Do you use MailChimp to send your e-newsletters? While there are plenty of excellent email marketing systems out there, MailChimp certainly seems to be one of the more popular ones for small businesses. Email newsletters are an excellent way to regularly communicate...
Are you finding outsourcing difficult? Outsourcing: sometimes it's a dirty word. Do you find it hard to let go and trust someone else to take care of some of your business tasks? Today, in this ‘behind the scenes’ blog, I’m sharing with you my struggles around this...
How do you choose the right Virtual Assistant? Google ‘Virtual Assistant NZ’ and over 800,000 hits come up. It can be overwhelming, so how do you know where to start when searching for the right person or team for you? A good Virtual Assistant is going to be a key...
Want to reduce your admin burden by outsourcing some tasks in your business, but just not sure where to start? Here is our comprehensive list of 101 things you can outsource to make your life just a little bit easier. Be warned: this list will have you writing a ‘wish...
From time to time we all have things that get in the way of getting our business moving. You know, it’s those little jobs we tend to procrastinate, the jobs we would rather not be doing, and the jobs that take up too much of our valuable time, time that could be spent...
Now that I’ve been in business for over six months, I thought it would be worthwhile sharing what I consider to be the ten best online tools out there for small businesses. Well, they’re certainly the ten that I’ve found most helpful in my entrepreneurial journey so...
The best way to begin looking at how a virtual assistant can help your business is to figure out exactly what a virtual assistant is to start with. The good people of Wikipedia provide us with the following definition: "A virtual assistant (typically abbreviated to...