Tips From T. Marie

NOVEMBER 29, 2011

If you’re a virtual assistant who has come to view Clerical Advantage as a favorite resource site for the industry, you may have been a bit baffled lately. On Black Friday, not only did the VA Survival Guide become unavailable for purchase, the VA Survival section of the blog was inaccessible as well. What the heck?! It’s not because I’m abandoning virtual assistants in search of help running their businesses.

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Tips From T. Marie

NOVEMBER 22, 2011

Businesses are struggling in this tough economy, and small micro and solo businesses are no exception. Everyone is thinking twice about spending money, which means they want to see value in you and your services if they are going to spend it on you. In order to give them that value, you need to make sure that your business is top priority when it comes to what you know and what you deliver.

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Tips From T. Marie

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

I’m currently taking an online business turnaround course. GASP! “But Tina”, you say, “you already have a successful virtual assistant business. And you teach others how to build their own successful businesses. Does that mean you don’t know what you’re talking about?” Before you get your panties in a bunch breath deep and listen to what I’m going to say next. .

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Tips From T. Marie

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

(Psst…interested in starting a business as a virtual assistant? There’s a special offer at the bottom of this post. If you’re the impatient sort you can click here. ). Do a search for ‘how to become a virtual assistant ‘ and you’ll get a slew of information provided by a variety of sources from Entrepreneur.com to some obviously uninformed authors who are looking to increase traffic to their website by using a popular search term.

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