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Are You Covering All Expense Bases?

Step It Up VA Coaching

Insurance: If you carry any sort of business insurance, or if you have extra homeowners or renters insurance to cover equipment losses, count it as an expense. Office supplies, equipment, and software: Office supplies, such as envelopes, postage, pens, paper, computers and printers are obvious expenses of doing business.

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Eight Ways to Keep Your Office Clutter-Free

Ian's Messy Desk

Invest in equipment and software. Business cards can be filed in a book, or scanned to keep electronic copies of the cards, which can later be searched by name or keyword. Before sending your files away, cull them and discard duplicates, non–essential files, or those past retention dates according to your policy.

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The ultimate app guide for assistants

Practically Perfect PA

A quick and easy app for conference calling which is free to use and can connect people to meetings taking place elsewhere without being stuck in front of a computer or video conference equipment. By taking a photo of someone’s business card the app allows you to immediately transfer his or her contact details to your phone or tablet.

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Eight Ways to Eliminate Paper and Clutter in Your Office

Ian's Messy Desk

Invest in equipment and software. Business cards can be filed in a book, or scanned to keep electronic copies of the cards, which can later be searched by name or keyword. Before sending your files away, cull them and discard duplicates, non–essential files, or those past retention dates according to your policy.

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Who Needs an Office? 10 Entrepreneurs Weigh In on the Future of Virtual Work

Success

Once you have to go too many layers into a software tool, it’s a time and focus killer. Start off by getting a mailbox at a local UPS, get set up with a toll-free phone number through Grasshopper.com, register a professional domain name at NameCheap.com, and get business cards and marketing material from Vistaprint or PrintingForLess.com.”.

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Thinking Outside the Job Description Box

Professional Assistant Blog

They each took the initiative to get appropriate training and education to better equip them in the areas they were interested in. They each had forward-thinking employers who allowed them to have vision and encouraged them to work towards their goal and made room for that new role within their organization.

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Arizona Virtual Assistants Retreat

Loosely Speaking

Session 008 Software for those who specialize in transcription Host: Sherry Ruger , First Class Business Services Time: 10:30 am Topics covered: this will be a round table discussion in which participants review and explore the software they use for transcription in their practices. Got a Better Idea?

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