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Mdominguez
July 1, 2025July 12, 2025
Renewed Mind

Faith Over Hustle: A Workday in the Life of a Christian Business Owner

This morning, I woke up expecting a productive day working from home as a small business owner. I had a plan: breakfast, client work, a few administrative tasks for my virtual assistant business, and even some time doing remote online notarizations. But God had other plans. My husband and I started the day helping a

Mdominguez
June 17, 2025July 12, 2025
Renewed Mind

Cost Breakdown: Virtual Assistant vs. Full-Time Admin

As a business owner, you know how quickly the behind-the-scenes tasks can pile up — emails, invoices, scheduling, customer service, and more. When that happens, you know you need help. But the question isn’t just whether you SHOULD hire someone — it’s WHO should you hire? Let’s explore the difference between hiring a full-time administrative

Mdominguez
June 3, 2025June 4, 2025
Business System

Top 5 Google Workspace Tools for Small Businesses

Tips from a Virtual Assistant Who’s Been There When I first started as a virtual assistant, I didn’t really know how to use Google Workspace because I’d mostly worked with Microsoft Outlook products. But when I purchased my website hosting plan and saw it came with a Google Workspace account, I figured I’d have to

Mdominguez
May 20, 2025June 4, 2025
Business Practices

10 Tasks You Can Hand Off to a Virtual Assistant Today

Free up your time so you can focus on what matters most. Hi friend, Let me guess—you’re running a business, managing your home, trying to keep up with emails, social media, Zoom meetings, that one drawer full of receipts, and somewhere in there, you’re also trying to breathe. I see you. As a virtual assistant,

Mdominguez
May 6, 2025May 7, 2025
Business Tool/Tactic

Keeping Your VA Services Relevant in an AI-Driven World

Hey there, It seems like everyone’s talking about AI lately, it’s everywhere. As a virtual assistant, I’ve been paying close attention, because let’s be honest — it’s changing how we work. A potential client recently asked me: “Do you use AI or are you familiar with it?” I was caught a little off guard at

Mdominguez
April 22, 2025April 23, 2025
Business Tool/Tactic

The Power of a Daily To-Do List

Small List, Big Impact: Staying Focused One Task at a Time Hi friend, Let me take you back a few years—back when I worked at a construction company and had a boss who gave me one of the best pieces of productivity advice I’ve ever received. He told me to start a “to do list,”

Mdominguez
April 8, 2025April 9, 2025
Business Strategy

Growing Client Connections

From Clay Dirt to Tiny, Sprouting Blades — What Grass Taught Me About Client Relationships. Some of you may know that my husband and I recently moved to North Florida to start a farm and a ministry. If you didn’t—now you do! A year and a half ago, we purchased 5 acres of land covered

Mdominguez
March 25, 2025April 8, 2025
Business Process

Fixing the Spam Problem

Think Before You Report: Pt – 2 – The Journey Continues Last month, I wrote a newsletter titled Think Before You Report: The Unseen Impact of Hitting “Spam” on Legitimate Businesses. I shared how excessive spam reports can hurt businesses and my personal experience with the issue. If you’d like to read it, please check out it

Mdominguez
March 12, 2025March 15, 2025
Blog

Big Changes & A Fresh Start

I know it might seem like I’ve been missing in action, but life has been a whirlwind lately. My husband and I officially moved from South Florida to North Florida, and the past few weeks have been a blur of unpacking, settling in, and adjusting to this new season. Just as we started to catch our

Mdominguez
February 11, 2025March 11, 2025
Business Practices

Think Before you Report: The Unseen Impact of Hitting “Spam” on Legitimate Businesses.

Ever feel like running a business is just putting out one fire after another? Well, my latest fire is people marking my emails as spam instead of unsubscribing and I’d like to talk about that. I started my online business, The Grateful VA, in June 2023. Before that, I had no idea how to write a

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