Your virtual assistant business can slow down for many different reasons. Perhaps a client leaves and you haven’t found one to replace them yet. Or maybe your clients have cut back on hours temporarily because of the season or some other reason.
Regardless of the circumstance, if you find that your biz has slowed down a bit, don’t freak out! There are several things you can do to make your business stronger and healthier while waiting for it to pick back up.
It’s easy to get overwhelmed as a virtual assistant when you’re juggling a bunch of clients and projects at once. Sometimes you have a to-do list a mile long and you don’t know how you’ll get to it all.
Not only that, you might have other responsibilities, like kids, which reduces your work hours. That means if you want to be productive and get things done you HAVE to be efficient.
Pinterest is an amazing tool for building your business.
Since making Pinterest the main focus of my marketing strategy, I’ve seen my website traffic increase, email list grow, sales flourish, PLUS I’ve received regular blog comments and guest posting and interview invites!
In this article I outline a few common mistakes people make when marketing their businesses on Pinterest. If you’re making these same mistakes I have some solutions for you that you can implement to start getting real results from your Pinterest marketing efforts.
Yesterday, I had the opportunity to take the wheel of the One Woman Shop Instagram account! One Woman Shop is a community and resource gold mine for women solopreneurs, and I had so much fun sharing a peek into a day in the life of a busy online business manager!
In case you missed it, here’s a photo tour of a day as an online solopreneur.
You may have heard that every business needs an SOP. And yes, it’s true. But what exactly is an SOP and why do you need one?
SOP stands for Standard Operating Procedure and it’s an outline of the steps you take to execute re-occuring tasks in your business. To sum it up, it’s a checklist of tasks you do for your business.
I know, sounds pretty boring, huh? But don’t run off…trust me! You’re going to want to learn this. Why? Because an SOP will save you time, energy and money. Plus, as an added bonus, you’ll have a checklist of tasks you can delegate to a virtual assistant as your business grows.
