing your business? Where does that fit in?
How Much Does A Small Business Owner Make?
How Much Does A Small Business Owner Really Make? In this article, Heather Villa looks at the question "How much does a small business owner really make?" and shows how the question has misled entrepreneurs. She first describes how owners all too often over-estimate their personal income simply because their finances are not in order. Then, she points out three must-do financial activities that entrepreneurs need to regularly practice in order to create a successful business. Once these are in order, she points out, that business owners will be able to earn a higher wage and build a more valuable business for the short and long term.
Facilitating Quick Mailings
Much of your business correspondence can be prepared for mailing much more quickly.
Top time management tips for busy entrepreneurs
I don’t think I’ve ever met a business owner who wasn’t busy. Managing your time is one of the hardest things you’ll need to do as an entrepreneur. There’s always too much to do, so you’ll need to manage your time well in order to get everything done. Here are my top time management tips:
Great Small Business Franchises For The Skilled Administrator
Do you love flexing your left brain while multi-tasking between a spreadsheet and an e-mail inbox? For those of you with a gifting in administration, there are some great business opportunities for you and with your much coveted skillset, you have exactly what many franchisors are looking for in a prospective franchisee. Here's a look at some of the best small business franchises for skilled administrators.

Delegate! Do you know how?
Delegating is a skill that is very difficult for many professionals to master. Either they do not give enough responsibility the assistants that they have, or they micromanage them way too much. Successful business people are able to empower skilled individuals to handle administrative tasks, while they focus on keeping current clients, growing relationships and reaching a new client base. So, why is delegation so hard? Well, for many it is because the skill has not been developed. You have to learn how to delegate just like any other business skill. Here are some great web resources to help you do just that!
Top 10 Grow Your Small Business Strategies for 2008
Are you stumped on ways to grow your business? Check out these 10 ideas to give your business the growth spurt it needs.
8 Days to Small Business Success
During Small Business Week in Canada I took some time to stop and think about what it takes to have a successful small business. These 7 essential tips must be implemented as an integral part of your business, in order to ensure success. Stop for a few minutes now and think about how well and often these activities are being done and decide what needs to improve. The success or failure of all small businesses is associated with the performance of these crucial activities. Pay close attention to them and ensure your success for the future.
This President Is On Track To Double Sales
How often do business owners express frustration about an area of their business that appears to be blocking accomplishment of a key goal? Mr. Mario Lapointe, president of SMT-ASSY, a Montreal firm that services the electronic industry felt just that way, although he was very positive about the long-term prospects for his business even considering the increased competition from Asia. Mr. Lapointe decided to work with me to take his business to the next level, which in his words was to double sales within 12 to 24 months.

Doing What's Comfortable vs Doing What's Successful
To become more successful you must learn to step outside your comfort zone. The plan below offers step-by-step guidance for achieving great success by tackling those things that make you squirm.
8 Tips to Help you Start a Successful Home-Based Business
When starting a home-based business, what you don't know can hurt you. Here are some basic tips that will help you make building a home-based business a reality.
Relief for Small Business Owners
What can a VA do for your business?
Technology Innovations at Grameen Foundation USA
How will easy, affordable and reliable access for a person in a remote village be provided? When will this person have the ability to make a simple one-minute call, send a complaint to the local government, or make a loan payment without undo cost or travel difficulty? The microfinance industry is answering these questions with technological innovations.

Why Big Business Should Embrace Virtual Assistance
As Virtual Assistants (VAs), we focus on providing small business owners and solo entrepreneurs with expert administrative support as an alternative to them hiring temporary or part-time employees. The benefits of working with VAs for these businesses are many and are much more than simply a matter of cost. But, doesn’t this also hold true for larger companies?
Come on 11 just isnt good enough
The actual time spent selling averages 11 per cent. I was blown away when I read this statistic.

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How to drop the balls
Most business owners, especially those with rapidly growing businesses have far too many tasks on their plates. How do they juggle all the priorities? It seems that the only way is to either delegate or to simply drop some of the tasks. Here’s a way to look at dropping tasks and get more leverage on your time.
Effective Delegation: The Secret Tool for Growth
Effective delegation will leverage your time and your efforts. It will work to develop your team and make them more valuable, more productive and more loyal. If you want to boost your production, spend more of your time on efforts that produce and less time on tasks that are administrative.
How to Effectively Delegate
Effective delegation will leverage your time and your efforts. It will work to develop your team and make them more valuable, more productive and more loyal. If you want to boost your production, spend more of your time on efforts that produce and less time on tasks that are administrative.
5 Tasks a Virtual Assistant Can Do For a Business or Executive Coach
Are you a business or executive coach overwhelmed with administrative tasks? By working with a virtual assistant you will have more time to create additional revenue and build your practice. Here are 5 tasks that you can easily delegate to your virtual assistant.
5 Tasks a Virtual Assistant Can Do For a Professional Speaker
Are you a professional speaker overwhelmed with administrative tasks? By working with a virtual assistant you will have more time to create additional revenue and build your speaking business. Here are 5 tasks that you can easily delegate to your virtual assistant.
The Biggest Mistake Sales Managers Make
"I'm swamped right now" "I'm way too busy to do that" "I'll need to call you back, I'm way behind right now"... Does this sound like you? If you're like me, there is a HUGE tendency for sales managers to get bogged down in far too many administrative duties, conference calls, time-wasting phone calls, useless meetings and mindless corporate initiatives - all repetitive activities that do nothing but waste your time - when you should be focused on more meaningful and lucrative tasks.

The Top 50 Ways you can utilize your Virtual Assistant (you’d be surprised!)
Think a Virtual Assistant should only be used to help you with administrative tasks? Think again. Virtual Assistants are all-around hands. Meaning a good Virtual Assistant is a master multi-tasker; skilled and knowledgeable in all tasks he or she accomplishes.
Even Churches Need A Modern Filing System
Ministers need to spend as much time as possible tending to the needs of their parishioners. But they also have to ensure that their record keeping is accurate and up-to-date as well. There are so many different factors that have to be accounted for that it's imperative an efficient filing system is implemented to reduce the time spent on administrative tasks. Read the main article to find out more
Excellent Tips for Interviewing Your Virtual Assistant
For today’s business owner to be truly successful, you need to be able to outsource some of the administrative, or non-revenue generating tasks (and many times some of the revenue generating ones) so that you can focus on your core business. While the thought of interviewing potential candidates is very uncomfortable for many, having the right plan and questions in place will make it go smoothly and successfully.
5 Proven Strategies to Keep You From Being Held Hostage by Your Virtual Team
Many times, service business owners are so relieved to have delegated something, whether that's administrative tasks, social media, marketing, web site updates, etc. that they don't think through the ramifications of a situation in which your team member disappears suddenly or where the freelancer is unavailable over a long term. Would you be able to replace that person and/or keep your business running? Here are my 5 proven strategies to prevent being held hostage by your freelance team:
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