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BIG Small Business Tax Mistakes & How to Avoid Them
As a small business owner in the U.S.- you have a liability to file income taxes. Yep, I said it - income taxes! It’s a thing you can’t avoid and I understand it’s like one of those “necessary evils” of running a business but I’m here to give you some tips on how to make this your best tax season yet and talk about some mistakes you definitely want to avoid!
5 Ways to Show Appreciation to Your Virtual Assistant
Did you know that your Virtual Assistant is more likely to work harder, and to stick around longer if they feel appreciated? Appreciation goes a long way in the workplace, and having a Virtual Assistant on your team is no different. Research shows that appreciation improves productivity and morale. It can motivate your team to improve their performance and to want to stay longer.
How a Virtual Assistant Can Help You Achieve Your Goals
If you are wondering how a Virtual Assistant can help you achieve your goals, look no further. I am sharing four of the top ways a Virtual Assistant, particularly a Rock Solid Virtual Assistant, can help you achieve your goals. Some of these may surprise you!
How to Prepare Your Business for Vacation During the Holidays
December is here, Christmas is right around the corner, and New Years will be knocking on our door before we know it! If you’re anything like me, you’re ready for a break and time off to either spend with family, to relax, watch Hallmark movies, eat good food, or all of the above. When I sit aside these days to be “off” work, I want to make it count. I want to make sure my business is prepared for the holidays.
Time Management for Business Owners
Every person’s needs are different so let’s explore this a bit and really talk about time management for you and your team! To get a good handle on this, it starts with tracking your time.
6 things you Must discuss with your virtual assistant!
As we plan and prepare to ensure that all the pieces are in place and we’re ready for success, there are 6 things you MUST discuss with your virtual assistant!
5 Traits of a Highly Successful Virtual Assistant
So, how to begin… what to look for… who to hire? What traits should you look for to hire a successful virtual assistant? It can be exhausting and I promise, you don’t want to hire your sister, best friend, or neighbor’s daughter’s college roommate! Ha! Yes, I’ve heard it all! Today, I’d like to share my top 5 traits of a highly successful virtual assistant!
Is Hiring a Virtual Assistant Worth it?
Some of you may be asking, "Is hiring a virtual assistant worth it?" We could list the benefits of hiring a virtual assistant or tell you about all the things you can do once you have more free time but sometimes it is better to hear about someone else's experience! Here is how hiring a Rock Solid Virtual Assistant has changed the life and business of some of our clients!
7 Best Working From Home Tips
Working from home today might look quite different than what you’ve been used to -- even if you’ve been doing it forever! Perhaps your spouse is also working in your space now. Maybe you’ve got kids at home every day whose lives have also suffered some big changes. Let’s look at seven of our best working-from-home tips for those of you who are adjusting to this new reality.
8 Benefits of Hiring a Virtual Assistant
You’ve spent considerable time on the fence, read all the reviews, heard people talk about how much they love their Virtual Assistant, and you’re thinking it just might be time to make this investment for yourself. Yay! I’d love to help by offering 8 benefits of hiring a virtual assistant for your business that you may or may not have considered while making your decision.
Our Best Tips to Successfully Become a Virtual Assistant!
Quite frequently, we get asked, “How do you become a virtual assistant?” . There isn’t one solid answer for that question but here are our best tips to successfully become a virtual assistant!
FAQ: Hiring an Assistant
It is time to look for help, but there are SO many questions when hiring an assistant! Where do I start? How much will it cost? Where do I find a good one? What will they do? Is it worth it? No need to be anxious any longer. Here are the most frequently asked questions when it comes to hiring an assistant.
7 Strategies to Avoid Entrepreneur Burnout
One of the things that I encounter almost daily is talking with people who are on the edge of entrepreneur burnout. Entrepreneur burnout can sink your business so I’d love to share some simple strategies that really work! So let’s talk about 7 strategies to avoid entrepreneur burnout.
3 Tools To Use When Working With a VA
I’m excited to talk about 3 tools to use when working with a VA. These are our favorite tools to us and are vital when you’re working with a VA!
5 Ways to Streamline and Automate your Business
We’ve got a few solutions that you can implement today to help streamline and automate your business. If you find yourself doing the same time-consuming work over and over, reinventing the wheel with each simple task, but you just aren't sure where to start or how to do it for your business, then this blog post is for you!
The BEST Tips for Working with a Virtual Assistant!
Let’s discuss 3 tips to ensure team success from day one!
These tips for working with a virtual assistant might surprise you -- but hey, we can read about productivity tips and apps all day -- we’re building something huge here and we have to lay a good foundation! Ready? Let’s go!
5 Tips for Onboarding a Virtual Assistant
We have a few tips and best practices for successfully onboarding a new virtual assistant as well as everyday work in a virtual team and we'd love to share them with you.
How to Hire a Virtual Assistant
You’ve surely heard how hiring a virtual assistant is “life-changing”, or the “one thing” that allowed your friend’s business to grow! You definitely know you need help... but you have NO clue where to start or how to hire a virtual assistant. We’d love to pass along some great tips to help!
How to delegate tasks to a Virtual Assistant
Bringing on a team member is a very important step toward increased success in business and happiness in life! Let’s talk about one of the first steps to make once the decision has been finalized: How to delegate tasks to a virtual assistant.
10 Tasks a Social Media Manager Can Do For You
As much as social media can help your business it can also feel like a total time sucker. Here are 10 tasks a social media manager virtual assistant can do for you and your business.
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