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Building Client Trust: Communication is Key

Step It Up VA Coaching

Nobody wants a call to their home phone late at night or during family times if it’s not an absolute emergency. If they don’t like constant emails with status reports, then use a project management tool and put the information there so the clients can check on things on their own time.

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Building Client Trust: Communication is Key

Step It Up VA Coaching

Nobody wants a call to their home phone late at night or during family times if it’s not an absolute emergency. If they don’t like constant emails with status reports, then use a project management tool and put the information there so the clients can check on things on their own time.

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6 Tools to Help You Manage Large Projects with Local & Virtual.

Stephanie LH Calahan

Basecamp Both Joanne Lang and I recommended Basecamp. ( [link] ) The tool gives the ability for various team members to communicate and report in on status and there are some fantastic dashboard tools that give you an overall look at various sub projects.  " Google Docs with XL Joanne Lang also suggested Google docs with XL. 

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"Excel"ing to Create Subtotal Row Totals

Professional Assistant Blog

They ask you to create subtotals for the latest sales report, but want you to only send them the revised spreadsheet showing the subtotal rows. One of my managers wanted me to use our sales tracking software to create the sales report for a particular product. I was able to put the entire report together within a matter of minutes.

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Need To Create a PDF? Don't Have the Software? Don't Panic!

Professional Assistant Blog

Your manager asks you to create a report of some sort and wants you to send it to a client, but making sure that they cannot manipulate the information. There is a simple way of getting this type of report to anyone without having to use Adobe Acrobat. Now you can e-mail the report to the client without any problems.

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Overworked? Unload Your Workload to a Freelancer!

Professional Assistant Blog

Whether you need help fixing up that company website, proofreading a report that your boss needs right away or even compiling reports that your boss gave you today and is asking for you to complete it yesterday. Hiring a freelancer can have great benefits. Truths of a Shy Writer can help you when you’re in a bind.

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Work From Home? Want to be More Productive?

Professional Assistant Blog

This lessens the time you have to spend on the phone. You can then print a summary report to Excel of all of your hours for any time period, for any task, or for any client. Virtual Assistant Manager is a website that I recently stumbled upon which helps you and/or your organization thrive in this type of environment.

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