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Introducing the whole team at My Virtual Assistant

24/3/2022

I had been thinking about using video to promote my business for quite a while, but it takes TIME!

Time to make the video, time to edit the video and time to post that video… and that’s only if you have any idea what to even take a video of!

So, I started off by writing a big list of ideas, which turned into two full pages of ideas - so that meant no more excuses for video content - and then I simply I took the plunge.

DeskBoard Buddy (unofficial) review

22/3/2022

So this arrived yesterday...

So exciting!

After seeing a few adverts pop up on Facebook recently, and noticing some of my fellow Virtual Assistant peers already had one of these in their hot little hands, my FOMO got the better of me and I couldn't help but get one for myself!

It arrived yesterday and it’s way-cool!

Don't forget to look up, because you might see New Zealand in the Sky

10/1/2022

'Amatheia'
Photo credit: Sarah Lay ©

Covid19 and its variants certainly threw us a curve-ball and disrupted our regular lives more than any of us could have imagined.

Now with 2020 and 2021 firmly under our belts, we are all hoping 2022 will be the start of returning to some sort of normality.

Even though life is unlikely to return to how things used to be, that new normality will be something we will all get used to and accept as being our 'normal' lives.

In the meantime, I hope your Christmas and New Year break was a lot of fun and you enjoyed time with family and friends.

Inaugural NZ Virtual Assistant Awards To Go Ahead Despite COVID-19 Restrictions

14/10/2021

Press Release by My Virtual Assistant

All over New Zealand, virtual assistants (not the robot variety) got dressed up for their most prestigious event of the year.

The Virtual Assistant Network of New Zealand and The VA Foundry presented the NZ VA Awards 2021 that took place on Saturday 25 September online. The NZ Virtual Assistant Awards is an inaugural event that celebrates the top-performing VAs from across New Zealand.

Celebrating the New Zealand Virtual Assistant industry

26/9/2021

NZ Virtual Assistant Awards 2021

Amazing to think that the New Zealand Virtual Assistant Awards 2021 was supposed to be a 'live' Awards Night held in Hamilton, for Virtual Assistants from all over New Zealand.

Accommodation and flights were booked, the excitement amongst the NZ VA Industry was rising, and it was going to be a chance for us all to get together in the same room for the very first time.

You might be interested to know that it was back in 2012 when the last VA Awards were held in New Zealand, and My Virtual Assistant was awarded 'Runner-Up Virtual Assistant of the Year'.

Does your website 'get' your clients?

30/7/2021

Is your website all about you, or does it speak directly to your dream client?

Recently, on a local Facebook page, I saw a post about a new website that had been launched.

Below the post were a few comments congratulating the site owner and the site builder, saying how great the website looked.

Of course, as someone who builds websites, I took an interest and clicked on the link to the site.

Celebrating 12 years in business

12/3/2021

To all my fabulous and loyal clients - a big THANK YOU.

On 13 March 2021, My Virtual Assistant celebrated 12 years in business.

As I head into my thirteenth year of working in my 'virtual world', I am extremely proud to say that I still absolutely love what I do!

Do you keep a record of your renewal dates?

30/9/2020

Don't lose valuable SEO rankings because of a late payment

Do you know when your website hosting and your domain name (website address) are next due for renewal?

When you are late with your website hosting payment it can cause the link between your website and your domain name to break.

A connection break, even for a short time, can be very detrimental to your search engine ranking.

Good service, bad service and a sticking keyboard

3/8/2020

Never put up with poor service or substandard equipment

Within a space of 48 hours, I recently experienced two extremes of service in business.

At 7.15am on a Sunday morning I received a text and email from my bank. Thirty minutes after initial contact, they phoned me.

They were alerting me to the fact that three fraudulent payments were transferred out of my bank account overnight (that’s not credit card, actual bank account, which is way scarier!)

Coronavirus disease (COVID-19)

30/3/2020

My Virtual Assistant, working from home since 2009!

What a crazy world we are living in at the moment.

I wanted to take a moment to acknowledge what's happening in New Zealand and around the world.

Like you, I have been watching as the Coronavirus Pandemic has unfolded, and it has been a topic of discussion everywhere I go.

Marion Jackson

0274 820 818

Email Marion at My Virtual Assistant

My Virtual Assistant is your online personal assistant service, specialising in affordable websites and business support, for start-up business and small to medium-sized enterprises.

Located in East Auckland and working with clients both locally and throughout New Zealand.

NZ VA Awards 2021 - VA Legacy Finalist

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