by SMac | Jan 25, 2011 | For VA's, Tips & Tricks
I find that I’m humming and hawing about conferences and whether they’re valuable or not, and have been for years. I think that I’m stuck in my old way of thinking from way back when I was a programmer and was made to attend certain conferences...
by SMac | Jan 12, 2011 | For VA's, Tips & Tricks
As you all know I used to be programmer back in the day, and to be honest I’m still doing things behind the scenes and exercising my programming “muscles” as it were. There are certain rules that all programmers should follow, they’re really...
by SMac | Dec 28, 2010 | For VA's, Tips & Tricks
The New Year is always a great time to look back at your business – how has it gone this past year? What did I learn? What would I do differently?And then after you’ve taken stock, you can start to think about things like:what would I like to learn this...
by SMac | Dec 14, 2010 | For VA's, Tips & Tricks
I’ve been trying and trying to get WordPress permalinks to work with a client’s website lately, to no avail. I keep getting the dreaded 403 Access Forbidden error, and I’ll be darned if I can sort it out. Yes, I’ve changed the .htaccess file...
by SMac | Dec 7, 2010 | For VA's, Tips & Tricks
Have you ever come across a client, or had the issue yourself, where you have multiple businesses involved in a website and you’re just not sure how everything should jive together? I have a client who has their own business, we’ll call it Awesome...
by SMac | Dec 1, 2010 | For VA's, Tips & Tricks
As a VA getting business insurance is very tricky, particularly in Canada. None of our Canadian VA associations provide insurance in this department, and yet when I try to go with an outside source they look very confused when I tell them what I am. Even with much...