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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.

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.

Unblock your website's blockages

6/3/2020

Getting a website for your business can feel overwhelming

When it comes to getting a website for your business, especially when you are in the early stages of setting up your business, chances are it all feels a little overwhelming.

And even if you’ve been in business for a while and you already have a website, when was the last time you took a good hard look at it?

Networking at it's finest - it really does work!

2/9/2019

Accountified

Being part of a networking group like Venus, is definitely great for a business owner.

Whether you're a start-up business or been around for yonks, the connections you make can last for a very long time.

When I launched My Virtual Assistant, back in 2009, I hadn't ever heard about networking groups, and if I had I didn't give them much thought because I'd never need to find my own clients before.

Having a go at video!

13/5/2019

Marion Jackson, My Virtual Assistant - having a go at video

After receiving some awesome feedback from people who receive My Virtual Assistant's monthly newsletter, I decided to dig out my old, but never used, selfie-stick and have a go at making a video.