For a virtual assistant it is your job to have available to you those tools that will allow you to help your clients run their business easier. Not to mention, these tools will help you run your business abit easier too. Most of these tools listed below are free applications however, one of them even [...]

I ask this question of clients all the time - what’s the most pressing problem (or issue) in your business right now?
Most of the time the answers I get have to do with traffic to my website, lead development or revenue generation.
Sure, we all need more leads and we could all make more money. But [...]

Many people know that when I founded Sparkplugging, I founded it over 2 years ago under the name eMoms at Home. Very early on I realized the name didn’t really represent the site very well. But it wasn’t until the spring of this year that I realized that not only had we outgrown our name, [...]

With the financial crunch the world is currently in, it is now time to identify what is working and what isn’t working in your business. A great place to start in this process is your website and newsletter. These elements will help you reach your ideal clients, which in turn will allow you to grow [...]

About 14 years ago I moved back home into my parents’ basement to have my first baby. I was single, pregnant, and my work experience entailed a varied background between being a white-water rafting guide and being a waitress. At the age of 25 I was on the express train to Nowhereville.
I have to say [...]

Why?
Why are you in business? Why do you offer your customers what you offer? Why do you structure your business the way you do? Why are you successful? Why are you not successful?
I could go on and on with the question. The point is to always be asking yourself why. Why comes before how and [...]

I’m not one to write those ‘Sorry I haven’t written posts’ - yet you might have noticed I haven’t written very much in the last week. In fact, it was my longest stretch of not writing on my blog ever. You can see where I am going with this - last week, I hit my [...]