by SMac | May 31, 2011 | For VA's
I recently had an unexpected turn of events that made me take another look at the contract that I have when I take on new associates to my team. There was a short blip in there that covered the whole non-compete for perpetuity stuff, but turns out that wasn’t...
by SMac | May 25, 2011 | Efficiency, For VA's, Tips & Tricks
So you’re ready to start podcasting, you’ve chosen your music and you’re all set to record your Intro that will be attached to each podcast you create. But what the heck should your Intro say? Remember it has to be generic enough that it can be used...
by SMac | May 17, 2011 | Efficiency, For VA's, Tips & Tricks
Every professional sounding podcast will need both an Intro and an Outro as part of the package. The good news is, you only have to create these once and then they can be used over and over again with each podcast you create. The main piece of both your intro and...
by SMac | May 10, 2011 | For VA's
I just got back from the 10th annual IVAA (International Virtual Assistant’s Association) live summit in Portland, and I am so glad I went! I had mentioned in a previous post that I have had not had the best experiences with conferences in the past, but that was...
by SMac | Apr 26, 2011 | Efficiency, For VA's, Tips & Tricks
Email rules are part of every email client and can be one of the top time savers when it comes to email organization. Basically what a rule does is when an email is received into your Inbox certain actions are taken based on rules that you’ve defined. For example, you...
by SMac | Apr 12, 2011 | Efficiency, For VA's, Tips & Tricks
Here is my favourite super tip on how to use subfolders to help you be able to see at a glance which emails in any given folder require some attention/action from you: Within each folder that you create, create a subfolder called Done. Yes, that’s it! Let me...
