I don’t know about you, but I am an inveterate list maker. I recall making lists as soon as I could read and write at the age of 3. To this day, my mother swears that I learned both by osmosis. She would find me sitting in front of the fireplace which was flanked with floor to ceiling bookcases...

Do you work from your home office as a Virtual Assistant, Web Developer, Business Coach, Fill-in-the-Blanks here? Do you find that balancing your business and home can sometimes feel like an exercise in futility? Life is a balancing act for many people, but this is especially true for working moms,...

Ask Denise Griffitts Teleseminar. Please join me and Sports Psychologist and Clinical Psychologist Dr. Jack Singer on a live teaching call on Friday, June 25, 2010. Powerful, Proactive Prescriptions to Prevent Hardening of the Attitudes During Uncertain Times Empower Yourself and Your Team to Remain...

Ask Denise Griffitts Your Virtual Assistance Industry Questions As a virtual entrepreneur, virtual assistant or remote contractor, have you made your offshore competition irrelevant? Do you live in fear that you current or potential clients will decide that outsourcing to an offshore Virtual Assistance...

Stickies. Those ubiquitous rectangular yellow pieces of paper that we all use to keep track of what is going on with our lives and our businesses. The eternal “to do” reminder. We all use them either physically or in my case, on my various desktops. Truly, I would be lost without them! Why...

Table of contents for Weekly Recommended ResourceWeekly Recommended ResourceMulti-Tasking with Dual MonitorsFree Press Release GeneratorClient Management SystemsHow to Get Publicity Interviews On Talk Radio I get so many requests for tips and advice on the resources that my Virtual Assistance and Web...

One thing we always recommend during a web development project is that the client consider obtaining a toll free number. Having a toll free number on your website while offering credibility, also offers the opportunity to not publish to the world your home or cell phone number. In this day of work-from-home entrepreneurs,...

I love to share tools that make our workloads easier! I will be interviewing Lisa Manyon of Write On Creative next month on the Your Partner In Success Radio Show. Lisa shared a wonderful online tool that she has created that helps you create a professional press release for you and your clients. Lisa’s...

I admit it…. I am an absolute sucker for Southern humor. I find most Southern humorists deliciously and uproariously funny. Jeff Foxworthy, Bill Engvall, Ron White, Larry the Cable Guy, Rodney Carrington and Jon Reep are all on my all-time favorites list. I recently came across Jeanne Robertson...

Niche: A place or position suitable or appropriate for a person or thing: to find one’s niche in the business world. Question I recently lost my job as an Administrative Assistant in a small company and decided to become a Virtual Assistant. I have been trying to find clients and recently downloaded...

Your Virtual Assistant is currently interviewing Virtual Assistants who are skilled in 1ShoppingCart. To be considered for an interview with Denise Griffitts, please send your resume and/or link to our website to info @ virtualassistantindustry.com Please DO NOT send information as at attachment as it...

Do you know what’s worse than a project that never starts? The one that never ends! A quagmire project is the stuff of service provider’s nightmares – countless back-and-forth e-mails, ever-changing requirements, the potential for streams of complaints from all sides, and unpaid invoices.  With...