I Want My Two Dollars: Effective AI Communication

Effective AI Communication: 5 Expert Tips for Success  Artificial Intelligence or “AI” is a hot topic these days, and it can be scary. Some folks worry about it taking away jobs, invading privacy, or causing ethical issues, like students using it to cheat on schoolwork. Another worry is loss of control. If you’ve watched The Matrix, Terminator, or… Continue reading I Want My Two Dollars: Effective AI Communication

Feature of the Month: LastPass

Discover the Best Features of LastPass – Feature of the Month  In the early 90s, paying bills meant using a checkbook and filing your bills and paper receipts in a filing cabinet. Today, we pay our bills online, eliminating the need for physical documents, checkbooks and filing cabinets.  Alongside bill payments, online platformsfacilitate activities like shopping, streaming… Continue reading Feature of the Month: LastPass

How to Stop Comparing Yourself to Others

A lot of people who know me understand that I’m working on starting my Virtual Assistant business while still working full-time at the amazing company where I’ve been for 20 years. The other day, just before Valentine’s Day, I was at my day job, and a young woman walked into the office, handed me a… Continue reading How to Stop Comparing Yourself to Others

Feature of the Month: Calendly

Discovering Calendly, the Feature of the Month. Last month, I began a series featuring a different tool each month. The goal is to introduce you to various virtual assistant tools that have proven helpful to me, providing detailed reviews and practical tips on how they can improve your small business operations. This month, I’m highlighting… Continue reading Feature of the Month: Calendly

You Don’t Have to Wear all the Hats: Business Systems

Running a business on your own requires wearing a lot of hats. You must create your website, schedule your social media content, market your business, keep up with the filing, do your bookkeeping, network to build relationships, and so on. Wearing all the hats is necessary until you can get your business off the ground, and… Continue reading You Don’t Have to Wear all the Hats: Business Systems

A Not-So-Fairytale Tale: OnBoarding a New Client

Once upon a time, in a virtual town far, far away, there lived a woman named Becky. A diligent CPA and the proprietor of a company known as AccountAbility, Inc. Becky found herself buried in a mountain of work and yearned for extra hands to lighten her load. In her quest for an “Admin Extraordinaire,” she… Continue reading A Not-So-Fairytale Tale: OnBoarding a New Client

Feature of the Month: The Debit Card System

Starting this month, I would like to introduce you to various virtual assistant tools that have served me well, offering in-depth reviews and practical usage tips and illustrating how they can enhance your small business operations. In this feature, I’d like to spotlight the Debit Card System – Essentially a virtual debit card and an… Continue reading Feature of the Month: The Debit Card System

Eventful Endeavors: Navigating the Seven Seas of Seamless Event Planning

Throughout my years of experience as an administrative professional, I’ve undertaken a diverse array of tasks – some that I loved and others – not so much. Event planning is one of those tasks. Recognizing that business owners often need time they don’t have for such endeavors, they frequently delegate event planning responsibilities to an… Continue reading Eventful Endeavors: Navigating the Seven Seas of Seamless Event Planning

Six Strategies to Prevent Burnout

When starting a new business, there is so much to do that it’s often challenging to stop and rest. At least, it was for me. I was so excited about all I was learning and doing that I was reluctant to hit the brakes, thinking I could keep going indefinitely. I quickly realized I couldn’t… Continue reading Six Strategies to Prevent Burnout