Posts Tagged ‘work from home’
Healthy Tips for the Working Mom
This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Clif Bar & Company for IZEA. All opinions are 100% mine. While I don’t work in an office, I most definitely work from home, and I work very hard. I still need healthy tips for the working mom as much as anyone. This means…
Read More6 Virtual Assistant Time Management Tips
I work from home. It’s a blessing and a curse. No, really! Unlike my 9-5 counterparts, I don’t ever really get to “leave” the “office.” Between my mommy job and my virtual assistant job, it’s critically important that I manage my time well. This goes beyond just making lists (which I love), to organizing my day…
Read MoreHow To Make Money Blogging: 4 Essential Tips
If you have a blog, likely you’ve wondered how you can make money blogging. I get it. I’ve been there. And it’s taken me awhile to get my blog to where I can actually say that I make a {small} profit. But it didn’t come overnight-and it certainly did not come easy. Increase Your Followers…
Read MoreHow To Freelance While Marketing Your Business
Working as a freelance can mean lots of different things. Maybe you’re a graphic designer, a web developer, a virtual assistant, or a writer. That doesn’t really matter though. What matters is how you market yourself and show people that you have something to offer them. This is How To Freelance 101, people. It’s often…
Read More7 Sure-Fire Ways To Lose Your Virtual Assisting Business
How much would it suck to spend hours upon hours applying for virtual assistant jobs, then get a job (maybe your first job!), just to lose it again over a stupid mistake? I’ll tell you: it would suck a whole lot. So let’s make sure that when you do get a job you can keep it,…
Read More11 Crucial Tools For Professional Client Interaction
So. You’ve got a client, or two. Congratulations! Now you need to keep those clients. You know, to build your resume, and save you the $40 you spent on the FlexJobs membership for that website where you found the job by canceling your membership. Or maybe you use a free search site and spent hours finding your…
Read MoreAre Paid Job Search Sites Worth The Money?
When I was desperate to find a way to work from home, I looked everywhere. We didn’t have a lot of money for me to be throwing away (okay, okay, we had NO extra money). I had a brand new baby, a new mortgage (which was less than our rent used to be, thankfully), but…
Read MoreWhat is a Virtual Assistant?
I was at the park the other day on a conference call for my “real” job. Most people balk a little when they find out that I’m a “virtual assistant”. They give me a little side-eye, and scoot a bit further away, perhaps thinking that I’ve completely lost my mind (I haven’t…yet.). I don’t think…
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